Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

ALTAF KARIM
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ALTAF KARIM

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
9201 PINECROFT DR, THE WOODLANDS, TX, 77380-3222
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ALTAF KARIM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$275

payment total

12

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
19 $275

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
OZEMPIC

drug

$33
TOUJEO

drug

$29
MYRBETRIQ

drug

$29
VYVANSE

drug

$25
TRESIBA

drug

$23
ADACEL

drug

$22
FLUZONE HIGH-DOSE

drug

$22
FLUZONE QUADRIVALENT

drug

$22
NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED

drug

$22
IMMUNOCAP

device

$19
FARXIGA

drug

$16
MYDAYIS

drug

$16
INVOKAMET

drug

$15
INVOKANA

drug

$15
XARELTO

drug

$15
VIIBRYD

drug

$12
AJOVY

drug

$12
CHANTIX

drug

$12
ELIQUIS

drug

$12
VICTOZA

drug

$11
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$11
† 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
Jul 12, 2018 $22 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Feb 28, 2018 $22 FLUZONE HIGH-DOSE ADACEL NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED FLUZONE QUADRIVALENT Food and Beverage SANOFI PASTEUR INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $19 IMMUNOCAP Food and Beverage PHADIA US INC.
May 11, 2018 $18 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
May 17, 2018 $16 MYRBETRIQ Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
Jan 4, 2018 $16 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Feb 13, 2018 $16 MYDAYIS Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Feb 5, 2018 $15 INVOKANA INVOKAMET XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 23, 2018 $14 VYVANSE Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jul 23, 2018 $13 MYRBETRIQ Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
Feb 12, 2018 $12 VIIBRYD Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
May 16, 2018 $12 TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Nov 8, 2018 $12 AJOVY Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $12 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $12 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Jan 24, 2018 $11 VICTOZA TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Jul 31, 2018 $11 VYVANSE Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
May 5, 2018 $11 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Jul 10, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.