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Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors and other health professionals for promoting their drugs. But 15 companies have begun publishing the information, some because of legal settlements. Use this tool to search for payments. Read more about the data »

Has Your Health Professional Received Drug Company Money?

Example searches: Klein, Duke University, Miami

With 2 Million records, this database represents:

Cash2 $2 billion

in disclosed payments

Pharma 15

companies

Pie ~ 47%

of total market share

Payments in Your State

Click on a state to see payments made to practitioners and institutions there. See notes below.

State Total
Alabama $26,196,094
Alaska $481,411
Arizona $30,841,819
Arkansas $12,773,992
California $241,788,042
Colorado $31,398,755
Connecticut $28,321,703
Delaware $3,627,523
District of Columbia $8,077,562
Florida $168,661,914
Georgia $53,733,426
Hawaii $3,221,006
Idaho $7,409,620
Illinois $68,737,662
Indiana $35,091,499
Iowa $10,394,449
Kansas $25,044,992
Kentucky $25,999,237
Louisiana $22,872,596
Maine $3,718,715
Maryland $46,231,814
Massachusetts $97,130,327
Michigan $48,435,743
Minnesota $26,502,825
Mississippi $9,251,148
Missouri $49,207,931
Montana $2,671,115
Nebraska $15,576,085
Nevada $12,590,002
New Hampshire $5,878,606
New Jersey $53,427,084
New Mexico $7,041,169
New York $142,114,783
North Carolina $72,486,167
North Dakota $5,070,240
Ohio $81,988,898
Oklahoma $20,069,337
Oregon $21,160,932
Pennsylvania $97,142,618
Rhode Island $12,469,045
South Carolina $38,545,067
South Dakota $3,063,115
Tennessee $47,909,357
Texas $161,199,659
Utah $25,847,743
Vermont $1,829,998
Virginia $32,880,108
Washington $35,469,767
West Virginia $6,446,675
Wisconsin $23,241,460
Wyoming $470,157
Puerto Rico $12,340,097
[Unknown State] $611,145

Company Disclosures

The totals listed here cover different time periods and spending categeories, and aren't directly comparable. See notes below. See what each company discloses »

Company Total Disclosed
AbbVie
Disclosed: July to Sept. 2012
$6.9M
Allergan
Disclosed: July 2011 to Sept. 2012
Ranges*
AstraZeneca
Disclosed: Jan. 2010 to Sept. 2012
$236.1M
Cephalon
Disclosed: Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2012
$89.7M
Eli Lilly
Disclosed: Jan. 2009 to June 2012
$490.6M
EMD Serono
Disclosed: Jan. 2011 to Sept. 2012
$4M
Forest
Disclosed: Jan. to Sept. 2012
$60.8M
GlaxoSmithKline
Disclosed: April 2009 to Sept. 2012
$238.6M
Johnson & Johnson
Disclosed: Jan. 2010 to Sept. 2012
$54.6M
Merck
Disclosed: July 2009 to Sept. 2012
$224.3M
Novartis
Disclosed: Oct. 2010 to Sept. 2012
$54.2M
Pfizer
Disclosed: July 2009 to Sept. 2012
$538.2M
UCB
Disclosed: Jan. to Sept., 2012
$7.2M
Valeant
Disclosed: Jan. 10, 2010 to Sept. 2012
Ranges*
ViiV
Disclosed: Jan. 2010 to Sept. 2012
$18.4M

Notes: Disclosures made or altered since Jan. 2013 are not listed or reflected on this website. Because they are reported in ranges, some of Valeant's payments and all of Allergan's payments are excluded from state and national totals. Also, Valeant did not disclose any payments between Sept. 27, 2010 and Jan. 1, 2011.

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Additional reporting and development by Jennifer LaFleur, Joe Kokenge, Liz Day, David Frackman, Jeff Larson and Jason Das. Pharmacy icon from The Noun Project.

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