Comments on: IMS Mess: Data Screw-Up Hits Other Drugmakers http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/ News, Comment and Conversation Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:41:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: IT guy http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-23245 IT guy Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:50:35 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-23245 I expected something like that to happen. What else can cheap H-1 work force offer to big companies? Companies are looking to outsource and save money. Here's the result. I expected something like that to happen. What else can cheap H-1 work force offer to big companies? Companies are looking to outsource and save money. Here’s the result.

]]> By: Pharma News 10_12 « Impactiviti blog http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21903 Pharma News 10_12 « Impactiviti blog Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:45:01 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21903 [...] IMS data screw-up - some reps may get their bonuses pulled back. Not a popular idea! [...] [...] IMS data screw-up - some reps may get their bonuses pulled back. Not a popular idea! [...]

]]> By: pappy detail man http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21650 pappy detail man Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:39:30 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21650 That's what happens when there is no competition - the product managers who buy the data swear it's infallible because otherwise they look like a schmuck paying a million bucks for it. Thank G-D for Silverman and the bloggy data release - this issue would have been buried had it not been for Ed. Newsflash -- this has been going on for years. Reps have been whining to no avail. They routinely cook it and fudge it. That’s what happens when there is no competition - the product managers who buy the data swear it’s infallible because otherwise they look like a schmuck paying a million bucks for it.

Thank G-D for Silverman and the bloggy data release - this issue would have been buried had it not been for Ed.

Newsflash — this has been going on for years. Reps have been whining to no avail. They routinely cook it and fudge it.

]]> By: Julie http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21647 Julie Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:11:40 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21647 "all say they don’t have a contract for IMS to provide THAT PARTICULAR DATA" What particular data are they talking about? “all say they don’t have a contract for IMS to provide THAT PARTICULAR DATA”

What particular data are they talking about?

]]> By: Ed Silverman http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21631 Ed Silverman Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:05:13 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21631 Hello Lori, Good question, and I'm trying to clarify that. ed Hello Lori,

Good question, and I’m trying to clarify that.

ed

]]> By: Lori http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21630 Lori Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:00:29 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/10/ims-mess-data-screw-up-hits-another-drugmaker/#comment-21630 Does anybody have an idea whether the problem is with prescriber-level data or institutional-level data? Does anybody have an idea whether the problem is with prescriber-level data or institutional-level data?

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