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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.

OVIDIU ALB
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OVIDIU ALB

Listed Specialty: Family Medicine
480 4TH AVE STE 202, CHULA VISTA, CA, 91910-4412
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DR. OVIDIU ALB,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$310

payment total

13

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
 20 $310

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†
PNEUMOVAX 23

drug

 $68
GARDASIL

drug

 $54
ROTATEQ

drug

 $37
VARIVAX

drug

 $37
TOUJEO

drug

 $33
PROLIA

drug

 $31
REPATHA

drug

 $31
XIFAXAN

drug

 $22
SAXENDA

drug

 $21
WATCHMAN

device

 $18
JANUMET

drug

 $18
JANUMET XR

drug

 $18
JANUVIA

drug

 $18
FORTEO

drug

 $17
ZOSTAVAX

drug

 $16
FLUAD

drug

 $16
HUMIRA

drug

 $15
MYRBETRIQ

drug

 $14
QVAR

drug

 $14
ENTRESTO

drug

 $12
NUCALA

drug

 $12
† 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
Nov 8, 2018 $21 SAXENDA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Aug 23, 2018 $20 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
May 9, 2018 $19 ROTATEQ VARIVAX PNEUMOVAX 23 GARDASIL Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Sep 12, 2018 $18 ROTATEQ VARIVAX PNEUMOVAX 23 GARDASIL Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $18 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 22, 2018 $18 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $18 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Mar 7, 2018 $17 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Feb 7, 2018 $16 ZOSTAVAX PNEUMOVAX 23 GARDASIL Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jan 18, 2018 $16 FLUAD Food and Beverage SEQIRUS USA INC
Nov 14, 2018 $15 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $14 PNEUMOVAX 23 Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jan 16, 2018 $14 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Mar 2, 2018 $14 MYRBETRIQ Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
May 1, 2018 $14 QVAR Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $13 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $12 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 26, 2018 $12 NUCALA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Feb 20, 2018 $11 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Mar 16, 2018 $11 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
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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.