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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

MICHAEL J WELCH
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MICHAEL J WELCH

Listed Specialty: Pediatrics
5776 RUFFIN RD, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92123-1013
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MICHAEL WELCH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$637

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
 20 $625
Education
 1 $12

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†
FASENRA

drug

 $183
CINRYZE

drug

 $148
EUCRISA

drug

 $69
CUVITRU

drug

 $53
XOLAIR

drug

 $44
AUVI-Q

drug

 $41
QVAR

drug

 $27
HAEGARDA

drug

 $25
SYMBICORT

drug

 $21
NIOX VERO

device

 $20
TUDORZA PRESSAIR

drug

 $20
NUCALA

drug

 $14
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $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
Jun 7, 2018 $148 CINRYZE Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Apr 5, 2018 $122 FASENRA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 19, 2018 $27 QVAR Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $25 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $25 HAEGARDA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Dec 26, 2018 $25 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $23 XOLAIR Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $22 AUVI-Q Food and Beverage KALEO, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $21 SYMBICORT FASENRA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 6, 2018 $21 XOLAIR Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $21 FASENRA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Apr 3, 2018 $20 TUDORZA PRESSAIR NIOX VERO Food and Beverage CIRCASSIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Oct 5, 2018 $19 FASENRA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Mar 15, 2018 $19 EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $19 AUVI-Q Food and Beverage KALEO, INC.
May 3, 2018 $15 CUVITRU Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jul 26, 2018 $14 CUVITRU Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Sep 19, 2018 $14 NUCALA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
May 25, 2018 $13 CUVITRU Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jun 6, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Education ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Oct 17, 2018 $11 CUVITRU Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.