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DONALD SCHMECHEL
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DONALD SCHMECHEL

Listed Specialty: Neurology
146 N HOSPITAL DRIVE, STE 500, WEST COLUMBIA, SC, 29169
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DONALD SCHMECHEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

167

payments

$2,571

payment total

28

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
 150 $2,165
Education
 12 $317
Promotional Speaking/Other
 5 $89

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†
ZEMAIRA

drug

 $317
TROKENDI XR

drug

 $248
GLASSIA

drug

 $156
NUPLAZID

drug

 $137
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $134
AIMOVIG

drug

 $129
APTIOM

drug

 $125
AUBAGIO

drug

 $112
GOCOVRI

drug

 $100
BETASERON

drug

 $99
SOLIRIS

drug

 $96
NEUPRO

drug

 $94
AMPYRA

drug

 $89
LEMTRADA

drug

 $80
FYCOMPA

drug

 $75
HIZENTRA

drug

 $56
POMPE - DISEASE

drug

 $54
AUSTEDO

drug

 $53
OCREVUS

drug

 $41
VIMPAT

drug

 $34
BRIVIACT

drug

 $31
COPAXONE

drug

 $30
LYRICA

drug

 $30
REBIF

drug

 $29
GILENYA

drug

 $27
AJOVY

drug

 $24
AFINITOR

drug

 $24
ZEMBRACE

drug

 $22
ACTHAR

drug

 $22
APOKYN

drug

 $18
XADAGO

drug

 $18
NORTHERA

drug

 $18
GAUCHER-DISEASE

drug

 $17
CAMBIA

drug

 $16
GRALISE

drug

 $16
VNS THERAPY

device

 $15
PRIVIGEN

drug

 $15
ZOMIG

drug

 $13
OXTELLAR XR

drug

 $12
HORIZANT

drug

 $12
RYTARY

drug

 $12
INGREZZA

drug

 $11
† 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 10, 2018 $125 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Feb 8, 2018 $109 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Feb 1, 2018 $28 NEUPRO Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $26 NEUPRO Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $25 AUSTEDO Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $25 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Aug 22, 2018 $24 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 2, 2018 $24 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Dec 18, 2018 $24 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $23 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $23 LEMTRADA Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Jan 17, 2018 $23 AUBAGIO Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Apr 17, 2018 $22 ZEMBRACE Food and Beverage PROMIUS PHARMA LLC
Oct 9, 2018 $22 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jun 19, 2018 $22 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Mar 7, 2018 $22 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 17, 2018 $22 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Apr 26, 2018 $22 NEUPRO Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Jul 3, 2018 $21 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jun 26, 2018 $21 AUBAGIO Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Apr 24, 2018 $20 LEMTRADA AUBAGIO Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Mar 13, 2018 $20 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Mar 29, 2018 $20 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Jan 3, 2018 $20 FYCOMPA Food and Beverage EISAI INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $20 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $20 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $20 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $20 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
May 22, 2018 $20 AMPYRA Promotional Speaking/Other ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC
Nov 8, 2018 $19 AMPYRA Promotional Speaking/Other ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC
May 15, 2018 $19 VIMPAT Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $19 GOCOVRI Food and Beverage ADAMAS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $19 AMPYRA Promotional Speaking/Other ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC
May 24, 2018 $19 LEMTRADA Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Apr 28, 2018 $19 GOCOVRI Food and Beverage ADAMAS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $18 GOCOVRI Food and Beverage ADAMAS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $18 NEUPRO Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $18 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 24, 2018 $18 AMPYRA Promotional Speaking/Other ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC
May 23, 2018 $18 APOKYN XADAGO Food and Beverage US WORLDMEDS, LLC
Oct 11, 2018 $18 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $18 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $18 AUBAGIO Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Sep 26, 2018 $18 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Apr 4, 2018 $18 NORTHERA Food and Beverage LUNDBECK LLC
Dec 18, 2018 $17 LEMTRADA AUBAGIO Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Jan 11, 2018 $17 BETASERON Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $17 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $17 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jun 5, 2018 $17 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $17 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Aug 7, 2018 $17 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jul 17, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 20, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 5, 2018 $17 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $17 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Mar 29, 2018 $17 GAUCHER-DISEASE POMPE - DISEASE Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $17 GOCOVRI Food and Beverage ADAMAS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $17 REBIF Food and Beverage EMD SERONO, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $16 BRIVIACT Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $16 GRALISE CAMBIA Food and Beverage DEPOMED, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $16 BETASERON Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $16 OCREVUS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $16 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $16 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
May 9, 2018 $15 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $15 VNS THERAPY Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $15 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Oct 17, 2018 $15 VIMPAT Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $15 LYRICA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $15 PRIVIGEN Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Sep 13, 2018 $15 BETASERON Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 19, 2018 $15 FYCOMPA Food and Beverage EISAI INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $15 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $15 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jan 23, 2018 $15 LYRICA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $15 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $14 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $14 GOCOVRI Food and Beverage ADAMAS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $14 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Nov 6, 2018 $14 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GE HEALTHCARE
Aug 29, 2018 $14 BRIVIACT Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $14 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $14 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $14 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 29, 2018 $14 POMPE - DISEASE Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Jun 28, 2018 $14 POMPE - DISEASE Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $14 OCREVUS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $14 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $14 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $14 BETASERON Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $14 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $14 GILENYA Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 22, 2018 $14 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $14 GILENYA Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $13 FYCOMPA Food and Beverage EISAI INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GE HEALTHCARE
May 9, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $13 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $13 FYCOMPA Food and Beverage EISAI INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $13 ZOMIG Food and Beverage IMPAX LABORATORIES, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $13 FYCOMPA Food and Beverage EISAI INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $13 BETASERON Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $13 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
May 31, 2018 $13 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Mar 8, 2018 $13 BETASERON Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $13 AJOVY Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $13 AMPYRA Promotional Speaking/Other ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC
Apr 28, 2018 $13 GOCOVRI Food and Beverage ADAMAS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 29, 2018 $13 AUBAGIO Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Jul 5, 2018 $13 AFINITOR Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 27, 2018 $13 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 31, 2018 $12 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Oct 3, 2018 $12 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $12 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 20, 2018 $12 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $12 COPAXONE Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $12 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Oct 4, 2018 $12 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $12 OXTELLAR XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $12 RYTARY Food and Beverage IMPAX LABORATORIES, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $11 INGREZZA Food and Beverage NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $11 AJOVY Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $11 AFINITOR Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $11 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jul 11, 2018 $11 GLASSIA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Mar 28, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $11 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
May 10, 2018 $11 BETASERON Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $11 OCREVUS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $11 AUSTEDO Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $10 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $10 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $10 AUSTEDO Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $10 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 16, 2018 $9 COPAXONE Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $9 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $9 POMPE - DISEASE Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Mar 5, 2018 $9 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $9 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $9 COPAXONE Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Nov 20, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $8 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Feb 21, 2018 $8 AUSTEDO Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $8 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Mar 6, 2018 $8 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $8 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $7 REBIF Food and Beverage EMD SERONO, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $6 NUPLAZID Food and Beverage ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jun 12, 2018 $5 REBIF Food and Beverage EMD SERONO, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $5 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Nov 13, 2018 $5 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $5 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $3 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $3 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $2 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Mar 15, 2018 $1 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Mar 14, 2018 $1 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $1 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $0 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
May 31, 2018 $0 ZEMAIRA Education CSL BEHRING
Mar 14, 2018 $0 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $0 OXTELLAR XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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