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EMD Serono, Inc. vs BioMarin Pharmaceutical 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?
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 639, versus 58 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 19.2% 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.
- EMD Serono, Inc.
- HHI 58 · top recipient 1.6%
- Ranked #1,754 of 1,838 companies by HHI
- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
- HHI 639 · top recipient 19.2%
- Ranked #1,207 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Payment Overview
EMD Serono, Inc.
- Total Payments
- $12.1M
- % of Industry
- 0.1%
- Transactions
- 34,399
- Avg per Transaction
- $352.14
- Recipients
- 34,007
- Avg per Recipient
- $356.19
- Payment Types
- 7
- Top Payment Type
- Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
- Total Payments
- $11.9M
- % of Industry
- 0.1%
- Transactions
- 4,140
- Avg per Transaction
- $2.9K
- Recipients
- 2,932
- Avg per Recipient
- $4.0K
- Payment Types
- 7
- Top Payment Type
- Consulting Fee
Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.
Total payments compared
EMD Serono, Inc. vs BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. - 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.
EMD Serono, Inc.
66.8%
14.2%
9.7%
8.1%
1.1%
0.1%
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
45.8%
37.5%
9.2%
3.8%
2.7%
0.7%
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.
EMD Serono, Inc.
- 1
DONALD NEGROSKI
$163,866.27 · 58 txns
- 2
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
$148,582.00 · 1 txns
- 3
REGINA BERKOVICH
$145,256.72 · 76 txns
- 4
AUGUSTO MIRAVALLE
$144,648.46 · 63 txns
- 5
HEIDI CRAYTON
$140,411.30 · 153 txns
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
- 1
DENNIS SLAMON
$579,423.26 · 7 txns
- 2
WILLARD DERE
$423,639.35 · 11 txns
- 3
University Of Alabama Hospital
$110,000.00 · 1 txns
- 4
STEVEN PIPE
$71,415.16 · 32 txns
- 5
JULIE HOOVER-FONG
$61,566.83 · 30 txns
Summary Comparison
| Metric | EMD Serono, Inc. | BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. |
|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | $12.1M | $11.9M |
| % of Industry Total | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Transaction Count | 34,399 | 4,140 |
| Avg per Transaction | $352.14 | $2.9K |
| Recipient Count | 34,007 | 2,932 |
| Avg per Recipient | $356.19 | $4.0K |
| Payment Type Count | 7 | 7 |
| Top Payment Type | Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting | 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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