Dollars for Docs

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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

VIKAS SACHAR
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VIKAS SACHAR

Listed Specialty: Maternal & Fetal Medicine
3440 LOMITA BLVD, TORRANCE, CA, 90505-4801
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VIKAS SACHAR,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

17

payments

$330

payment total

8

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 $309
Education
 1 $20

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†
LINZESS

drug

 $134
CANASA

drug

 $113
VIBERZI

drug

 $113
XIFAXAN

drug

 $59
TRULANCE

drug

 $55
DELZICOL

drug

 $42
HUMIRA

drug

 $24
SAXENDA

drug

 $23
RELISTOR

drug

 $21
MAKENA

drug

 $20
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $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
Nov 19, 2018 $24 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $23 SAXENDA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Oct 31, 2018 $22 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Feb 21, 2018 $22 LINZESS VIBERZI DELZICOL CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 10, 2018 $22 LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
May 31, 2018 $21 RELISTOR XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Mar 22, 2018 $20 MAKENA Education AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $20 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jan 24, 2018 $20 LINZESS VIBERZI DELZICOL CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 16, 2018 $20 LINZESS VIBERZI CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 21, 2018 $18 LINZESS VIBERZI CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 13, 2018 $18 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Oct 8, 2018 $17 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 21, 2018 $16 LINZESS VIBERZI CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 12, 2018 $16 LINZESS VIBERZI CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Mar 26, 2018 $15 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jan 29, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.