Comments on: Pfizer And Wyeth Sued By Nevada Attorney General http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/pfizer-and-wyeth-sued-by-nevada-attorney-general/ News, Comment and Conversation Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:03:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sepp http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/pfizer-and-wyeth-sued-by-nevada-attorney-general/#comment-382118 Sepp Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:15:35 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17789#comment-382118 I'd like to report I had trouble with this page coming up. Several times, I got it up and a second later it vanished. Finally succeeded to stay on the page by interrupting the loading process before the page vanished. Sepp I’d like to report I had trouble with this page coming up. Several times, I got it up and a second later it vanished.

Finally succeeded to stay on the page by interrupting the loading process before the page vanished.

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]]> By: Hypocrisy rules http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/pfizer-and-wyeth-sued-by-nevada-attorney-general/#comment-382108 Hypocrisy rules Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:07:48 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17789#comment-382108 The bigpharmafia just can't stop doing business using their time proven "alternative" ways of doing biz. These alternative ways include all kinds of unethical, illegal, immoral and even criminal ways that they find so effective in bringing in additional profits that could not be possible with using only the legal business practices. When they use the alternatives, the math changes, so 1+1=3, meaning that alternative ways bring in so much additional profit. And they never learn or they don't want to learn. Both of these cos have already paid huge amounts in fines for doing similar things. Pfizer paid, what $430.000.000.00 for the Neurontin offlabel promo. One would think that such huge fines would deter them, but it does not seem to be the case. Now imagine what they do in other countries where they have no such strong laws as in USA. In Canada same companies do same if not worse things with impunity. The worse thing that can happen they get fined $5 - 10.000.00 by what they call Rx&D, industry self reg. body. Yes that is thousands not millions. These fines are just considered as minor cost of doing biz. By the looks of it, even in USA fines in millions are also considered cost of doing biz just like in Canada. Is it ever going to end? Not likely it is simply too profitable to give it up. The bigpharmafia just can’t stop doing business using their time proven “alternative” ways of doing biz. These alternative ways include all kinds of unethical, illegal, immoral and even criminal ways that they find so effective in bringing in additional profits that could not be possible with using only the legal business practices.
When they use the alternatives, the math changes, so 1+1=3, meaning that alternative ways bring in so much additional profit. And they never learn or they don’t want to learn. Both of these cos have already paid huge amounts in fines for doing similar things. Pfizer paid, what $430.000.000.00 for the Neurontin offlabel promo.
One would think that such huge fines would deter them, but it does not seem to be the case.
Now imagine what they do in other countries where they have no such strong laws as in USA. In Canada same companies do same if not worse things with impunity. The worse thing that can happen they get fined $5 - 10.000.00 by what they call Rx&D, industry self reg. body. Yes that is thousands not millions. These fines are just considered as minor cost of doing biz.
By the looks of it, even in USA fines in millions are also considered cost of doing biz just like in Canada.
Is it ever going to end? Not likely it is simply too profitable to give it up.

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