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HOWARD D MERZEL
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HOWARD D MERZEL

Listed Specialty: Gastroenterology
441 PENBROOKE DR, SUITE 7, PENFIELD, NY, 14526-2046
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HOWARD MERZEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

43

payments

$516

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
 43 $516

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†
HUMIRA

drug

 $120
CIMZIA

drug

 $74
COOK MEDICAL CAPTURA FORCEPS

device

 $72
DEXILANT

drug

 $58
ENTYVIO

drug

 $39
MAVYRET

drug

 $33
TRULANCE

drug

 $31
XIFAXAN

drug

 $26
CREON

drug

 $20
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $15
GATTEX

drug

 $13
RELISTOR

drug

 $12
DONNATAL

drug

 $11
AMITIZA

drug

 $3
† 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 20, 2018 $72 COOK MEDICAL CAPTURA FORCEPS Food and Beverage WILSON COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
May 21, 2018 $17 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Oct 1, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PROMETHEUS LABORATORIES INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $15 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $14 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $14 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $14 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jul 2, 2018 $14 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
May 7, 2018 $14 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $14 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $13 CIMZIA Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $13 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $13 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $13 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Aug 27, 2018 $13 CIMZIA Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $13 CIMZIA Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $13 CIMZIA Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $12 CIMZIA Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
May 23, 2018 $12 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $12 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $12 RELISTOR XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jun 12, 2018 $12 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $11 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $11 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $11 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $11 CIMZIA Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $11 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $11 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $11 DONNATAL Food and Beverage CONCORDIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $10 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $10 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $10 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 4, 2018 $10 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $9 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $8 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $8 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $5 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $5 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $3 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 23, 2018 $2 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $2 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $1 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $1 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.