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NIRAJ CHOUDHARY
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NIRAJ CHOUDHARY

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
360 E MEDICAL CENTER BLVD, SUITE A, WEBSTER, TX, 77598-4321
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NIRAJ CHOUDHARY,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

58

payments

$968

payment total

16

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
 58 $968

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†
ENTRESTO

drug

 $244
TRESIBA

drug

 $103
CHANTIX

drug

 $98
INVOKANA

drug

 $83
XARELTO

drug

 $83
ELIQUIS

drug

 $76
TOUJEO

drug

 $65
OZEMPIC

drug

 $61
PROLIA

drug

 $51
REPATHA

drug

 $51
VICTOZA

drug

 $49
VENASEAL

device

 $36
JANUMET

drug

 $34
JANUMET XR

drug

 $34
JANUVIA

drug

 $34
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $31
PREVNAR 13

drug

 $25
STEGLATRO

drug

 $23
ADACEL

drug

 $22
FLUZONE HIGH-DOSE

drug

 $22
CREON

drug

 $21
IPRO2

device

 $19
KEVEYIS

drug

 $18
BREATHTEK

device

 $17
MYRBETRIQ

drug

 $16
DUEXIS

drug

 $15
XULTOPHY 100/3.6

drug

 $12
TRULICITY

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
Sep 4, 2018 $36 VENASEAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $23 VICTOZA TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Mar 16, 2018 $23 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Sep 14, 2018 $23 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 26, 2018 $23 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 13, 2018 $22 FLUZONE HIGH-DOSE ADACEL Food and Beverage SANOFI PASTEUR INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $22 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Jul 18, 2018 $22 CHANTIX Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $21 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 13, 2018 $21 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $20 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Nov 28, 2018 $20 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 11, 2018 $20 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 21, 2018 $20 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Dec 1, 2018 $20 XARELTO INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 15, 2018 $20 TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
May 23, 2018 $20 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 24, 2018 $19 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $19 IPRO2 Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $18 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Oct 27, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $18 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $18 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $18 TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Feb 3, 2018 $18 INVOKANA XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 10, 2018 $18 KEVEYIS Food and Beverage STRONGBRIDGE US INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $17 XARELTO INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 12, 2018 $17 BREATHTEK Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $17 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 16, 2018 $17 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $16 TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Feb 21, 2018 $16 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 13, 2018 $16 MYRBETRIQ Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
May 29, 2018 $16 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 2, 2018 $16 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 1, 2018 $15 XARELTO INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 1, 2018 $15 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Nov 28, 2018 $15 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $15 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $15 DUEXIS Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Sep 5, 2018 $15 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Oct 10, 2018 $14 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $14 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 10, 2018 $14 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $14 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $14 VICTOZA TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Sep 21, 2018 $14 PREVNAR 13 Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $13 XARELTO INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 3, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Jun 6, 2018 $13 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Mar 2, 2018 $12 VICTOZA TRESIBA XULTOPHY 100/3.6 Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Jun 20, 2018 $12 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Apr 27, 2018 $12 PREVNAR 13 Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 25, 2018 $11 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
May 18, 2018 $11 TRULICITY Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Mar 30, 2018 $11 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $3 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $1 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.