Novartis

Based in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis makes prescription and generic drugs, eye care products, vaccines and diagnostics. In September 2010, Novartis agreed to pay $420 million to settle allegations of improper marketing of six drugs. It pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of off-label promotion involving Trileptal as an anti-epileptic drug.

Novartis reports payments to physicians for speaking and speaker training after October 2010. Its first report covers the period of October 2010 to September 2011. Its second report, which covers the following 12 months, includes meals, travel, consulting, educational items, research and speaking fees. It does not report information by calendar year.

See all Novartis payments, or visit Novartis's transparency page.

Notable drugs

Diovan/Co–Diovan (hypertension)
Gleevec (chronic myeloid leukemia)
Zometa (cancer complications)
Ritalin/Focalin (attention deficit/hyperactive disorder)
Reclast/Aclasta (osteoporosis)
Gilenya (relapsing multiple sclerosis)
Exelon/Exelon Patch (alzheimer’s disease)
Exforge (hypertension)
Cataflam (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug)
Clozaril (treatment-resistant schizophrenia)

See the company's complete list »

Payment Reports

2010 Oct. to 2011 Sept.

Source »

	Avg. Quarterly	Total
Speaking	$24,830,517	$24,830,517
	$24,830,517	$24,830,517

2011 Oct. to 2012 Sept.

Source »

	Avg. Quarterly	Total
Speaking	$16,537,077	$16,537,077
Meals	$5,882,787	$5,882,787
Travel	$3,319,314	$3,319,314
Consulting	$2,993,572	$2,993,572
Items, Gifts	$603,789	$603,789
	$29,336,539	$29,336,539

Total Payments by State

State	Total
California	$5,505,204
New York	$5,031,558
Texas	$3,571,184
Florida	$3,095,700
Ohio	$2,861,675
Pennsylvania	$2,709,134
New Jersey	$2,531,338
Illinois	$2,293,528
North Carolina	$2,228,688
Michigan	$2,209,341
Maryland	$2,083,551
Missouri	$1,647,654
Massachusetts	$1,377,535
Georgia	$1,360,948
Tennessee	$1,317,860
Virginia	$1,230,784
Colorado	$949,598
Indiana	$936,921
South Carolina	$819,894
Wisconsin	$709,597
Washington	$702,363
Alabama	$691,652
Louisiana	$644,935
Connecticut	$641,515
Kentucky	$547,765
Minnesota	$452,780
Arizona	$442,823
Puerto Rico	$430,612
Oregon	$430,490
Iowa	$394,220
Oklahoma	$333,859
Nevada	$327,381
New Hampshire	$305,418
Mississippi	$298,676
Kansas	$289,241
West Virginia	$278,723
Utah	$270,827
North Dakota	$261,896
Rhode Island	$259,219
New Mexico	$235,539
Nebraska	$219,732
Idaho	$211,965
Arkansas	$170,022
Hawaii	$152,802
District of Columbia	$135,405
Vermont	$128,777
Delaware	$107,098
South Dakota	$104,183
Montana	$69,250
Alaska	$64,167
Maine	$63,556
Wyoming	$27,758
[Unknown State]	$249