tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post8795402742273737937..comments2024-03-27T01:34:23.434-04:00Comments on Pharma Marketing Blog: Allergan Doesn't Comply with PhRMA Guidelines, Wins Kudos AnywayVladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04114063498108633047noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-26880317698626073492010-08-04T08:56:50.054-04:002010-08-04T08:56:50.054-04:00C'mon anonymous Allergan rep or marketing mana...C'mon anonymous Allergan rep or marketing manager whose "father" is a physician who works with Allergan. Spare us the shill on how wonderful Allergan is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-54501801343173112032009-11-05T19:17:49.377-05:002009-11-05T19:17:49.377-05:00My father is a physician who has worked with Aller...My father is a physician who has worked with Allergan for over fifteen years. During this time, I have never heard a word concerning inappropriate or unethical exchanges between the company and my father. <br /><br />Concerned with maintaining professional integrity, this high profile company refrains from client gift giving as well as offering other promotional incentives in fear of breaching Pharma guidelines. <br /><br />My father tells me that Allergan’s stringent guidelines for meal expenditures do not exceed $50 per person and are not extended to anyone other than the physician. The company once disposed thousands of promotional t shirts in order to avoid accusations of manipulating the doctor’s actions. <br /><br />While there are probably a few bad apples in any industry that includes drug companies, doctors, and drug reps, I have not observed this practice to be the case between Allergan and clients such as my father. I agree, it is highly unethical for a doctor to endorse a treatment or drug solely because the company provided a financial incentive such as new golf clubs or a spa weekend retreat. In my opinion however, this is a rarity and not a frequent occurrence. Ultimately it is the consumers that should be able to decide for themselves regarding the risks and benefits of proceeding with certain treatments. <br /><br />Why is there so much negative blogging out there? How about a positive focus day for all the negative people? It just might be what the doctor ordered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-70366088059523374282008-10-23T18:03:00.000-04:002008-10-23T18:03:00.000-04:00What a joke! There are loads of companies who are ...What a joke! There are loads of companies who are signatories of the pharma guidelines, yet the reps violate them every day (more like hourly). <BR/><BR/>Let's be honest - it's not the companies or reps that should be held totally accountable. It's the doctors who push the reps to do what they shouldn't. They know that if they don't gibe a doctor what they ask for, they will lose the business, and possibly their job. Think it doesn't happen? I have some beach-front property in Utah to sell you!<BR/><BR/>Many times a rep is screwed no matter what they do. If they comply with the guidelines, they will face just as certain a death as if they don't. Pick your poison - or should I say reason for being fired.<BR/><BR/>Want all the crap to stop? Simple: Have the doctors sign onto a guideline system that has some enforcement and punishment capability. All of a sudden those doctors who own dozens of practices, think they are god and can demand unreasonable things (gifts) from reps will come to an end. And that will be a good day for consumers and reps. Won't be such a good day for the egotistical doctors who continues to play ruler of the pharma sales rep world. I would even love to see a web setup for submission of unethical doctors. Public might get an eye-opener.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-74409358797768660742008-10-23T10:00:00.000-04:002008-10-23T10:00:00.000-04:00Yes, all you say is true -- except for the 50,000 ...Yes, all you say is true -- except for the 50,000 FDA warning letters of course. However, there are some companies that have agreed to comply and do so. They are at a disadvantage when other companies choose not to comply.PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-18423972580033604552008-10-23T09:40:00.000-04:002008-10-23T09:40:00.000-04:00Guidelines don't mean anything for our benefit reg...Guidelines don't mean anything for our benefit regarding pharma. All they are basically is a series of statement of a policy or procedure to determine a course of action. Their purpose is to pacify the public. <BR/><BR/>Similar examples are Corporate Integrity Agreements, Non-prosecution agreements, and the 50 thousand warning letters the FDA sends pharma companiee.<BR/><BR/>All of the above does not deter their behavior, which needs to be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com