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GEORGE R DIRANI
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GEORGE R DIRANI

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
2799 W GRAND BLVD, DETROIT, MI, 48202-2608
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GEORGE DIRANI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$1,071

payment total

12

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
 16 $907
Education
 2 $165

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†
LIFEVEST

device

 $177
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $130
AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS

device

 $125
ENTRESTO

drug

 $114
ELIQUIS

drug

 $101
BRILINTA

drug

 $99
REPATHA

drug

 $98
XARELTO

drug

 $80
INOGEN

device

 $74
DEFINITY

drug

 $33
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $15
ORENITRAM

drug

 $14
LIVALO

drug

 $10
VASCEPA

drug

 $10
† 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
Nov 6, 2018 $125 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 2, 2018 $120 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $114 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 16, 2018 $101 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
May 31, 2018 $99 BRILINTA Education ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Feb 13, 2018 $98 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $80 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jun 7, 2018 $74 INOGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 30, 2018 $66 LIFEVEST Education ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 21, 2018 $50 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 9, 2018 $50 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Nov 29, 2018 $33 DEFINITY Food and Beverage LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $15 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 26, 2018 $14 ORENITRAM Food and Beverage UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
Apr 16, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 16, 2018 $10 LIVALO VASCEPA Food and Beverage KOWA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $7 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 6, 2018 $3 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.