Table 1. Research and Nonresearch Payments Made to Healthcare Professionals and Healthcare Organizations By Pharmaceutical Companies Manufacturing COVID-19 Vaccines between 2020 and 2021.

From: Research and Nonresearch Industry Payments for COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in the United States

Variables Type of COVID-19 vaccines Overall
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna COVID-19
BioNTech Pfizer Vaccine
Overall
 Total payment amounts, $ (%) 4,252,074.58 (1.2) 242,966,738.08 (68.2) 109,200,692.69 (30.6) 356,419,505.35
 Number of payment recipients, n 12 physicians 232 physicians 175 physicians 372 physicians
1 teaching hospital 3 teaching hospitals 2 nurse practitioners 2 nurse practitioners
4 teaching hospitals
Research payments
 Payments amounts, $ (%) 4,140,488.58 (1.2) 242,734,243.91 (68.3) 108,756,027.67 (30.6) 355,630,760.16 (99.8)
 Number of payment recipients, n 12 physicians 224 physicians 150 physicians 340 physicians
2 teaching hospitals 2 teaching hospitals
 Median payments per recipient (IQR), $ 198,674.75 612,737.36 321,262.67 550,964.96
(36,380.81-490,409.02) (94,859.41-1,498,176.54) (56,720.25-1,153,151.65) (63,058.98-1,436,790.37)
Nonresearch payments
 Payment amounts, $ (%) 111,586 (14.1) 232,494.17 (29.5) 444,665.02 (56.4) 788,745.19 (0.2)
 Number of payment recipients, n 1 teaching hospital 9 physicians 25 physicians 34 physicians
3 teaching hospitals 2 nurse practitioners 2 nurse practitioners
4 teaching hospitals
 Median payments per recipient (IQR), $ 7,800 (4,900-50,000)* 2,100 (1,600-3,575) 3,350 (1,637.5 7,850)
 Nature of payments, $ (%)
  Consulting 0 (0) 113,604.17 (48.9) 444,613 (100.0) 558,217.17 (70.8)
  Royalty and license 111,586 (100.0) 100,000 (43.0) 0 (0) 211,586 (26.8)
  Speaking compensation 0 (0) 18,890 (8.1) 0 (0) 18,890 (2.4)
  Food and beverage 0 (0) 0 (0) 52.02 (0.01) 52.02 (0.01)
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