Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Reporting payments is a legal requirement; large totals often reflect large product portfolios.

$66Mgeneral payments (2019-2025)
$1,649research payments (2019-2025)
35,236clinicians paid

General and research payments are shown separately, never blended. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials.

General payments by year

2019 $3.8M
2020 $1.8M
2021 $40M
2022 $2.4M
2023 $3.1M
2024 $6.5M
2025 $8.3M

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are totaled above and not included in these bars.

Products most associated with its payments

Specialties it works with most

Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $41M
Internal Medicine $3.9M
Rheumatology $3.5M
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $3.0M
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology $1.9M
Pulmonary Disease $1.4M

Clinicians with the largest reported totals

Often long-running consulting, speaking, or advisory relationships, which companies must report by law. A large total is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyGeneral payments (2019-2025)
David Friedman Boston, MA Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $19,779,451.30
Martin Pollak Boston, MA Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $19,770,823.43
Stanford Peng Seattle, WA Rheumatology $3,504,102.25
Alan Garber Cambridge, MA Internal Medicine $3,258,564.17
Jason Gaglia Boston, MA Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $2,423,814.81
Jennifer Schneider Santa Rosa, CA Hospitalist $1,193,174.42
Leslie Kean Boston, MA Pediatric Hematology-Oncology $536,255.51
David Schwartz Aurora, CO Pulmonary Disease $471,078.07
Rajiv Agarwal Indianapolis, IN Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $267,918.78
Glenn Chertow Stanford, CA Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $252,204.21

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.