tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post47411112866409880..comments2024-03-10T05:12:12.373-04:00Comments on Pharma Marketing Blog: Why Does GSK Prefer New York Physicians & Will Governor Patterson Ruin It for Them?Vladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04114063498108633047noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-848237183526520462010-02-04T16:17:54.829-05:002010-02-04T16:17:54.829-05:00I meant "not that the ban will stop these PAY...I meant "not that the ban will stop these PAYMENTS," not "gifts"PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-31582876642717953202010-02-04T16:15:13.420-05:002010-02-04T16:15:13.420-05:00No, I am not confusing the two. I am suggesting --...No, I am not confusing the two. I am suggesting -- although with tongue in cheek, that GSK is giving docs in NY more opportunity to be paid for services in order to win them over so they lobby against the Governor's ban on gifts to physicians -- not that the ban will stop these gifts. Hiring people is just one way to influence the influences. If I am on someone's payroll and that person asks me to do him/her a favor such as write my state assembly-person a letter, I may be inclined to do it.PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-12639370213253254262010-02-04T16:07:36.801-05:002010-02-04T16:07:36.801-05:00John, You are confusing gifts with payments for ...John, You are confusing gifts with payments for services. Why not turn your flashlight on the insurance industry's practice of paying physicians to prescribe generics in so-called "pay for performance" bonuses. Happening all over, even in Senator Sunshine Grassley's back yard in Iowa (hint BCBS)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-51414281644761892502010-01-27T10:20:09.004-05:002010-01-27T10:20:09.004-05:00Thanks for pointing that out. Correction made.Thanks for pointing that out. Correction made.PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-58772142176746744812010-01-27T10:15:35.586-05:002010-01-27T10:15:35.586-05:00Look forward to hearing the outcome of your invest...Look forward to hearing the outcome of your investigation!<br /><br />Just wanted to point out what I think is a typo:<br />"gifts from physicians" should be "gifts from pharmaceutical companies"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com