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Merck KGaA vs Intra-Sana Laboratories

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

Merck KGaA has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 587, versus 327 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 0.2% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

Merck KGaA
HHI 587 · top recipient 0.2%
Ranked #1,237 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Intra-Sana Laboratories
HHI 327 · top recipient 0.1%
Ranked #1,435 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Company A

Merck KGaA

Total Payments
$290.6K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
132
Avg per Transaction
$2.2K
Recipients
101
Avg per Recipient
$2.9K
Payment Types
4
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
Total Payments
$291.3K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
3,142
Avg per Transaction
$92.72
Recipients
3,142
Avg per Recipient
$92.72
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Honoraria

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Merck KGaA vs Intra-Sana Laboratories - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Intra-Sana Laboratories$291.3KMerck KGaA$290.6K

Payment Types Breakdown

Merck KGaA

Consulting Fee $170.1K

58.6%

Travel and Lodging $80.1K

27.6%

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $34.2K

11.8%

Food and Beverage $1.3K

0.4%

Intra-Sana Laboratories

Honoraria $172.5K

59.2%

Food and Beverage $113.9K

39.1%

Travel and Lodging $5.0K

1.7%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Merck KGaA

  1. 1

    JEREMY SUGARMAN

    $44,080.86 · 17 txns

  2. 2

    LEORAH A FREEMAN

    $22,055.61 · 6 txns

  3. 3

    RILEY BOVE

    $20,450.00 · 4 txns

  4. 4

    HEIDI J CRAYTON

    $20,232.47 · 7 txns

  5. 5

    JONATHAN SCHOENFELD

    $17,447.22 · 4 txns

Intra-Sana Laboratories

  1. 1

    LOIC S TCHOKOUANI

    $24,469.96 · 26 txns

  2. 2

    BRIAN BERBERIAN

    $24,052.12 · 23 txns

  3. 3

    ROBERT BUSCH

    $20,862.73 · 17 txns

  4. 4

    JASON ROY

    $19,226.74 · 20 txns

  5. 5

    PHILIP RABITO

    $18,325.73 · 24 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Merck KGaA Intra-Sana Laboratories
Total Payments $290.6K $291.3K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 132 3,142
Avg per Transaction $2.2K $92.72
Recipient Count 101 3,142
Avg per Recipient $2.9K $92.72
Payment Type Count 4 3
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee Honoraria

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. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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