I’m not sure what you mean by ‘formal.’ There is a response from the Schering-Plough spokesman, which is to say the company had an ‘official’ reply to my question(s). No press release was issued, however, if that’s what you mean.

Hope that helps,
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I thought I was clear in my last comment. In any event, again, I described the plan, as I understood it, including the name of the plan, to the SGP spokesman. He confirmed the plan and gave me the statement you have seen. I assure you that I would not have posted the item, as it appeared, if there was no confirmation. I could have just posted a thread from CafePharma for the sake of it, but that wouldn’t necessarily have proven anything, which is the point I believe you’re trying to make.

As to your question about what could have motivated someone to post what they did on CafePharma, I can only think to say that it’s human nature to gossip. And gossip they do. You make a good point, but beyond that, I’m afraid I can’t help you.

I hope this helps,
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I understand your point. I will say that I spoke with Schering-Plough, which acknowleged the effort is under way. And I included the remarks from the Schering-Plough spokesman in my first post about this topic, which can be seen here. I assume you noticed that.

While it’s true that anyone can post on CafePharma, I don’t know that should suggest something is automatically true or false. I’ve been looking at that site for however long and learned, like many people I know, that it contains all manner of uninformed ramblings and worse. I’ve also learned a few things about the job of the sales rep and, sometimes, doings at this or that company that turned out to be accurate. So the issue isn’t all or nothing.

You’re free to disagree, but I prefer to keep an open mind, rather than shut the door on anything that may, however infrequently, offer helpful information, of any sort.

Cheers
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