Drug Diabetes Medicine

Afrezza

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Afrezza. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$1.6Massociated payments (2023-2025)
6,750clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $697K
2024 $423K
2025 $445K

Payments reported as associated with Afrezza, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $710K
Family $220K
Internal Medicine $119K
Pediatric Endocrinology $66K
Physician Assistant $56K
Family Medicine $52K

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Afrezza

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Afrezza. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Michael Friedman Pasadena, CA $58,836.20
Brandy Biederman Hixson, TN Family $58,395.91
Perry Herson Williston Park, NY $40,255.04
Veena Watwe Houston, TX Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $27,914.24
Kalpana Reddy Flushing, NY Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $25,460.52
Martin Sarkar Frederick, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $24,227.51
Theofanis Mitsinikos Stony Brook, NY Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $22,389.91
Anastasios Manessis New York, NY Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $19,689.95
Michael Haller Gainesville, FL Pediatric Endocrinology $16,494.88
Misha Denham Coral Gables, FL Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $15,841.70

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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.