8. Royal Philips
$6.8 million in research payments to doctors and teaching hospitals (2018)
Big 100 rank: 3
0.3% of R&D spending ($2,079,792,000)
0.03% of annual revenue ($21,413,585,700)
Top doctor payments
The top five payments to doctors totaled $103,174 and went toward cardiology and vascular disease devices.
- $28,800 related to the Achieva 3.0T R5 MRI system;
- $25,600 associated with the Ingenia 1.5T MRI system;
- $18,000 for pre-clinical research involving the Ingenia 3.0T MRI system and MicroDose SI mammography system;
- $16,000 for Achieva 3.0T pre-clinical research;
- $14,774 related to the Achieva 3.0T.
Top teaching hospital payments
The top five payments to teaching hospitals totaled $1,978,149 and went toward cardiology and vascular disease devices.
- $1,050,000 for a cardiology-vascular-related device research study;
- $325,000 related to a cardiology-vascular-related device research study;
- $282,584 for a stroke study;
- $192,339 associated with a clinical evaluation of the Lotus system;
- $128,226 for clinical evaluation of the Lotus system.