Comments on: Open For Business: A NJ City Promotes Drugs http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:28:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ed Silverman http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/#comment-15639 Ed Silverman Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:00:12 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/#comment-15639 Hi Ken, Thanks for your note. We appreciate sarcasm, too! :) This was posted because the city is getting paid to promote the drug, as opposed to simply taking money to post a billboard. And the effort is quarterbacked by the city health director. Perhaps most would agree with you that there's little or no difference from traditional advertising. Or that it's acceptable for a city health director to get involved in promoting certain meds. And that's fine. But The Jersey Journal found it curious and so did we. For that reason, we thought we'd post in the event others also regarded the arrangement as unusual. Thanks for stopping by, ed Hi Ken,

Thanks for your note. We appreciate sarcasm, too! :)

This was posted because the city is getting paid to promote the drug, as opposed to simply taking money to post a billboard. And the effort is quarterbacked by the city health director.

Perhaps most would agree with you that there’s little or no difference from traditional advertising. Or that it’s acceptable for a city health director to get involved in promoting certain meds. And that’s fine. But The Jersey Journal found it curious and so did we.

For that reason, we thought we’d post in the event others also regarded the arrangement as unusual.

Thanks for stopping by,

ed

]]> By: Ken Rusty http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/#comment-15636 Ken Rusty Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:36:51 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/#comment-15636 OMG! Advertising on public property, who ever heard of such a thing!?!?!!! Not like there's advertising on buses, or subways, or bus stops, or in other public bathrooms across the country. Now a small town's health director is trying it!! Stop the presses and get out the blogs! I'm not sure what the "story" here is, so can you help me out? That a city is taking money in exchange for advertising? No, that can't be the story. That it's taking pharma money? Well, I'd be astonished if this was the first city ever to take pharma money for an advertisement... So really, what's the story again? OMG! Advertising on public property, who ever heard of such a thing!?!?!!! Not like there’s advertising on buses, or subways, or bus stops, or in other public bathrooms across the country. Now a small town’s health director is trying it!! Stop the presses and get out the blogs!

I’m not sure what the “story” here is, so can you help me out? That a city is taking money in exchange for advertising? No, that can’t be the story. That it’s taking pharma money? Well, I’d be astonished if this was the first city ever to take pharma money for an advertisement… So really, what’s the story again?

]]> By: bB http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/#comment-15632 bB Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:52:58 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/#comment-15632 The world of 'Selling Sickness, by R. Moynihan & A. Cassels' is expanding to new field. Is there any 'Good adviser' at Bayonne? The world of ‘Selling Sickness, by R. Moynihan & A. Cassels’ is expanding to new field. Is there any ‘Good adviser’ at Bayonne?

]]> By: JS http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/#comment-15626 JS Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:21:07 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/open-for-business-a-nj-city-promotes-drugs/#comment-15626 The end of the world as we know it :-) The end of the world as we know it :-)

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