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Stuart J Shafer, MD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Psychiatry & Neurology|Neurology · VERO BEACH, FL · NPI 1003818816

Profile state: payments and partd Open Payments: 2025 Medicare Part D: 2024 Last identity check: 2026-08-10 Page data build: 2026-08-12

Verified facts

What the public records show

CMS Open Payments records show Stuart J Shafer, MD received $3,113.54 in general payments during 2025 across 105 reported records.

EMD Serono, Inc. accounted for 18.8% of that reported general-payment amount.

The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 37 associated products.

A separate comparison found the same explicitly named product in public Medicare Part D data: Nurtec Odt, Qulipta, Rexulti, Ubrelvy.

ABBVIE INC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported QULIPTA as an associated drug or biological on 298617 records involving 58957 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 22 claims for Qulipta by this doctor in 2024.

ABBVIE INC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported UBRELVY as an associated drug or biological on 299803 records involving 61203 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 24 claims for Ubrelvy by this doctor in 2024.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported RYTARY as an associated drug or biological on 200 records involving 121 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 23 claims for Rytary by this doctor in 2024.

Lundbeck LLC reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported REXULTI as an associated drug or biological on 71829 records involving 25812 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 33 claims for Rexulti by this doctor in 2024.

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported REXULTI as an associated drug or biological on 160756 records involving 46288 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 33 claims for Rexulti by this doctor in 2024.

PFIZER INC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported NURTEC ODT as an associated drug or biological on 217574 records involving 54025 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 24 claims for Nurtec Odt by this doctor in 2024.

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported AUSTEDO as an associated drug or biological on 28 records involving 15 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 11 claims for Austedo by this doctor in 2024.

These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.

Payment overview · 2025

General Payments

$3,113.54

105 reported records · 27 companies

Separate record types

Research & Ownership

Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data

Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data

Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data

These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.

Who paid this doctor?

Companies in 2025 General Payments

Reported companyCanonical companyAmountShareRecordsYear
EMD Serono, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $585.8318.8%142025
Genentech USA, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $278.979.0%72025
PFIZER INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $269.348.7%132025
Eisai Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $219.497.0%42025
Lundbeck LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $171.175.5%72025
ABBVIE INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $154.335.0%112025
TG Therapeutics, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $145.884.7%52025
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $118.983.8%42025
GENZYME CORPORATION Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $103.323.3%32025
Biogen, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $99.963.2%42025
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $94.323.0%42025
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $89.872.9%32025
Genentech, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $87.452.8%12025
ARGENX US, INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $78.952.5%42025
UCB, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $77.692.5%22025
Lilly USA, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $68.962.2%32025
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $66.682.1%22025
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $63.932.0%22025
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $63.412.0%32025
Neurocrine BioSciences, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $59.481.9%22025
C2N Diagnostics, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $43.591.4%12025
MicroTransponder, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $36.091.2%12025
SK Life Science, Inc. SK Life Science, Inc.
exact · evidence 2025-04-03
$32.381.0%12025
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $31.011.0%12025
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $27.750.9%12025
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $24.390.8%12025
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $20.320.7%12025

What were the payments for?

Payment categories

CategoryAmountRecords
Food and Beverage$3,113.54105

A meal, consulting fee, royalty, and travel payment describe different kinds of reported relationships and should not be interpreted as equivalent.

Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products

Products named in Open Payments records

Reported productTypeReported companyRelated amount*RecordsYear
Ocrevus Zunovo
Normalized: ocrevus zunovo
Biological Genentech USA, Inc. $252.11 6 2025
Source payment records
NURTEC ODT
Normalized: nurtec odt
Drug PFIZER INC. $241.30 12 2025
Source payment records
ZAVZPRET
Normalized: zavzpret
Drug PFIZER INC. $241.30 12 2025
Source payment records
Leqembi
Normalized: leqembi
Drug Eisai Inc. $219.49 4 2025
Source payment records
VYEPTI
Normalized: vyepti
Biological Lundbeck LLC $158.58 6 2025
Source payment records
BRIUMVI
Normalized: briumvi
Drug TG Therapeutics, Inc. $145.88 5 2025
Source payment records
Mavenclad
Normalized: mavenclad
Drug EMD Serono, Inc. $122.16 1 2025
Source payment records
KESIMPTA
Normalized: kesimpta
Drug Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $118.98 4 2025
Source payment records
Ocrevus
Normalized: ocrevus
Biological Genentech USA, Inc., Genentech, Inc. $114.31 2 2025
Source payment records
TYSABRI
Normalized: tysabri
Biological Biogen, Inc. $99.96 4 2025
Source payment records
CREXONT
Normalized: crexont
Drug Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC $94.32 4 2025
Source payment records
AUSTEDO XR
Normalized: austedo xr
Drug Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $89.87 3 2025
Source payment records
VYVGART
Normalized: vyvgart
Drug ARGENX US, INC. $78.95 4 2025
Source payment records
VYVGART HYTRULO
Normalized: vyvgart hytrulo
Drug ARGENX US, INC. $78.95 4 2025
Source payment records
REXULTI
Normalized: rexulti
Drug Lundbeck LLC, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $76.00 4 2025
Source payment records
KISUNLA
Normalized: kisunla
Drug Lilly USA, LLC $68.96 3 2025
Source payment records
PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL
Normalized: purified cortrophin gel
Drug ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $66.68 2 2025
Source payment records
UBRELVY
Normalized: ubrelvy
Drug ABBVIE INC. $66.43 3 2025
Source payment records
ULTOMIRIS
Normalized: ultomiris
Biological Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $63.93 2 2025
Source payment records
INGREZZA
Normalized: ingrezza
Drug Neurocrine BioSciences, Inc. $59.48 2 2025
Source payment records
BOTOX
Normalized: botox
Biological ABBVIE INC. $58.97 6 2025
Source payment records
QULIPTA
Normalized: qulipta
Drug ABBVIE INC. $56.48 5 2025
Source payment records
AMYVID
Normalized: amyvid
Drug Lilly USA, LLC $44.33 2 2025
Source payment records
PRECIVITYAD2
Normalized: precivityad2
Device C2N Diagnostics, LLC $43.59 1 2025
Source payment records
Briviact
Normalized: briviact
Drug UCB, Inc. $41.67 1 2025
Source payment records
VUMERITY
Normalized: vumerity
Drug Biogen, Inc. $40.74 2 2025
Source payment records
Zilbrysq
Normalized: zilbrysq
Drug UCB, Inc. $36.02 1 2025
Source payment records
PONVORY
Normalized: ponvory
Drug Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $31.01 1 2025
Source payment records
VYALEV
Normalized: vyalev
Drug ABBVIE INC. $28.93 2 2025
Source payment records
PANZYGA
Normalized: panzyga
Biological PFIZER INC. $28.04 1 2025
Source payment records
AMPYRA
Normalized: ampyra
Drug Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $27.75 1 2025
Source payment records
INBRIJA
Normalized: inbrija
Drug Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $27.75 1 2025
Source payment records
Xeomin
Normalized: xeomin
Biological Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $27.75 1 2025
Source payment records
Radicava
Normalized: radicava
Drug Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. $24.39 1 2025
Source payment records
Bafiertam
Normalized: bafiertam
Drug Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc $20.32 1 2025
Source payment records
Tascenso ODT
Normalized: tascenso odt
Drug Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc $20.32 1 2025
Source payment records
AVONEX
Normalized: avonex
Biological Biogen, Inc. $15.09 1 2025
Source payment records

* Product-associated amounts are non-additive because one payment record may name more than one product.

These products were named on specific Open Payments records. A named product does not show that the payment influenced treatment or prescribing.

Public prescribing for products named in payments

Open Payments productPayment yearPart D brandPart D yearClaimsMatch methodSource
NURTEC ODT
nurtec odt
2025 Nurtec Odt 2024 24
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
QULIPTA
qulipta
2025 Qulipta 2024 22
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
REXULTI
rexulti
2025 Rexulti 2024 33
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
UBRELVY
ubrelvy
2025 Ubrelvy 2024 24
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D

The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.

Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap

Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D

This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.

Paying companyPayment yearDrug reported by same entityOpen Payments evidencePart DClaimsBeneficiaries
ABBVIE INC.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 QULIPTA
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
298617 supporting records · 58957 recipient NPIs · example record 1201352530
Qulipta · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
22 suppressed by CMS
ABBVIE INC.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 UBRELVY
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
299803 supporting records · 61203 recipient NPIs · example record 1201352530
Ubrelvy · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
24 suppressed by CMS
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 RYTARY
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
200 supporting records · 121 recipient NPIs · example record 1220526035
Rytary · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
23 suppressed by CMS
Lundbeck LLC
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 REXULTI
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
71829 supporting records · 25812 recipient NPIs · example record 1251759986
Rexulti · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
33 suppressed by CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 REXULTI
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
160756 supporting records · 46288 recipient NPIs · example record 1227267708
Rexulti · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
33 suppressed by CMS
PFIZER INC.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 NURTEC ODT
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
217574 supporting records · 54025 recipient NPIs · example record 1228794063
Nurtec Odt · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
24 suppressed by CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 AUSTEDO
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
28 supporting records · 15 recipient NPIs · example record 1247249192
Austedo · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
11 suppressed by CMS

These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.

Public Medicare Part D data

Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024

BrandGenericClaimsBeneficiaries
Memantine HclMemantine Hcl594190
GabapentinGabapentin496173
Donepezil HclDonepezil Hcl434142
Amitriptyline HclAmitriptyline Hcl28190
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa25880
ClonazepamClonazepam24753
PregabalinPregabalin21151
Duloxetine HclDuloxetine Hcl18555
Sertraline HclSertraline Hcl17957
PrimidonePrimidone17148
LevetiracetamLevetiracetam14038
AlprazolamAlprazolam13334
Divalproex SodiumDivalproex Sodium12637
Tizanidine HclTizanidine Hcl12640
Nortriptyline HclNortriptyline Hcl11846
AmantadineAmantadine Hcl11739
CarbamazepineCarbamazepine11634
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen10518
Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl10437
MirtazapineMirtazapine9531
Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine9018
DiazepamDiazepam8929
Escitalopram OxalateEscitalopram Oxalate8829
LamotrigineLamotrigine8820
BaclofenBaclofen8428
PrednisonePrednisone8344
TopiramateTopiramate8228
Tramadol HclTramadol Hcl7515
Quetiapine FumarateQuetiapine Fumarate7325
Ropinirole HclRopinirole Hcl7121
Sumatriptan SuccinateSumatriptan Succinate7122
Trazodone HclTrazodone Hcl6829
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa6425
LacosamideLacosamide61suppressed
TeriflunomideTeriflunomide59suppressed
Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine5813
LorazepamLorazepam5523
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen52suppressed
Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl5013
RizatriptanRizatriptan Benzoate4713
Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl4413
Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine41suppressed
Propranolol HclPropranolol Hcl40suppressed
Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl3911
Pyridostigmine BromidePyridostigmine Bromide3912
Zolpidem TartrateZolpidem Tartrate3811
Avonex Pen (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a36suppressed
Buspirone HclBuspirone Hcl3612
Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide3615
MethocarbamolMethocarbamol34suppressed
MethylprednisoloneMethylprednisolone3329
RexultiBrexpiprazole33suppressed
TemazepamTemazepam33suppressed
Oxycodone HclOxycodone Hcl30suppressed
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe28suppressed
Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium26suppressed
Hydrocodone-IbuprofenHydrocodone/Ibuprofen24suppressed
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate24suppressed
UbrelvyUbrogepant24suppressed
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa23suppressed
PhenobarbitalPhenobarbital22suppressed
QuliptaAtogepant22suppressed
FingolimodFingolimod Hcl21suppressed
Fluoxetine HclFluoxetine Hcl20suppressed
GammakedImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 4620suppressed
Cyclobenzaprine HclCyclobenzaprine Hcl19suppressed
ZonisamideZonisamide19suppressed
ModafinilModafinil18suppressed
Methylphenidate HclMethylphenidate Hcl17suppressed
Cyanocobalamin InjectionCyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12)16suppressed
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm16suppressed
AzathioprineAzathioprine15suppressed
Mycophenolate MofetilMycophenolate Mofetil15suppressed
Paroxetine HclParoxetine Hcl15suppressed
Phenytoin Sodium ExtendedPhenytoin Sodium Extended15suppressed
CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate14suppressed
LamictalLamotrigine14suppressed
Doxepin HclDoxepin Hcl13suppressed
GilenyaFingolimod Hcl13suppressed
MeloxicamMeloxicam13suppressed
Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl13suppressed
Rasagiline MesylateRasagiline Mesylate13suppressed
Meclizine HclMeclizine Hcl12suppressed
Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl12suppressed
Ajovy SyringeFremanezumab-Vfrm11suppressed
AustedoDeutetrabenazine11suppressed
OxcarbazepineOxcarbazepine11suppressed

Timeline

Payment and prescribing data by year

Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.

YearGeneral PaymentsMain payerExplicit productsCompany overlapsPart D coverage
2025 $3,113.54 · 105 records EMD Serono, Inc. AMPYRA, AMYVID, AUSTEDO XR, AVONEX, BOTOX, BRIUMVI, Bafiertam, Briviact, CREXONT, INBRIJA, INGREZZA, KESIMPTA, KISUNLA, Leqembi, Mavenclad, NURTEC ODT, Ocrevus, Ocrevus Zunovo, PANZYGA, PONVORY, PRECIVITYAD2, PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL, QULIPTA, REXULTI, Radicava, TYSABRI, Tascenso ODT, UBRELVY, ULTOMIRIS, VUMERITY, VYALEV, VYEPTI, VYVGART, VYVGART HYTRULO, Xeomin, ZAVZPRET, Zilbrysq 7
2024 Complete

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DatasetYearPublicationSource
CMS Open Payments — General Payments 2025 2026-06-30 Original source
Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug 2024 2026-05-06 Original source
NPPES Data Dissemination V2 current / reference data 2026-08-10 Original source

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