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MELCHOR P CARDENAS
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MELCHOR P CARDENAS

Listed Specialty: Family Medicine
904 CORPUS CHRISTI ST, LAREDO, TX, 78040-5277
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MELCHOR CARDENAS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$1,298

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
 39 $1,198
Education
 1 $100

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†
EUCRISA

drug

 $261
ORBACTIV

drug

 $208
STEGLATRO

drug

 $167
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $119
FASENRA

drug

 $118
TYMLOS

drug

 $99
JANUVIA

drug

 $73
ENTRESTO

drug

 $63
SOLIQUA

drug

 $43
TRESIBA

drug

 $40
VICTOZA

drug

 $40
TOUJEO

drug

 $32
SILENOR

drug

 $27
CHANTIX

drug

 $25
LYRICA

drug

 $25
SHINGRIX

drug

 $20
VYVANSE

drug

 $19
INVOKANA

drug

 $14
XULTOPHY 100/3.6

drug

 $13
ZOHYDRO ER

drug

 $13
VASCEPA

drug

 $13
TRULICITY

drug

 $12
PREVNAR 13

drug

 $11
TRUMENBA

drug

 $11
GARDASIL

drug

 $10
PNEUMOVAX 23

drug

 $10
ROTATEQ

drug

 $10
BELSOMRA

drug

 $2
† 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
Feb 21, 2018 $118 FASENRA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Mar 8, 2018 $118 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $108 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $106 ORBACTIV Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $102 STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $101 ORBACTIV Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $100 No Listed Product Education ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
Apr 26, 2018 $99 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $63 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 21, 2018 $20 SHINGRIX Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Oct 24, 2018 $19 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $19 VYVANSE Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Aug 22, 2018 $19 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
May 1, 2018 $16 SOLIQUA Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Apr 25, 2018 $15 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
May 22, 2018 $15 VICTOZA TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Aug 23, 2018 $15 SILENOR Food and Beverage PERNIX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $14 INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 15, 2018 $14 SOLIQUA Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Mar 23, 2018 $13 CHANTIX LYRICA EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $13 SOLIQUA Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Jan 11, 2018 $13 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
May 30, 2018 $13 VICTOZA TRESIBA XULTOPHY 100/3.6 Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Apr 24, 2018 $13 ZOHYDRO ER Food and Beverage PERNIX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $13 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $12 SILENOR Food and Beverage PERNIX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
May 7, 2018 $12 CHANTIX LYRICA EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $12 TRULICITY Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Oct 16, 2018 $12 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Sep 17, 2018 $12 VICTOZA TRESIBA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Sep 18, 2018 $11 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Aug 19, 2018 $11 PREVNAR 13 TRUMENBA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $10 ROTATEQ PNEUMOVAX 23 GARDASIL Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $10 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $10 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Feb 21, 2018 $9 JANUVIA Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 11, 2018 $9 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $4 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jul 11, 2018 $2 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Sep 12, 2018 $2 JANUVIA BELSOMRA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.