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VINCENT W KAO
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VINCENT W KAO

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
2020 ZONAL AVE, IRD 620, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90089-0121
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DR. VINCENT KAO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$862

payment total

11

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
 42 $862

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $272
STELARA

drug

 $172
REMICADE

drug

 $125
CREON

drug

 $82
HUMIRA

drug

 $82
AMITIZA

drug

 $62
OCALIVA

drug

 $52
INFLECTRA

drug

 $38
SUPREP

drug

 $29
SIMPONI

drug

 $23
ZEPATIER

drug

 $18
DIFICID

drug

 $15
ZINPLAVA

drug

 $15
JANUVIA

drug

 $14
SEGLUROMET

drug

 $14
STEGLATRO

drug

 $14
STEGLUJAN

drug

 $14
PILLCAM

device

 $14
MAVYRET

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 23, 2018 $152 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Apr 18, 2018 $125 STELARA REMICADE Food and Beverage JANSSEN SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, LLC
Feb 12, 2018 $27 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $24 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $24 STELARA Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $23 STELARA SIMPONI Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
May 29, 2018 $23 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Dec 12, 2018 $21 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $21 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 14, 2018 $19 OCALIVA Food and Beverage INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $19 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $19 INFLECTRA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $19 OCALIVA Food and Beverage INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $19 INFLECTRA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $19 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $18 ZEPATIER Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Aug 15, 2018 $18 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 23, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $17 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $17 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $16 SUPREP Food and Beverage BRAINTREE LABORATORIES, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Oct 3, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PROMETHEUS LABORATORIES INC.
May 16, 2018 $15 DIFICID ZINPLAVA Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 19, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
May 3, 2018 $14 JANUVIA STEGLATRO STEGLUJAN SEGLUROMET Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Apr 24, 2018 $14 PILLCAM Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Nov 15, 2018 $14 OCALIVA Food and Beverage INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $13 SUPREP Food and Beverage BRAINTREE LABORATORIES, INC.
May 9, 2018 $12 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Feb 21, 2018 $7 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $6 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 30, 2018 $6 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $6 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $6 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $5 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $2 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 29, 2018 $2 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $1 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 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.