Manufacturer or GPO Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

MA, United States

CMS manufacturer 100000000184

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General payments

$69,998,865

65,857 payments

Research payments

$621,084,483

7,003 payments

Ownership & investment interest

$0

None reported

Through program year 2025, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated reported paying $69,998,865 in general payments and $621,084,483 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

14 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 General $9,865,874 47,914
2025 Research $155,903,548 1,155
2024 General $6,917,967 10,996
2024 Research $102,649,682 1,230
2023 General $3,451,396 1,914
2023 Research $151,863,817 1,237
2022 General $3,241,915 1,268
2022 Research $74,815,699 939
2021 General $40,022,384 981
2021 Research $57,285,342 811
2020 General $2,296,239 680
2020 Research $38,380,486 690
2019 General $4,203,090 2,104
2019 Research $40,185,910 941

Breakdown

Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Stanford Peng Rheumatology · Seattle, WA $1,000,939 23 payments
  2. Jennifer Schneider Hospitalist · Santa Rosa, CA $637,318 109 payments
  3. Hospital Of The Univ Of Penna Teaching hospital · PA $377,511 6 payments
  4. Boston Medical Center Teaching hospital · MA $250,000 1 payment
  5. Stephen Waxman Neurology · New Haven, CT $185,081 9 payments
  6. Strong Memorial Hospital Teaching hospital · NY $165,000 2 payments
  7. Childrens Hospital Corporation Teaching hospital · MA $150,000 3 payments
  8. Leslie Kean Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Boston, MA $147,695 12 payments
  9. Rajiv Agarwal Nephrology · Indianapolis, IN $139,729 59 payments
  10. Tufts Medical Center Teaching hospital · MA $110,000 1 payment
Top research recipients Research payments · program year 2025
  1. Altasciences Kansas City $8,537,258 3 payments
  2. Celerion Tempe $7,488,153 6 payments
  3. Icon Lenexa Ks $5,075,072 4 payments
  4. Uchicago Medicine Department Of Medicine Pulmonarycritical Care $4,462,585 4 payments
  5. Icon Utah Salt Lake City Office $4,388,533 5 payments
  6. Zenos Clinical Research $4,227,429 6 payments
  7. 3Sync Research Miami Lakes $2,716,816 3 payments
  8. First Surgical Hospital $2,623,638 3 payments
  9. Atlanta Center For Medical Research $2,509,235 5 payments
  10. West Clinical Research $2,273,870 4 payments
Products the payments named General payments · program year 2025
  1. Journavx Pain $3,213,365 91% · 26,604 recipients
  2. Casgevy Sickle Cell Disease/Beta Thalessemia $122,065 3% · 116 recipients
  3. Journavx Acute Pain $95,113 3% · 10 recipients
  4. Alyftrek Cystic Fibrosis $86,719 2% · 270 recipients
  5. Trikafta Cystic Fibrosis $19,150 <1% · 20 recipients

The top 5 of 6 products; 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.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Rheumatology Internal Medicine $1,010,251 12% · 84 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery $729,017 9% · 2,078 practitioners
  3. Anesthesiology $673,526 8% · 1,258 practitioners
  4. Nephrology Internal Medicine $645,526 8% · 108 practitioners
  5. Hospitalist $642,485 8% · 136 practitioners

The top 5 of 228 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 $1,746,966 18% · 2,516 recipients
  2. Massachusetts $1,399,023 14% · 491 recipients
  3. Washington $1,134,590 12% · 242 recipients
  4. New York $740,146 8% · 1,707 recipients
  5. Pennsylvania $724,630 7% · 1,031 recipients

The top 5 of 54 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. Royalty or License $40,201,029 53 payments
  2. Consulting Fee $19,608,045 4,161 payments
  3. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $2,730,404 890 payments
  4. Grant $2,431,009 64 payments
  5. Food and Beverage $1,758,509 57,411 payments
  6. Current or prospective ownership or investment interest $1,600,422 4 payments
  7. Travel and Lodging $1,418,706 3,076 payments
  8. Space rental or facility fees (teaching hospital only) $229,445 106 payments
  9. Education $7,785 74 payments
  10. Gift $6,544 14 payments
65,857 general · 7,003 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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