Pharma Companies Paid 618,000 Physicians $2 Billion in 2015

ProPublica recently released updated statistics for their Dollars for Docs database on pharmaceutical industry payments to US physicians. Here are some key findings from the report:

•	From 2013-2015, companies paid $600 million a year to teaching hospitals.
•	Companies made $2 billion in general payments to 618,000 physicians each year.
•	1 in 4 doctors who received a payment in 2015 didn't receive one in 2014.
•	Blood thinner Xarelto ($28.4 million) was the top payer to physicians in 2015.
•	Arthritis drug Humira made $24.9 million in payments to physicians in 2015.
•	Diabetes drug Invokana made $20.9 million in payments to physicians in 2015.

 

Source: ProPublica, December 13, 2016