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Purdue Pharma L.P. vs Cerus 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?

Purdue Pharma L.P. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 9,551, versus 1,771 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 97.7% 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.

Purdue Pharma L.P.
HHI 9,551 · top recipient 97.7%
Ranked #151 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Cerus Corporation
HHI 1,771 · top recipient 38.9%
Ranked #797 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Company A

Purdue Pharma L.P.

Total Payments
$2.6M
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
326
Avg per Transaction
$7.9K
Recipients
309
Avg per Recipient
$8.4K
Payment Types
4
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
Company B

Cerus Corporation

Total Payments
$2.6M
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
463
Avg per Transaction
$5.7K
Recipients
372
Avg per Recipient
$7.1K
Payment Types
5
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Purdue Pharma L.P. vs Cerus Corporation - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Cerus Corporation$2.6MPurdue Pharma L.P.$2.6M

General Payment Types Breakdown

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

Purdue Pharma L.P.

Consulting Fee $1.9M

99.1%

Education $11.4K

0.6%

Food and Beverage $5.4K

0.3%

Gift $64.57

0.0%

Cerus Corporation

Consulting Fee $256.2K

63.2%

Travel and Lodging $56.0K

13.8%

Honoraria $50.6K

12.5%

Food and Beverage $38.5K

9.5%

Gift $4.4K

1.1%

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.

Purdue Pharma L.P.

  1. 1

    Duke University Hospital

    $1,846,025.14 · 21 txns

  2. 2

    Denver Health Medical Center

    $7,148.98 · 11 txns

  3. 3

    JEFFREY GALINKIN

    $6,712.00 · 4 txns

  4. 4

    RAYMOND ANTON

    $4,895.00 · 1 txns

  5. 5

    GLEN APSELOFF

    $4,615.00 · 1 txns

Cerus Corporation

  1. 1

    PHILIP SPINELLA

    $157,985.31 · 30 txns

  2. 2

    HUA SHAN

    $52,830.52 · 11 txns

  3. 3

    SCOTT LE MAIRE

    $15,529.74 · 6 txns

  4. 4

    MAJED REFAAI

    $13,183.32 · 5 txns

  5. 5

    LUCY KORNBLITH

    $12,449.13 · 5 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Purdue Pharma L.P. Cerus Corporation
Total Payments $2.6M $2.6M
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 326 463
Avg per Transaction $7.9K $5.7K
Recipient Count 309 372
Avg per Recipient $8.4K $7.1K
Payment Type Count 4 5
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee 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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