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PharmaEssentia USA Corporation vs Agios 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?
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 1,523, versus 727 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 27.3% 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.
- PharmaEssentia USA Corporation
- HHI 727 · top recipient 25.0%
- Ranked #1,158 of 1,838 companies by HHI
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- HHI 1,523 · top recipient 27.3%
- Ranked #854 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Payment Overview
PharmaEssentia USA Corporation
- Total Payments
- $6.3M
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 5,160
- Avg per Transaction
- $1.2K
- Recipients
- 4,725
- Avg per Recipient
- $1.3K
- Payment Types
- 6
- Top Payment Type
- Space Rental or Facility Fees
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Total Payments
- $6.1M
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 3,984
- Avg per Transaction
- $1.5K
- Recipients
- 3,134
- Avg per Recipient
- $2.0K
- Payment Types
- 8
- Top Payment Type
- Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting
Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.
Total payments compared
PharmaEssentia USA Corporation vs Agios Pharmaceuticals, 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.
PharmaEssentia USA Corporation
40.6%
25.8%
16.6%
10.8%
4.3%
1.8%
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
50.3%
20.5%
11.0%
6.9%
6.0%
3.0%
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.
PharmaEssentia USA Corporation
- 1
U Of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute
$178,750.00 · 3 txns
- 2
JAMES MCCLOSKEY
$30,789.49 · 18 txns
- 3
ALAN RODNEY
$23,429.49 · 23 txns
- 4
BRANDI REEVES
$22,093.09 · 7 txns
- 5
MOJTABA AKHTARI
$20,117.26 · 9 txns
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- 1
DAVID SCADDEN
$412,619.67 · 8 txns
- 2
DAVID SCHENKEIN
$403,125.00 · 5 txns
- 3
Scripps Mercy Hospital
$49,750.00 · 3 txns
- 4
MATTHEW VANDER HEIDEN
$48,000.00 · 11 txns
- 5
SHERIF BADAWY
$44,311.25 · 28 txns
Summary Comparison
| Metric | PharmaEssentia USA Corporation | Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | $6.3M | $6.1M |
| % of Industry Total | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Transaction Count | 5,160 | 3,984 |
| Avg per Transaction | $1.2K | $1.5K |
| Recipient Count | 4,725 | 3,134 |
| Avg per Recipient | $1.3K | $2.0K |
| Payment Type Count | 6 | 8 |
| Top Payment Type | Space Rental or Facility Fees | 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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