Need proof that pharma doesn’t give a damn about patients or employees? Consider the following:
1ne: Allergan is letting go more than 1,000 staffers across its commercial team and other areas, it said in a Wednesday financial filing. It’s also axing about 400 jobs that aren’t currently filled, for a total job-cutting toll of 1,400.
2wo: Drug and device makers accounted for more than $900 million of $3.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017 .
3hree: A handful of drug companies rang in 2018 with price hikes that easily surpass ...
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6 years ago
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs said this and right now pharma could use a lot of rebels.
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Dr J Partyka Said
I agree it's important for every professional to speak out for whats right and what's wrong and to be prepared to defend your position. It takes knowledge, courage and guts, but it is what we all must do for the patients and the science.
Posted on February 28, 2018
KEY TAKEAWAY: Pharma product websites, according to the latest qualitative research, are still not providing people with the information that drives them into their doctor’s office to ask for a prescription.
The last two weeks I have been actively engaged conducting some qualitative research for a new client. With focus groups in four cities I hoped to learn when people might go to a pharma website after being exposed to a DTC commercial and if, once they got there, the information was enough to convince them to ask their doctor for/about the product. What I heard ...
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Interesting and I agree that it's difficult to explain the benefit-risk ratio in a 60 sec. TV commercial.
Good Comments.