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JOSEPH L SOKOL
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JOSEPH L SOKOL

Listed Specialty: Ophthalmology
87 GRANDVIEW AVE, WATERBURY, CT, 06708-2514
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DR. JOSEPH SOKOL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

33

payments

$1,226

payment total

10

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
 32 $1,076
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $150

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

 $275
PHACOFRAGMENTATION ACCESSORIES

device

 $233
CATALYS LASER SYSTEM

device

 $122
ENVISTA

device

 $117
XIIDRA

drug

 $117
STELLARIS

device

 $104
TRAVATAN Z

drug

 $63
TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS

device

 $59
COMBIGAN

drug

 $38
AVENOVA

device

 $37
ACTHAR

drug

 $34
PROLENSA

drug

 $34
ACRYSOF

device

 $33
VYZULTA

drug

 $31
BROMSITE

drug

 $24
DUREZOL

drug

 $23
BESIVANCE

drug

 $17
ZYLET

drug

 $17
RHOPRESSA

drug

 $14
CRYSTALENS

device

 $13
LUMIGAN

drug

 $13
† 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
Apr 15, 2018 $174 PHACOFRAGMENTATION ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $150 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Nov 29, 2018 $125 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 3, 2018 $122 CATALYS LASER SYSTEM Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $81 ENVISTA STELLARIS Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 1, 2018 $59 PHACOFRAGMENTATION ACCESSORIES TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $25 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 11, 2018 $25 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Aug 22, 2018 $24 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Oct 24, 2018 $24 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Sep 24, 2018 $24 BROMSITE Food and Beverage SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $24 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jul 9, 2018 $23 STELLARIS ENVISTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 31, 2018 $23 DUREZOL Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 26, 2018 $23 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $20 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Oct 29, 2018 $19 PROLENSA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 21, 2018 $19 AVENOVA Food and Beverage NOVABAY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $19 COMBIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
May 5, 2018 $19 COMBIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $17 VYZULTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Apr 25, 2018 $17 AVENOVA Food and Beverage NOVABAY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $17 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Dec 10, 2018 $17 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Jan 4, 2018 $17 ZYLET BESIVANCE Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
May 14, 2018 $17 ACRYSOF Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Nov 19, 2018 $16 ACRYSOF Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Jul 9, 2018 $15 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 25, 2018 $15 PROLENSA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 10, 2018 $14 RHOPRESSA Food and Beverage AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 21, 2018 $14 VYZULTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Apr 25, 2018 $13 CRYSTALENS ENVISTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jul 17, 2018 $13 LUMIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.