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CHAFIC KARAM
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CHAFIC KARAM

Listed Specialty: Neuromuscular Medicine
3303 SW BOND AVE STE 8, PORTLAND, OR, 97239-4501
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DR. CHAFIC KARAM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

79

payments

$56,916

payment total

5

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Honoraria
 11 $39,135
Travel and Lodging
 35 $9,491
Consulting
 2 $6,240
Food and Beverage
 27 $1,887
Education
 4 $164

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
HIZENTRA

drug

 $30,578
SOLIRIS

drug

 $18,447
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $7,705
DISEASE STATE

drug

 $118
SPINRAZA

drug

 $42
RADICAVA

drug

 $25
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Apr 23, 2018 $7,115 HIZENTRA Honoraria CSL BEHRING
Jun 2, 2018 $6,970 HIZENTRA Honoraria CSL BEHRING
Jul 17, 2018 $5,100 HIZENTRA Honoraria CSL BEHRING
Jul 18, 2018 $4,500 HIZENTRA Honoraria CSL BEHRING
Jul 14, 2018 $4,160 No Listed Product Consulting ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $2,700 HIZENTRA Honoraria CSL BEHRING
Jun 28, 2018 $2,600 SOLIRIS Honoraria ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $2,600 SOLIRIS Honoraria ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $2,350 SOLIRIS Honoraria ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $2,350 SOLIRIS Honoraria ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $2,100 SOLIRIS Honoraria ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $2,080 No Listed Product Consulting ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $983 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jun 1, 2018 $807 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jun 15, 2018 $750 SOLIRIS Honoraria ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $684 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 26, 2018 $670 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $620 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $567 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jun 15, 2018 $466 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $466 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $466 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $466 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $430 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jul 14, 2018 $300 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 18, 2018 $279 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $266 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jul 31, 2018 $261 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $214 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jan 25, 2018 $164 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $162 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 31, 2018 $149 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 31, 2018 $149 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 31, 2018 $149 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $125 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $125 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 15, 2018 $125 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 24, 2018 $122 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $118 DISEASE STATE Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $110 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 17, 2018 $110 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 17, 2018 $110 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 17, 2018 $110 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 17, 2018 $110 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $104 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jul 14, 2018 $99 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $98 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $98 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 21, 2018 $96 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $95 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $89 HIZENTRA Education CSL BEHRING
Feb 27, 2018 $88 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $71 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 1, 2018 $61 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jul 17, 2018 $58 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 2, 2018 $57 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 2, 2018 $53 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jul 17, 2018 $48 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $43 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Feb 1, 2018 $43 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $42 SPINRAZA Education BIOGEN, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $38 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Feb 1, 2018 $38 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $31 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $31 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jul 17, 2018 $31 HIZENTRA Travel and Lodging CSL BEHRING
Jan 19, 2018 $25 RADICAVA Education MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA AMERICA, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $25 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $25 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $22 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 2, 2018 $22 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jul 17, 2018 $22 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $19 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $17 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $16 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $15 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 15, 2018 $15 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $12 SOLIRIS Travel and Lodging ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $7 HIZENTRA Education CSL BEHRING
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