Product Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Saxenda

Drug Obesity

NDC 0169-2800-15

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General payments

$11,434,246

190,536 payments

Research payments

$9,709,687

4,761 payments

Through program year 2025, $11,434,246 in general payments and $9,709,687 in research payments were reported against Saxenda (Obesity).

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 $194,877 2,536
2025 Research $69,409 49
2024 General $140,856 3,441
2024 Research $416,808 328
2023 General $144,173 9,409
2023 Research $411,714 695
2022 General $4,436,490 64,711
2022 Research $457,333 1,086
2021 General $1,817,133 33,248
2021 Research $995,770 2,323
2020 General $1,813,969 30,178
2020 Research $3,274,575 84
2019 General $2,886,748 47,013
2019 Research $4,084,079 196

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Novo Nordisk Inc $11,211,470 190,392 payments
  2. Novo Nordisk AS $218,015 142 payments
  3. Novo Nordisk Health Care AG $4,760 2 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Carlos Mena-Hurtado Cardiovascular Disease · New Haven, CT $36,110 19% · 1 payment
  2. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez Cardiovascular Disease · Rochester, MN $25,905 13% · 2 payments
  3. Michael Nanna Interventional Cardiology · New Haven, CT $23,550 12% · 1 payment
  4. Angela Fitch Obesity Medicine · Boston, MA $13,490 7% · 8 payments
  5. Wajahat Mehal Gastroenterology · West Haven, CT $13,068 7% · 8 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2025.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Cardiovascular Disease Internal Medicine $62,464 32% · 21 practitioners
  2. Interventional Cardiology Internal Medicine $23,569 12% · 2 practitioners
  3. Gastroenterology Internal Medicine $14,574 8% · 65 practitioners
  4. Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner $14,362 7% · 317 practitioners
  5. Obesity Medicine Internal Medicine $13,524 7% · 3 practitioners

The top 5 of 67 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product 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. Connecticut $78,615 40% · 4 recipients
  2. Minnesota $25,935 13% · 2 recipients
  3. New York $19,732 10% · 216 recipients
  4. Michigan $14,021 7% · 139 recipients
  5. Massachusetts $13,691 7% · 8 recipients

The top 5 of 39 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2025 where a state was reported.

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190,536 general · 4,761 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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