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RAM C SHARMA
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RAM C SHARMA

Listed Specialty: Nuclear Cardiology
300 STONECREST BLVD, SUITE 210, SMYRNA, TN, 37167-5688
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DR. RAM SHARMA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

66

payments

$2,311

payment total

18

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
 64 $2,105
Travel and Lodging
 2 $207

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†
REPATHA

drug

 $582
IMPELLA

device

 $285
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $261
XARELTO

drug

 $164
LIFEVEST

device

 $161
INVOKANA

drug

 $131
ELIQUIS

drug

 $108
OPTICROSS

device

 $107
BRILINTA

drug

 $92
CATHETER - GUIDELINER

device

 $78
OPSUMIT

drug

 $77
CORLANOR

drug

 $63
ENTRESTO

drug

 $60
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $54
MULTAQ

drug

 $40
PRALUENT

drug

 $31
NORTHERA

drug

 $29
MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE

device

 $25
INJECTAFER

drug

 $15
VASCEPA

drug

 $15
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $13
† 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
Jun 12, 2018 $166 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $148 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Nov 1, 2018 $125 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $121 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $114 INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 13, 2018 $110 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Dec 4, 2018 $107 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $104 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $97 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 19, 2018 $89 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Dec 11, 2018 $78 CATHETER - GUIDELINER Food and Beverage ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $77 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Oct 23, 2018 $61 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Aug 27, 2018 $54 OPTICROSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $41 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $33 OPTICROSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $28 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 23, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $27 OPSUMIT Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $26 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $25 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 17, 2018 $23 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 19, 2018 $22 MULTAQ Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Mar 29, 2018 $21 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $21 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $21 OPTICROSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 26, 2018 $19 PRALUENT Food and Beverage REGENERON HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $19 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 16, 2018 $19 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 15, 2018 $19 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Nov 9, 2018 $19 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $18 OPSUMIT Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $18 MULTAQ Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Apr 25, 2018 $18 OPSUMIT Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $18 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Aug 2, 2018 $17 NORTHERA Food and Beverage LUNDBECK LLC
Oct 10, 2018 $17 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $17 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 18, 2018 $16 XARELTO INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jun 14, 2018 $16 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 1, 2018 $15 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 9, 2018 $15 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jul 11, 2018 $15 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $15 INJECTAFER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $15 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $15 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Nov 28, 2018 $14 OPSUMIT Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Apr 27, 2018 $13 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 24, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Oct 3, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 14, 2018 $12 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 22, 2018 $12 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Dec 5, 2018 $11 NORTHERA Food and Beverage LUNDBECK LLC
Nov 7, 2018 $11 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $11 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Dec 14, 2018 $10 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 18, 2018 $10 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 8, 2018 $10 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jun 6, 2018 $10 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $10 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $7 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $4 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 22, 2018 $4 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 6, 2018 $3 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
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