Comments on: AstraZeneca’s Cupgate: Don’t Feed The Patients http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:10:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ed http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/#comment-13895 Ed Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:07:08 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/#comment-13895 Sounds like Nathan was caught breaking the rules most AZ Reps LIVE by. Sorry you could not do that. Sounds like Nathan was caught breaking the rules most AZ Reps LIVE by. Sorry you could not do that.

]]> By: Nathan Jessup http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/#comment-3557 Nathan Jessup Wed, 30 May 2007 22:19:44 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/#comment-3557 AZ has been doing shady stuff for years. They'll probably fire a dozen or so reps - maybe even a baker's dozen - and that'll be their answer to the pink cupcake caper. Typical AZ overreaction. AZ has been doing shady stuff for years. They’ll probably fire a dozen or so reps - maybe even a baker’s dozen - and that’ll be their answer to the pink cupcake caper.

Typical AZ overreaction.

]]> By: Ed Silverman http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/#comment-3555 Ed Silverman Wed, 30 May 2007 19:17:41 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/#comment-3555 Well, John, look at it this way, fewer cupcakes could mean less Alli, or maybe Avandia. ed Well, John, look at it this way, fewer cupcakes could mean less Alli, or maybe Avandia.

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]]> By: John Mack http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/#comment-3553 John Mack Wed, 30 May 2007 18:35:14 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/astrazenecas-cupgate-dont-feed-the-patients/#comment-3553 That really sucks for patients! I cannot see how it is perfectly OK for reps to feed pizza to docs, but not give cupcakes to patients! It's time that we patients stood up and demanded our share of the pharma giveaway program! Citing HIPAA as an excuse for not giving patients cupcakes is a red herring. That law was never intended to leave patients in the cold wjile docs feasted on gourmet deli sandwiches! It's all because of you bloggers -- Ed, you included -- that this memo was written! Does anyone think that a cupcake would influence me to ask my doctor for a course of Arimidex? Certainly not! That really sucks for patients!

I cannot see how it is perfectly OK for reps to feed pizza to docs, but not give cupcakes to patients!

It’s time that we patients stood up and demanded our share of the pharma giveaway program!

Citing HIPAA as an excuse for not giving patients cupcakes is a red herring. That law was never intended to leave patients in the cold wjile docs feasted on gourmet deli sandwiches!

It’s all because of you bloggers — Ed, you included — that this memo was written!

Does anyone think that a cupcake would influence me to ask my doctor for a course of Arimidex? Certainly not!

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