Feeling vindicated that Pfizer must pay a $35 million fine for off-label marketing, wihistleblower Peter Rost is having a grand time on his blog this week. When he’s not smirking over nasty comments about him on CafePharma that he blames on Pfizer, the former Pfizer exec is busy lampooning the drugmaker’s take on events surrounding the Genotropin promotion.

Now, he’s put the fine into perspective with some back-of-the-envelope math:

Last year, Pfizer’s profit hit $11 billion. Coincidentally, that works out to $35 million a day. Rost, who is pursuing a lawsuit against Pfizer but has yet to collect a penny, then uses an analogy: somone earning $50,000 a year would pay $137 for a speeding ticket.

Then he asks: “Did a speeding ticket ever stop you from speeding again?”

Pfeel pfree to take the Pfifth.

Rost, in his own words, here.
Rost for President thread on CafePharma.
[tags]Genotropin, Off-Label Marketing, Peter Rost, Pfizer[/tags]