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LOWELL T KU
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LOWELL T KU

Listed Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology
2840 LEGACY DR, SUITE 100, FRISCO, TX, 75034-6049
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DR. LOWELL KU,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

27

payments

$1,257

payment total

5

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
 26 $931
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $326

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†
MENOPUR

drug

 $425
LUPRON

drug

 $254
FOLLISTIM AQ

drug

 $174
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $125
MYOSURE

device

 $123
INVOCELL

device

 $102
GANIRELIX

drug

 $55
GONAL-F

drug

 $29
ORILISSA

drug

 $24
† 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
Dec 21, 2018 $326 MENOPUR Promotional Speaking/Other FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $129 LUPRON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $125 LUPRON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $125 No Listed Product Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $123 MYOSURE Food and Beverage HOLOGIC, LLC
Sep 26, 2018 $119 FOLLISTIM AQ Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 4, 2018 $102 INVOCELL Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $21 ORILISSA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $20 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $20 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 8, 2018 $17 FOLLISTIM AQ GANIRELIX Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $17 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $17 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $16 FOLLISTIM AQ GANIRELIX Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $15 GANIRELIX FOLLISTIM AQ Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jul 23, 2018 $14 GONAL-F Food and Beverage EMD SERONO, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $14 GONAL-F Food and Beverage EMD SERONO, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $6 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $4 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $4 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $4 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $4 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $4 FOLLISTIM AQ GANIRELIX Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 3, 2018 $3 MENOPUR Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $3 ORILISSA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $3 FOLLISTIM AQ GANIRELIX Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
May 15, 2018 $1 GONAL-F Food and Beverage EMD SERONO, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.