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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. reported $101,895.16 in payments to 5,883 physicians and teaching hospitals across 5,883 transactions.

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$101.9K
Total payments
5,883
Transactions
5,883
Recipients
−$427.4K
General Payments vs PY2023

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. reported $101,895.16 in payments to 5,883 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #1178 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $17.32 per recipient across 1 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

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The verdict

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. pairs below-median payment volume with an unusually diversified payment pattern across a wide recipient base.

#1178
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.0%
paid to its single top recipient
1
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $427.4K (−80.8%) from PY2023 to PY2024. The comparison uses the same CMS manufacturer-by-payment-category summary for both years and excludes research and ownership or investment records.

CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: KOWA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC.PY2023: KOWA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC.PY2024: Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.

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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024

Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total

PY2023$529.3KPY2024$101.9K
PY2023
$529,327.69
PY2024
$101,895.16

How Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. ranks nationally

Where this company's total reported payments fall within the full national distribution of all 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments, not just its nearest peers.

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$101,895 39th percentile higher than 39% of 1,925 reporting companies

$9–$28: 3 reporting companies (0%). Below this entry. $28–$87: 10 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $87–$270: 20 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $270–$838: 41 reporting companies (2%). Below this entry. $838–$2,603: 76 reporting companies (4%). Below this entry. $2,603–$8,084: 114 reporting companies (6%). Below this entry. $8,084–$25,112: 167 reporting companies (9%). Below this entry. $25,112–$78,003: 249 reporting companies (13%). Below this entry. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). This entry sits in this band. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Above this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). Above this entry. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Above this entry. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). Above this entry. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). Above this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. $217,642,369–$676,046,922: 13 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. This company $9 $676,046,922 every reporting company, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024

What the Data Shows for Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

In Program Year 2024, Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. reported $101,895.16 in payments to 5,883 physicians and teaching hospitals across 5,883 individual transactions, an average of $17.32 per transaction and $17.32 per recipient. That total places Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. at rank #1178 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

5,883 transactions worth $101.9K make "Food and Beverage" the top general-payment category in the 1-category breakdown below, 100.0% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Food and Beverage" leads Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.'s 1-category general-payment breakdown at $101.9K, 100.0% of the reported total.

How Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. divides its payments

General-payment categories, ordered by reported total

1. Food and Beverage$101.9K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Food and Beverage $101.9K 5,883

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $1,272.84 (1.2%) of $101,895.16 in this company's General Payments records across 4,779 recipients. This is a CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.

Largest General-Payment relationships for Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company

Bashab Banerji$400.65Anthony Cadiente Hernandez$254.15Shawn Dhillon$229.37Vasumathy Kumaresan$195.14Brian Kuronya$193.53
  1. 1

    Bashab Banerji

    $400.65 across 4 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Anthony Cadiente Hernandez

    $254.15 across 11 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Shawn Dhillon

    $229.37 across 6 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Vasumathy Kumaresan

    $195.14 across 12 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Brian Kuronya

    $193.53 across 12 reported transactions

Compare this company's payment profile with similarly sized manufacturers in the company comparison tool, and consult the methodology for the CMS source scope.

Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $17.32. Average per recipient: $17.32.

Total Amount

$101,895.16

Avg per Transaction

$17.32

Avg per Recipient

$17.32

Payment Transparency Context

What is the Sunshine Act?

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments can include consulting fees, research grants, speaker fees, food and beverages, travel, royalties, and other forms of compensation.

Industry Total (2024)

$13.9B

across 1,925 companies

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. Share

0.0%

#1178 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

Pharmaceutical companies with payment totals similar to Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

BioPro, Inc.

$101.9K 145 recipients

Shofu Dental Corp

$101.9K 106 recipients

Brahms GmbH

$101.8K 2 recipients

Reapplix Inc.

$101.7K 318 recipients

Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd

$103.2K 55 recipients

Halozyme Inc

$103.3K 326 recipients

Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
In Program Year 2024, CMS Open Payments recorded $101,895.16 from Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. to physicians and hospitals across 5,883 transactions - 0.0% of all industry payments reported that year.
How many physicians received payments from Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.? ▾
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. made payments to 5,883 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $17.32.
What types of payments did Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. make? ▾
General payments from Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. span 1 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Food and Beverage" at $101.9K, representing 100.0% of the company's reported total.
How does Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. sits at #1178 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.? ▾
The average transaction from Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. was $17.32 in 2024. The company made 5,883 total transactions to 5,883 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. come from? ▾
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (Sunshine Act), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data covers Program Year 2024.

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.

Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch Editorial
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