How Amgen Inc. Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v, accounting for $20.2M across 9,921 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 450,041 meals averaging $25 each.
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
9,921 payments, avg $2K
Food and Beverage
450,041 payments, avg $25
Consulting Fee
2,009 payments, avg $3K
Travel and Lodging
9,770 payments, avg $337
Education
1,248 payments, avg $16
Grant
1 payments, avg $10K
Where the Money Goes
California received the most from Amgen Inc.: $4.6M across 10,323 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does Amgen Inc. Target?
Internal Medicine doctors received the most from Amgen Inc.: $14.6M across 37,807 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that Amgen Inc. promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from Amgen Inc.. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Internal Medicine · Boston, MA
Hematology & Oncology · Portland, OR
Internal Medicine · Ann Arbor, MI
Internal Medicine · Durham, NC
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Portland, OR
Internal Medicine · Belleville, NJ
Rheumatology · Wailea, HI
Internal Medicine · Reisterstown, MD
Rheumatology · Gurnee, IL
Internal Medicine · Philadelphia, PA
Internal Medicine · West Haverstraw, NY
Rheumatology · Rochester Hills, MI
Nurse Practitioner · Archdale, NC
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Rapid City, SD
Rheumatology · Saint Clair Shores, MI
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Amgen Inc. paid to doctors?
Amgen Inc. made 472,993 payments totaling $40.3M to 118,337 healthcare providers. The average payment was $85 and the largest single payment was $500K.
What types of payments does Amgen Inc. make?
Amgen Inc.'s payments include compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v ($20.2M), food and beverage ($11.1M), consulting fee ($5.7M). They provided 450,041 meals to doctors, averaging $25 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from Amgen Inc.?
The top recipient is John Stone (Internal Medicine), who received $525K across 21 payments.
Are these payments legal?
Yes. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to publicly report payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments cover legitimate activities like consulting, research, education, and meals during educational presentations. The data is published through the CMS Open Payments program.
Where does this data come from?
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov), which collects and publishes information about payments from drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals. Companies are required by law to report these payments.
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Source: CMS Open Payments program. Data includes general and research payments to physicians and teaching hospitals.