tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post5054240867957214321..comments2024-03-16T00:27:31.848-07:00Comments on Hooked: Ethics, Medicine, and Pharma: Looking Over the Shoulders of the Drug Reps: Who Are They?Howard Brodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599587504924835039noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post-75611415124378368422008-03-08T17:19:00.000-08:002008-03-08T17:19:00.000-08:00It illustrates the need for pharma comanies to hir...It illustrates the need for pharma comanies to hire those they believe have all of those intrinsic qualities that bore many, such as character, honesty, integrity, etc. It also illustrates the anger of reps. at what they have been forced to become by thier employers. <BR/><BR/>The pharma industry clearly selects those to be reps based in large part on looks or personality or popularity. Clearly, there is no correlation between such qualities and any decency of a person. In fact, frequently, they are in opposition with each other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post-38479513181687564852007-11-23T14:46:00.000-08:002007-11-23T14:46:00.000-08:00For me this is an amazing posting. The drug rep bo...For me this is an amazing posting. The drug rep board reflects a tragedy -- that the interaction between pharmaceuticals and medicine has moved to such a level of hate. Your comments about drug reps are compassionate and wise. Presumably the reps are no worse (or better) than other human beings, including physicians. Their postings suggest that just as primary care physicians are altered in mood, attitude, and comportment by their working conditions, especially compensation, the same is true for these drug reps. They are the foot soldiers of a drug industry in hot pursuit of blockbuster profits, and the drug industry itself is at the mercy of equity owners looking for short term gains. The drug reps are caught between employers who value them for what they can sell and physicians who want the perks the reps offer and, at least sometimes, access to information, but who hold them in contempt. What a painful situation!Jim Sabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087828142188534542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post-25373735472763247092007-11-19T10:31:00.000-08:002007-11-19T10:31:00.000-08:00You should remember that the pharma companies them...You should remember that the pharma companies themselves likely have PR people to monitor and "seed" these boards with their own views under guise of 'anonymous' reps. This is known as 'managing the narrative.' <BR/><BR/>I believe they also monitor the financial boards that allow comments such as yahoo finance. A former co-worker in PR was very aware of what was written there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com