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JAMES A BUTLER
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JAMES A BUTLER

Listed Specialty: Gastroenterology
10801 LOCKWOOD DR, SUITE 200, SILVER SPRING, MD, 20901-1556
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DR. JAMES BUTLER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

66

payments

$1,086

payment total

15

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
Food and Beverage
 66 $1,086

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†
AMITIZA

drug

 $131
ELEVIEW

device

 $117
XIFAXAN

drug

 $114
HUMIRA

drug

 $95
ENTYVIO

drug

 $95
TRULANCE

drug

 $85
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $77
UCERIS

drug

 $74
CREON

drug

 $57
RELISTOR

drug

 $50
GATTEX

drug

 $47
CLENPIQ

drug

 $41
LINZESS

drug

 $34
VIBERZI

drug

 $34
LIGASURE

device

 $29
DEXILANT

drug

 $22
CANASA

drug

 $17
XELJANZ

drug

 $16
OCALIVA

drug

 $16
SIMPONI

drug

 $15
STELARA

drug

 $15
SUPREP

drug

 $11
MAVYRET

drug

 $10
† 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
Feb 8, 2018 $117 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $29 LIGASURE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jul 10, 2018 $24 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jan 8, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Apr 18, 2018 $23 RELISTOR XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 19, 2018 $23 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jul 17, 2018 $22 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
May 30, 2018 $22 UCERIS Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 21, 2018 $22 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Feb 13, 2018 $21 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $20 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $20 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $20 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $19 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 24, 2018 $19 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jul 16, 2018 $19 UCERIS Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Apr 6, 2018 $18 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $18 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $18 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 19, 2018 $18 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 11, 2018 $18 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Nov 12, 2018 $17 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $17 VIBERZI LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $17 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jun 12, 2018 $17 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $17 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $17 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 10, 2018 $17 LINZESS VIBERZI CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Sep 27, 2018 $16 XELJANZ Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $16 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $16 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Oct 30, 2018 $16 OCALIVA Food and Beverage INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $16 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $16 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $16 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $15 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $15 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $15 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $15 STELARA SIMPONI Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $15 RELISTOR XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Sep 11, 2018 $14 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $14 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 21, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Aug 16, 2018 $13 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $13 UCERIS Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jul 9, 2018 $13 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $13 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $13 RELISTOR XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 4, 2018 $13 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 19, 2018 $13 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Mar 5, 2018 $11 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $11 SUPREP Food and Beverage BRAINTREE LABORATORIES, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $11 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Aug 6, 2018 $11 UCERIS Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
May 3, 2018 $10 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $9 UCERIS Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 25, 2018 $8 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $7 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $5 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $4 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $2 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Nov 5, 2018 $2 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $2 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $2 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $2 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
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