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Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS vs Merck Healthcare KGaA
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 Healthcare KGaA has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 1,648, versus 1,474 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 27.5% 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.
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS
- HHI 1,474 · top recipient 31.9%
- Ranked #876 of 1,838 companies by HHI
- Merck Healthcare KGaA
- HHI 1,648 · top recipient 27.5%
- Ranked #827 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Payment Overview
Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS
- Total Payments
- $1.8M
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 361
- Avg per Transaction
- $5.1K
- Recipients
- 83
- Avg per Recipient
- $22.2K
- Payment Types
- 3
- Top Payment Type
- Consulting Fee
Merck Healthcare KGaA
- Total Payments
- $1.8M
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 459
- Avg per Transaction
- $3.9K
- Recipients
- 36
- Avg per Recipient
- $50.3K
- Payment Types
- 4
- Top Payment Type
- Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting
Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.
Total payments compared
Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS vs Merck Healthcare KGaA - 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.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS
67.6%
26.7%
5.8%
Merck Healthcare KGaA
35.5%
32.3%
31.6%
0.6%
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.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS
- 1
EVE FEINBERG
$22,829.79 · 2 txns
- 2
FADY SHARARA
$11,988.48 · 3 txns
- 3
SAHIL KHANNA
$4,900.00 · 3 txns
- 4
DANIEL DUMESIC
$4,860.00 · 1 txns
- 5
FLORIAN RIEDER
$2,472.00 · 1 txns
Merck Healthcare KGaA
- 1
KURT BARNHART
$23,441.09 · 4 txns
- 2
LEORAH A FREEMAN
$16,313.79 · 5 txns
- 3
DONALD NEGROSKI
$15,145.38 · 5 txns
- 4
AHMED Z OBEIDAT
$6,950.00 · 1 txns
- 5
BARBARA ANN BURTNESS
$6,583.45 · 6 txns
Summary Comparison
| Metric | Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS | Merck Healthcare KGaA |
|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | $1.8M | $1.8M |
| % of Industry Total | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Transaction Count | 361 | 459 |
| Avg per Transaction | $5.1K | $3.9K |
| Recipient Count | 83 | 36 |
| Avg per Recipient | $22.2K | $50.3K |
| Payment Type Count | 3 | 4 |
| Top Payment Type | Consulting Fee | Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting |
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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