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Darrin Mark Breaux, MD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Cardiovascular Disease · BATON ROUGE, LA · NPI 1902807167

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 Darrin Mark Breaux, MD received $1,330.39 in general payments during 2025 across 73 reported records.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation accounted for 15.2% of that reported general-payment amount.

The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 24 associated products.

A separate comparison found the same explicitly named product in public Medicare Part D data: Eliquis, Farxiga, Jardiance, Nexletol, Verquvo.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported BRILINTA as an associated drug or biological on 993 records involving 512 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 17 claims for Brilinta by this doctor in 2024.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported FARXIGA as an associated drug or biological on 106133 records involving 42906 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 280 claims for Farxiga by this doctor in 2024.

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, 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 JARDIANCE as an associated drug or biological on 123636 records involving 49438 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 106 claims for Jardiance by this doctor in 2024.

E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported ELIQUIS as an associated drug or biological on 27956 records involving 14870 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 879 claims for Eliquis by this doctor in 2024.

Esperion Therapeutics, 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 NEXLETOL as an associated drug or biological on 24230 records involving 12642 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 54 claims for Nexletol by this doctor in 2024.

Esperion Therapeutics, 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 NEXLIZET as an associated drug or biological on 63 records involving 47 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 40 claims for Nexlizet by this doctor in 2024.

Merck Sharp & Dohme 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 VERQUVO as an associated drug or biological on 38060 records involving 12268 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 12 claims for Verquvo by this doctor in 2024.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported ENTRESTO as an associated drug or biological on 9346 records involving 6254 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 651 claims for Entresto 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 ELIQUIS as an associated drug or biological on 87112 records involving 36032 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 879 claims for Eliquis by this doctor in 2024.

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

Payment overview · 2025

General Payments

$1,330.39

73 reported records · 22 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
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $202.7915.2%132025
PFIZER INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $148.9311.2%92025
Amgen Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $115.148.7%72025
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $87.606.6%52025
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $76.925.8%52025
Itamar Medical Inc Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $70.045.3%12025
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $67.475.1%62025
Novo Nordisk Inc Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $67.105.0%42025
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $65.654.9%22025
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $63.264.8%42025
Boston Scientific Corporation Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $56.074.2%22025
ABIOMED Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $51.293.9%32025
Baxter Healthcare Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $40.843.1%12025
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $38.752.9%22025
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $37.542.8%22025
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $32.092.4%12025
Abbott Laboratories Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $24.161.8%12025
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $21.901.6%12025
Medtronic, Inc. Medtronic, Inc.
exact · evidence 2025-07-22
$19.201.4%12025
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $14.721.1%12025
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $14.691.1%12025
Terumo Medical Corporation Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $14.241.1%12025

What were the payments for?

Payment categories

CategoryAmountRecords
Food and Beverage$1,330.3973

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
LEQVIO
Normalized: leqvio
Drug Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $202.79 13 2025
Source payment records
REPATHA
Normalized: repatha
Biological Amgen Inc. $115.14 7 2025
Source payment records
ELIQUIS
Normalized: eliquis
Drug E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C., PFIZER INC. $109.08 6 2025
Source payment records
NEXLETOL
Normalized: nexletol
Drug Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $87.60 5 2025
Source payment records
VYNDAQEL
Normalized: vyndaqel
Drug PFIZER INC. $78.60 5 2025
Source payment records
VERQUVO
Normalized: verquvo
Drug Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $76.92 5 2025
Source payment records
NURTEC ODT
Normalized: nurtec odt
Drug PFIZER INC. $70.33 4 2025
Source payment records
WatchPATONE
Normalized: watchpatone
Device Itamar Medical Inc $70.04 1 2025
Source payment records
LifeVest
Normalized: lifevest
Device ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $67.47 6 2025
Source payment records
Wegovy
Normalized: wegovy
Drug Novo Nordisk Inc $67.10 4 2025
Source payment records
Assure WCD
Normalized: assure wcd
Device Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $65.65 2 2025
Source payment records
JARDIANCE
Normalized: jardiance
Drug Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $63.26 4 2025
Source payment records
Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor
Normalized: hillrom carnation ambulatory monitor
Device Baxter Healthcare $40.84 1 2025
Source payment records
FUROSCIX
Normalized: furoscix
Drug SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $37.54 2 2025
Source payment records
ONPATTRO
Normalized: onpattro
Drug Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. $32.09 1 2025
Source payment records
General - Pain Management
Normalized: general pain management
Device Boston Scientific Corporation $30.45 1 2025
Source payment records
WATCHMAN FLX
Normalized: watchman flx
Device Boston Scientific Corporation $25.62 1 2025
Source payment records
CARDIOMEMS
Normalized: cardiomems
Device Abbott Laboratories $24.16 1 2025
Source payment records
Kerendia
Normalized: kerendia
Drug Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $21.90 1 2025
Source payment records
SYMPLICITY G3
Normalized: symplicity g3
Device Medtronic, Inc. $19.20 1 2025
Source payment records
FARXIGA
Normalized: farxiga
Drug AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.72 1 2025
Source payment records
CAPVAXIVE
Normalized: capvaxive
Biological Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.69 1 2025
Source payment records
ANGIO-SEAL
Normalized: angio seal
Device Terumo Medical Corporation $14.24 1 2025
Source payment records
GLIDEWIRE
Normalized: glidewire
Device Terumo Medical Corporation $14.24 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
ELIQUIS
eliquis
2025 Eliquis 2024 879 exact normalized Medicare Part D
FARXIGA
farxiga
2025 Farxiga 2024 280 exact normalized Medicare Part D
JARDIANCE
jardiance
2025 Jardiance 2024 106 exact normalized Medicare Part D
NEXLETOL
nexletol
2025 Nexletol 2024 54 exact normalized Medicare Part D
VERQUVO
verquvo
2025 Verquvo 2024 12
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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 BRILINTA
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
993 supporting records · 512 recipient NPIs · example record 1206131430
Brilinta · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
17 suppressed by CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 FARXIGA
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
106133 supporting records · 42906 recipient NPIs · example record 1206131362
Farxiga · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
280 62
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 JARDIANCE
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
123636 supporting records · 49438 recipient NPIs · example record 1221811583
Jardiance · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
106 22
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 ELIQUIS
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
27956 supporting records · 14870 recipient NPIs · example record 1184377713
Eliquis · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
879 178
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 NEXLETOL
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
24230 supporting records · 12642 recipient NPIs · example record 1243949989
Nexletol · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
54 18
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 NEXLIZET
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
63 supporting records · 47 recipient NPIs · example record 1243951667
Nexlizet · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
40 suppressed by CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 VERQUVO
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
38060 supporting records · 12268 recipient NPIs · example record 1237992208
Verquvo · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
12 suppressed by CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 ENTRESTO
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
9346 supporting records · 6254 recipient NPIs · example record 1200004797
Entresto · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
651 126
PFIZER INC.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 ELIQUIS
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
87112 supporting records · 36032 recipient NPIs · example record 1228794063
Eliquis · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
879 178

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
Metoprolol SuccinateMetoprolol Succinate1536403
EliquisApixaban879178
Atorvastatin CalciumAtorvastatin Calcium833218
Rosuvastatin CalciumRosuvastatin Calcium799217
XareltoRivaroxaban657133
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan651126
Amlodipine BesylateAmlodipine Besylate563159
FurosemideFurosemide521149
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate399100
CarvedilolCarvedilol372105
EzetimibeEzetimibe34487
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol28062
ValsartanValsartan27173
Pravastatin SodiumPravastatin Sodium26674
Losartan PotassiumLosartan Potassium23273
LisinoprilLisinopril22462
Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate21470
Acebutolol HclAcebutolol Hcl19344
SpironolactoneSpironolactone18753
Flecainide AcetateFlecainide Acetate17942
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab17530
Potassium ChloridePotassium Chloride16246
Olmesartan MedoxomilOlmesartan Medoxomil16048
Metoprolol TartrateMetoprolol Tartrate14143
SotalolSotalol Hcl13935
HydrochlorothiazideHydrochlorothiazide12834
Amiodarone HclAmiodarone Hcl12635
Ranolazine ErRanolazine12526
SimvastatinSimvastatin12133
BumetanideBumetanide11826
Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl10925
Nebivolol HclNebivolol Hcl10827
JardianceEmpagliflozin10622
Labetalol HclLabetalol Hcl9118
Warfarin SodiumWarfarin Sodium9121
AtenololAtenolol8123
Olmesartan-HydrochlorothiazideOlmesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide7724
DigoxinDigoxin6517
Doxazosin MesylateDoxazosin Mesylate6218
NitroglycerinNitroglycerin6246
ChlorthalidoneChlorthalidone5715
IrbesartanIrbesartan5418
NexletolBempedoic Acid5418
Praluent PenAlirocumab48suppressed
Midodrine HclMidodrine Hcl4716
Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide4413
Nifedipine ErNifedipine41suppressed
NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe40suppressed
Hydralazine HclHydralazine Hcl3912
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl39suppressed
Verapamil SrVerapamil Hcl39suppressed
Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide36suppressed
Irbesartan-HydrochlorothiazideIrbesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide30suppressed
Clonidine HclClonidine Hcl28suppressed
Benazepril HclBenazepril Hcl27suppressed
Amlodipine-ValsartanAmlodipine Besylate/Valsartan25suppressed
LivaloPitavastatin Calcium25suppressed
Lisinopril-HydrochlorothiazideLisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide24suppressed
Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl22suppressed
Pitavastatin CalciumPitavastatin Calcium22suppressed
Prasugrel HclPrasugrel Hcl22suppressed
TelmisartanTelmisartan22suppressed
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl21suppressed
EdarbiAzilsartan Medoxomil21suppressed
Isosorbide DinitrateIsosorbide Dinitrate21suppressed
Propafenone HclPropafenone Hcl19suppressed
CorlanorIvabradine Hcl18suppressed
Propranolol HclPropranolol Hcl18suppressed
BrilintaTicagrelor17suppressed
FenofibrateFenofibrate Nanocrystallized16suppressed
Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate15suppressed
DroxidopaDroxidopa15suppressed
MetolazoneMetolazone14suppressed
AmoxicillinAmoxicillin1211
DofetilideDofetilide12suppressed
EdarbyclorAzilsartan Med/Chlorthalidone12suppressed
Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl12suppressed
Repatha SyringeEvolocumab12suppressed
VerquvoVericiguat12suppressed
Amlodipine Besylate-BenazeprilAmlodipine Besylate/Benazepril11suppressed
Isosorbide Dinit-HydralazineIsosorbide Dinit/Hydralazine11suppressed
PradaxaDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate11suppressed
Terazosin HclTerazosin Hcl11suppressed

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 $1,330.39 · 73 records Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ANGIO-SEAL, Assure WCD, CAPVAXIVE, CARDIOMEMS, ELIQUIS, FARXIGA, FUROSCIX, GLIDEWIRE, General - Pain Management, Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor, JARDIANCE, Kerendia, LEQVIO, LifeVest, NEXLETOL, NURTEC ODT, ONPATTRO, REPATHA, SYMPLICITY G3, VERQUVO, VYNDAQEL, WATCHMAN FLX, WatchPATONE, Wegovy 9
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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Product contract version: 2.0

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