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RICHARD P TOWNSEND
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RICHARD P TOWNSEND

Listed Specialty: Family Medicine
1001 BUCKINGHAM RD STE 110, RICHARDSON, TX, 75081-5850
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RICHARD TOWNSEND,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

73

payments

$1,137

payment total

22

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
 73 $1,137

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†
FARXIGA

drug

 $172
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $131
REPATHA

drug

 $112
PROLIA

drug

 $72
ANDROGEL

drug

 $67
ANORO

drug

 $55
ENTRESTO

drug

 $44
AIMOVIG

drug

 $42
VASCEPA

drug

 $41
PRALUENT

drug

 $37
INVOKANA

drug

 $35
CONTRAVE

drug

 $34
TOUJEO

drug

 $33
ALGOVITA

device

 $33
SYNTHROID

drug

 $32
VYVANSE

drug

 $26
LINZESS

drug

 $26
TRESIBA

drug

 $24
VICTOZA

drug

 $24
XULTOPHY 100/3.6

drug

 $24
JANUVIA

drug

 $22
STEGLATRO

drug

 $22
HI-TORQUE BALANCE GUIDE WIRES

device

 $21
XARELTO

drug

 $21
MYRBETRIQ

drug

 $21
PREVNAR 13

drug

 $19
SOLIQUA

drug

 $18
EUCRISA

drug

 $17
LYRICA

drug

 $17
BELVIQ

drug

 $15
LORZONE

drug

 $14
XIFAXAN

drug

 $14
OZEMPIC

drug

 $13
GLYXAMBI

drug

 $12
JARDIANCE

drug

 $12
VIBERZI

drug

 $12
JANUMET XR

drug

 $11
BYSTOLIC

drug

 $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
Mar 21, 2018 $33 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
Feb 13, 2018 $27 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Oct 24, 2018 $27 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 12, 2018 $24 VICTOZA TRESIBA XULTOPHY 100/3.6 Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Nov 12, 2018 $22 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $22 ANORO Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Oct 27, 2018 $21 HI-TORQUE BALANCE GUIDE WIRES Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 5, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Oct 18, 2018 $21 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Dec 10, 2018 $21 MYRBETRIQ Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
May 11, 2018 $21 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $19 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $19 INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 23, 2018 $19 PREVNAR 13 Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $18 CONTRAVE Food and Beverage OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $18 SOLIQUA Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Aug 30, 2018 $18 ANORO Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Jul 13, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Mar 22, 2018 $18 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Aug 27, 2018 $18 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 26, 2018 $17 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $17 LYRICA EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $17 AIMOVIG REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $17 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Feb 27, 2018 $17 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $17 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Sep 19, 2018 $17 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Mar 27, 2018 $16 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $16 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 14, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Aug 4, 2018 $16 CONTRAVE Food and Beverage NALPROPION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $16 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $16 INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 20, 2018 $16 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Mar 23, 2018 $15 BELVIQ Food and Beverage EISAI INC.
May 8, 2018 $15 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $15 ANORO Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Oct 9, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Jan 23, 2018 $15 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Apr 18, 2018 $15 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Feb 9, 2018 $14 LORZONE Food and Beverage VERTICAL PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Mar 27, 2018 $14 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Mar 20, 2018 $14 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 3, 2018 $14 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jul 19, 2018 $14 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $14 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $14 LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $14 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jul 6, 2018 $14 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Aug 29, 2018 $14 SYNTHROID Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 16, 2018 $13 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Oct 24, 2018 $13 VYVANSE Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jul 11, 2018 $13 SYNTHROID Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $13 AIMOVIG REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $13 VYVANSE Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Mar 1, 2018 $13 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $13 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jun 6, 2018 $12 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
May 24, 2018 $12 JARDIANCE GLYXAMBI Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 3, 2018 $12 VIBERZI LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $11 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jan 19, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
May 7, 2018 $11 JANUVIA JANUMET XR STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $11 AIMOVIG REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $11 BYSTOLIC Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $11 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Apr 11, 2018 $11 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Dec 4, 2018 $11 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $6 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Apr 9, 2018 $5 SYNTHROID Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $2 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.