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MICHAEL E RUFF
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MICHAEL E RUFF

Listed Specialty: Allergy
5499 GLEN LAKES DRIVE, SUITE 100, DALLAS, TX, 75231
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MR. MICHAEL RUFF,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

46

payments

$813

payment total

10

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
 46 $813

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†
ALVESCO

drug

 $102
BREO

drug

 $98
FASENRA

drug

 $96
NUCALA

drug

 $89
EUCRISA

drug

 $89
SYMBICORT

drug

 $84
DUPIXENT

drug

 $76
QVAR

drug

 $59
ARNUITY

drug

 $36
TRELEGY ELLIPTA

drug

 $35
GRASTEK

drug

 $23
ODACTRA

drug

 $23
RAGWITEK

drug

 $23
RUCONEST

drug

 $23
OCTAGAM

drug

 $16
SHINGRIX

drug

 $12
PRE-PEN

drug

 $12
TIMOTHY GRASS (PHLEUM PRATENSE)

drug

 $12
HISTATROL (HISTAMINE PHOSPHATE)

drug

 $12
DUST MITE (D. FARINAE)

drug

 $12
ALTERNARIA ALTERNATE (ALTERNARIA TENUIS)

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
Mar 8, 2018 $96 FASENRA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Oct 20, 2018 $24 SYMBICORT Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Nov 2, 2018 $23 RUCONEST Food and Beverage PHARMING HEALTHCARE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $23 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $22 DUPIXENT Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
May 14, 2018 $20 TRELEGY ELLIPTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Oct 30, 2018 $20 NUCALA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Jul 16, 2018 $20 QVAR Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
May 24, 2018 $20 NUCALA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Jul 13, 2018 $19 NUCALA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Nov 5, 2018 $19 ALVESCO Food and Beverage COVIS PHARMA B.V.
Apr 23, 2018 $18 DUPIXENT Food and Beverage REGENERON HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $18 DUPIXENT Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Mar 20, 2018 $18 BREO ARNUITY Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Sep 21, 2018 $18 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $18 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 10, 2018 $18 SYMBICORT Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Feb 5, 2018 $18 DUPIXENT Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $17 BREO ARNUITY Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Apr 19, 2018 $16 SYMBICORT Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jun 12, 2018 $16 ALVESCO Food and Beverage COVIS PHARMA B.V.
Dec 3, 2018 $16 ALVESCO Food and Beverage COVIS PHARMA B.V.
Nov 19, 2018 $16 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $16 OCTAGAM Food and Beverage OCTAPHARMA USA, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $15 ALVESCO Food and Beverage COVIS PHARMA B.V.
Jun 15, 2018 $15 BREO Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Feb 8, 2018 $15 BREO Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Aug 24, 2018 $15 BREO Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Mar 27, 2018 $15 NUCALA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Mar 29, 2018 $15 QVAR Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $15 NUCALA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
May 31, 2018 $14 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $14 TRELEGY ELLIPTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Jan 16, 2018 $14 SYMBICORT Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Sep 14, 2018 $14 ODACTRA RAGWITEK GRASTEK Food and Beverage ALK-ABELLO, INC
Jan 23, 2018 $14 BREO Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Apr 24, 2018 $13 ALVESCO Food and Beverage COVIS PHARMA B.V.
Feb 22, 2018 $13 QVAR Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $12 SHINGRIX Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Jan 8, 2018 $12 PRE-PEN HISTATROL (HISTAMINE PHOSPHATE) TIMOTHY GRASS (PHLEUM PRATENSE) DUST MITE (D. FARINAE) ALTERNARIA ALTERNATE (ALTERNARIA TENUIS) Food and Beverage ALK-ABELLO, INC
Oct 5, 2018 $12 SYMBICORT Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jan 11, 2018 $11 QVAR Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $11 ALVESCO Food and Beverage COVIS PHARMA B.V.
Sep 24, 2018 $11 ALVESCO Food and Beverage COVIS PHARMA B.V.
Apr 26, 2018 $10 ODACTRA RAGWITEK GRASTEK Food and Beverage ALK-ABELLO, INC
May 29, 2018 $4 BREO Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.