tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post9214515657275200385..comments2024-03-28T13:38:36.788-04:00Comments on Pharma Marketing Blog: The Blog Ate My Job!Vladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04114063498108633047noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-6619344920330303792012-08-27T10:30:01.400-04:002012-08-27T10:30:01.400-04:00Pax in France is the term for people who have opte...Pax in France is the term for people who have opted not to get married the traditional way, but want legal rights observed!<br />Pity for Anon, agree with Anon 2 and Wendy's comments.<br />Keep writing them John - we need these blog postings to keep Pharma (and agencies) on their toes, and hopefully help clean the industry up a bit.<br />Cheers,<br />SvenSvenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001203011973398711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-68524894112038001462012-08-27T10:13:18.530-04:002012-08-27T10:13:18.530-04:00Hi Wendy,
Ha Ha. Spell check is worthless for cor...Hi Wendy,<br /><br />Ha Ha. Spell check is worthless for correcting drug names! The correct name is Relpax, but on a subconscious level I like Replax better. It's easier for me to remember and it carries just as much meaning as Relpax, unless the "pax" part is supposed to connote "peace" as in "Pax vobiscum" (peace be unto you).PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-89087325354693655362012-08-27T09:55:03.345-04:002012-08-27T09:55:03.345-04:00While we're talking about typos ... is it Repl...While we're talking about typos ... is it Replax or Relpax? (Sorry John - couldn't resist!) Thanks for posting this. As a fellow industry observer and sometimes blogger, I have often wondered about the behind-the-scenes implications of the opinions we write. I'm sorry if someone lost their job over this. But as others point out, I expect there were other reasons and - if their employer was truly that cut-throat - perhaps Anon is better off after all. At least he expressed his emotions with a blog comment instead of going postal. Keep writing!Wendy Blackburnhttp://blog.intouchsol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-3880304312395459502012-08-24T17:07:47.975-04:002012-08-24T17:07:47.975-04:00John, for anyone to use the term education and pha...John, for anyone to use the term education and pharma marketing piece in the same sentence is a bit of a dichotomy, in my opinion.<br />I've never worked with an agency or a pharma team who were able to put the two together in a fair and balanced way to truly benefit the patient, i.e., with any further info than basic info on the disease state. The education portion is slanted toward the product and the marketing team is the slant. <br />One real reason may be that doctors disagree with dietary/treament stategies and so the piece becomes homogenous.<br />What you really need is a group of health care professionals writing the material and a graphic designer for the artwork, that is, if you want slick.<br />Or Pharma Co's ought to give a portion of their budget to say, the Amer Diabetes Assoc, to pay for their materials and each company hand them out to offices.<br />To the first Anon, marketing spend is going to drop like a rock when ObamaCare gets into full swing next year so maybe its better to find a good job now, vs. a year from now, when unemployment may be 11-15%, unless you move to DC and work for new health care bureacracy.<br />--from a regular anonymous poster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-81187516360494706822012-08-24T10:57:55.707-04:002012-08-24T10:57:55.707-04:00"First of all, it seems pretty unlikely that ..."First of all, it seems pretty unlikely that someone would be fired within hours after an "opnionated" and "unjust" blog post was made. Who can be so cruel to fire someone on the spot like that, especially someone who is just one of the "multiple hands" responsible for creating and approving ads?"<br /><br />- First, I love your blog, so please just keep on doing what you do just as you do it. For the record though,the people who would be so cruel manage things called ad agencies, and they typically respond to very angry clients by firing someone. This person is typically called the "Fall Guy" and the process of falling is called "getting thrown under the bus." From the statement above I'm guessing you probably don't know what it's like to work at a consumer pharma ad agency in 2012, and that's okay, because you don't.<br /><br />Endless supporting documentation found here(thanks George Parker): http://www.adscam.typepad.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-5383008390805596652012-08-24T09:04:07.450-04:002012-08-24T09:04:07.450-04:00People who put information (even ads) out for publ...People who put information (even ads) out for public consumption need to be ready to deal with public reaction. I didn't find anything "unjust" in your blog post, and it wasn't all that opinionated, at least compared to some of your other posts (insert winky face here). Anon is just going through the anger/blame phase of his/her loss. My sympathies to him/her (been there), but your blog is not to blame.<br /><br />BTW, I agree with Carolyn. As an editor, I found reading Anon's comments hard to get through because of the errors. If you want to be taken seriously, people, use spell check!Leslie Ramseyhttp://www.fdanews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-7437340730684116342012-08-23T18:48:23.546-04:002012-08-23T18:48:23.546-04:00John, perhaps Anon lost his/her job because of all...John, perhaps Anon lost his/her job because of all those extremely painful typos and spelling mistakes?! Carolyn Thomashttp://www.myheartsisters.orgnoreply@blogger.com