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Eli Lilly and Company vs Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
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?
Eli Lilly and Company has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 429, versus 84 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 18.8% 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.
- Eli Lilly and Company
- HHI 429 · top recipient 18.8%
- Ranked #1,351 of 1,838 companies by HHI
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- HHI 84 · top recipient 6.6%
- Ranked #1,714 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Payment Overview
Eli Lilly and Company
- Total Payments
- $652.4M
- % of Industry
- 4.7%
- Transactions
- 21,268
- Avg per Transaction
- $30.7K
- Recipients
- 8,748
- Avg per Recipient
- $74.6K
- Payment Types
- 7
- Top Payment Type
- Consulting Fee
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Total Payments
- $676.0M
- % of Industry
- 4.9%
- Transactions
- 418,352
- Avg per Transaction
- $1.6K
- Recipients
- 411,238
- Avg per Recipient
- $1.6K
- Payment Types
- 8
- Top Payment Type
- Food and Beverage
Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.
Total payments compared
Eli Lilly and Company vs Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024
General Payment Types Breakdown
Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.
Eli Lilly and Company
48.3%
26.4%
11.7%
11.5%
1.9%
0.1%
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
39.7%
25.0%
22.3%
3.7%
3.3%
3.2%
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.
Eli Lilly and Company
- 1
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY
$1,500,000.00 · 1 txns
- 2
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
$500,000.00 · 2 txns
- 3
MILTON PACKER
$232,119.07 · 20 txns
- 4
MARSCHALL STEVENS RUNGE
$229,546.67 · 36 txns
- 5
BHARATHI VENNAPUSA
$131,473.75 · 11 txns
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- 1
SZILARD VOROS
$1,300,132.35 · 5 txns
- 2
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
$783,800.00 · 17 txns
- 3
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
$636,352.00 · 4 txns
- 4
Strong Memorial Hospital
$359,995.83 · 7 txns
- 5
Brigham And Womens Hospital
$247,869.06 · 6 txns
Summary Comparison
| Metric | Eli Lilly and Company | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation |
|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | $652.4M | $676.0M |
| % of Industry Total | 4.7% | 4.9% |
| Transaction Count | 21,268 | 418,352 |
| Avg per Transaction | $30.7K | $1.6K |
| Recipient Count | 8,748 | 411,238 |
| Avg per Recipient | $74.6K | $1.6K |
| Payment Type Count | 7 | 8 |
| Top Payment Type | Consulting Fee | Food and Beverage |
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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