http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/medicis_98m_for_offlabel_marke/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/05/medicis_98m_for_offlabel_marke/#comment-3360 heknows Thu, 10 May 2007 01:57:33 +0000 http://plt.starledger.webfactional.com/2007/05/medicis_98m_for_offlabel_marke/#comment-3360 It is gratifying to see that in USA inspite of big pharma having an uperhand over the public and patients especially is paying some price for using planned, deliberate misconduct that includes off label promo. Karma to those reps who came forward and their reward is well earned. We in Canada hope that we too will have same strong False Claim Act to punish our big pharma companies that do these things routinely without any concequences, practically. On occasion they pay 5 or 10 thousand fines id caught by indistry regulating bodies like Rx&d or PAAB. They pay it an laugh it of as minor irritant. The big pharma have grown really fat in the "north strong and free". It is gratifying to see that in USA inspite of big pharma having an uperhand over the public and patients especially is paying some price for using planned, deliberate misconduct that includes off label promo.
Karma to those reps who came forward and their reward is well earned.
We in Canada hope that we too will have same strong False Claim Act to punish our big pharma companies that do these things routinely without any concequences, practically. On occasion they pay 5 or 10 thousand fines id caught by indistry regulating bodies like Rx&d or PAAB. They pay it an laugh it of as minor irritant.
The big pharma have grown really fat in the “north strong and free”.

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