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Alimera Sciences, Inc. vs Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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?

Alimera Sciences, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 287, versus 202 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 10.0% 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.

Alimera Sciences, Inc.
HHI 287 · top recipient 10.0%
Ranked #1,470 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.
HHI 202 · top recipient 11.9%
Ranked #1,553 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$2.0M
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
4,187
Avg per Transaction
$467.35
Recipients
3,868
Avg per Recipient
$505.89
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Honoraria
Total Payments
$2.0M
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
21,200
Avg per Transaction
$92.64
Recipients
21,199
Avg per Recipient
$92.64
Payment Types
7
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Alimera Sciences, Inc. vs Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2.0MAlimera Sciences, Inc.$2.0M

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

Alimera Sciences, Inc.

Honoraria $573.8K

72.5%

Food and Beverage $211.2K

26.7%

Travel and Lodging $6.8K

0.9%

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Consulting Fee $711.8K

36.4%

Food and Beverage $510.9K

26.1%

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $470.1K

24.1%

Travel and Lodging $242.4K

12.4%

Space Rental or Facility Fees $12.3K

0.6%

Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) $3.8K

0.2%

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.

Alimera Sciences, Inc.

  1. 1

    LISA FAIA

    $79,428.55 · 35 txns

  2. 2

    MARK DACEY

    $66,928.73 · 25 txns

  3. 3

    JORGE FORTUN

    $38,854.00 · 10 txns

  4. 4

    STEPHEN ANESI

    $28,213.96 · 24 txns

  5. 5

    DONALD MAZZULLA

    $25,054.12 · 26 txns

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.

  1. 1

    GRANNUM SANT

    $232,700.00 · 10 txns

  2. 2

    PIYUSH AGARWAL

    $66,136.69 · 43 txns

  3. 3

    MICHAEL WILLIAMS

    $45,431.97 · 31 txns

  4. 4

    GAUTAM JAYRAM

    $44,250.91 · 46 txns

  5. 5

    MONICA PASTERNAK

    $42,841.52 · 26 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Alimera Sciences, Inc. Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Total Payments $2.0M $2.0M
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 4,187 21,200
Avg per Transaction $467.35 $92.64
Recipient Count 3,868 21,199
Avg per Recipient $505.89 $92.64
Payment Type Count 3 7
Top Payment Type Honoraria Consulting Fee

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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