"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
A Case in Point:Derek Lowe, who works in the drug industry, has some thoughts on why Merck-Medco counted pharmacy co-pays as part of their revenues. (HINT: Executive bonuses were tied to revenue numbers.)
UPDATE: If you scroll up on his page he has more on this, and on the Pfizer-Pharmacia merger. posted by Sydney on
7/16/2002 05:41:00 AM
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