Manufacturer or GPO Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

AL, United States

CMS manufacturer 100000005379

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General payments

$4,044,102

193,356 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Ownership & investment interest

$0

None reported

Through program year 2025, Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. reported paying $4,044,102 in general payments and $0 in research payments to U.S. physicians, teaching hospitals and other recipients.

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

7 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 General $1,055,099 22,793
2024 General $101,895 5,883
2023 General $529,328 29,029
2022 General $772,337 37,709
2021 General $650,072 43,474
2020 General $377,738 24,831
2019 General $557,633 29,637

Breakdown

Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Javier Alonso-Llamazares Dermatology · Coral Gables, FL $30,904 26 payments
  2. Ross Radusky Dermatology · Dallas, TX $29,422 27 payments
  3. Maureen Offiah Dermatology · Hattiesburg, MS $26,137 22 payments
  4. Shiu-Chung Au Dermatology · Marlborough, MA $25,507 27 payments
  5. Alex Glazer Dermatology · Buffalo Grove, IL $23,106 24 payments
  6. Cory Rubin Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology · Waterford, MI $21,407 15 payments
  7. Rebecca Smith Dermatology · Fort Mill, SC $19,033 15 payments
  8. Paul Yamauchi Dermatology · Santa Monica, CA $18,879 16 payments
  9. George Drew Dermatology · Marion, OH $15,331 10 payments
  10. Scott Guenthner Dermatology · Plainfield, IN $13,900 10 payments
Products the payments named General payments · program year 2025
  1. Zoryve Dermatology $1,044,191 100% · 11,008 recipients
  2. Livalo Cardiovascular $88 <1% · 5 recipients

Each share is of this company’s general payments naming a product in 2025. A payment can name up to five products, so these amounts overlap.

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Dermatology $436,000 42% · 80 practitioners
  2. Family Medicine $119,670 11% · 3,039 practitioners
  3. Internal Medicine $97,528 9% · 2,010 practitioners
  4. Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner $72,438 7% · 1,769 practitioners
  5. Physician Assistant $61,583 6% · 723 practitioners

The top 5 of 111 specialties; each share is of this company’s general payments to practitioners with a specialty in 2025. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2025
  1. California $136,883 13% · 1,438 recipients
  2. Texas $125,513 12% · 1,297 recipients
  3. New York $89,273 8% · 728 recipients
  4. Florida $80,390 8% · 1,064 recipients
  5. Illinois $60,465 6% · 460 recipients

The top 5 of 47 states; each share is of this company’s general payments in 2025 where a state was reported.

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What the payments were for General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Food and Beverage $3,040,515 192,618 payments
  2. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $514,263 253 payments
  3. Honoraria $223,545 103 payments
  4. Consulting Fee $176,586 98 payments
  5. Travel and Lodging $89,194 284 payments
Companies with a similar name General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Kowa Research Institute, Inc. NC, United States $1,866,417
  2. Kowa Company, Ltd. Japan $1,852,074
  3. Kowa Holdings America, Inc. NY, United States $0

Grouped by name only. CMS publishes no corporate ownership, so a shared name does not mean a shared parent.

193,356 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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