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RAMON A GARCIA
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RAMON A GARCIA

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
3538 W FULLERTON AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60647-2443
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DR. RAMON GARCIA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

31

payments

$497

payment total

9

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
 29 $477
Education
 2 $21

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†
VASCEPA

drug

 $223
EUCRISA

drug

 $97
LYRICA

drug

 $97
AMITIZA

drug

 $65
CHANTIX

drug

 $45
LINZESS

drug

 $39
JANUVIA

drug

 $25
VIBERZI

drug

 $24
TRULANCE

drug

 $21
COLOGUARD

device

 $17
LIVALO

drug

 $15
PROLIA

drug

 $15
REPATHA

drug

 $15
EDARBYCLOR

drug

 $13
STEGLATRO

drug

 $13
JANUMET

drug

 $12
JANUMET XR

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
Jul 18, 2018 $125 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $26 CHANTIX LYRICA EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $21 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $21 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Apr 19, 2018 $20 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $20 CHANTIX LYRICA EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $17 LYRICA EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $17 LYRICA EUCRISA COLOGUARD Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $17 LYRICA EUCRISA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $15 LIVALO VASCEPA Food and Beverage KOWA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $15 PROLIA REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $14 LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $13 EDARBYCLOR Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $13 JANUVIA STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Apr 10, 2018 $13 VIBERZI LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $12 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Mar 13, 2018 $12 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $12 VIBERZI LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $11 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $11 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $10 VASCEPA Education AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $10 VASCEPA Education AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $10 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 10, 2018 $10 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $10 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $10 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $9 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $2 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $0 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $0 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 10, 2018 $0 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., 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.