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NEIL J FRIEDMAN
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NEIL J FRIEDMAN

Listed Specialty: Ophthalmology
900 WELCH ROAD, STE 402, PALO ALTO, CA, 94304-1804
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NEIL FRIEDMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

25

payments

$8,783

payment total

7

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
Consulting
 3 $7,800
Food and Beverage
 20 $828
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $150
Education
 1 $5

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†
TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL

device

 $7,800
TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL

device

 $7,800
TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL

device

 $7,800
TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL

device

 $7,800
LOTEMAX

drug

 $369
BESIVANCE

drug

 $355
LATANOPROSTENE BUNOD

drug

 $228
CRYSTALENS

device

 $223
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $171
PROLENSA

drug

 $133
TRAVATAN Z

drug

 $125
ACTIVEFOCUS

device

 $125
VYZULTA

drug

 $104
XIIDRA

drug

 $90
RHOPRESSA

drug

 $38
LUMIGAN

drug

 $17
† 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
Oct 11, 2018 $3,413 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL Consulting JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $3,087 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL Consulting JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $1,300 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL Consulting JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $150 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Aug 14, 2018 $125 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 26, 2018 $125 ACTIVEFOCUS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Jun 15, 2018 $119 BESIVANCE LATANOPROSTENE BUNOD LOTEMAX CRYSTALENS Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Mar 9, 2018 $109 BESIVANCE PROLENSA LATANOPROSTENE BUNOD LOTEMAX Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 5, 2018 $104 BESIVANCE LOTEMAX VYZULTA CRYSTALENS Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 24, 2018 $24 PROLENSA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Feb 6, 2018 $24 BESIVANCE Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
May 23, 2018 $23 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Dec 5, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $20 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Aug 23, 2018 $19 RHOPRESSA Food and Beverage AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $19 RHOPRESSA Food and Beverage AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $19 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jul 25, 2018 $17 LUMIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $16 LOTEMAX Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Feb 7, 2018 $13 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jul 10, 2018 $9 LOTEMAX Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jan 31, 2018 $8 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jan 31, 2018 $7 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Dec 24, 2018 $7 LOTEMAX Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 23, 2018 $5 LOTEMAX Education BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.