Can Pharmaceuticals Legally Sell Drugs?

Posted by Michael Wong on January 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

This is the question that I asked myself (yet again) when I read that two major pharmaceuticals have (yet again) evidenced that the only way that pharmaceuticals seem able to sell durgs is by doing something illegal. Amgen recently plead guilty to illegally marketing Aranesp for off-label uses and will pay $150 million in criminal … Continue reading →

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Drug Sales Reps Need New Tools

Posted by Michael Wong on September 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

In a recent Insight Report, “In India, gift-giving drives drug makers’ marketing”, Reuters reports: Sales representatives for Abbott Laboratories Inc’s Indian subsidiaries know what it takes to get a doctor to prescribe the drugs they market: a coffee maker, perhaps, or some cookware, or maybe a vacuum cleaner. These are among the many gifts for … Continue reading →

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