Advertising drugs, from what I understand, is bad for their costs. But the active ingredient has probably not even been shaped into pills/gelcaps...whatever, at that stage. I'm not that interested in filling my shower with antacid.
Well, other bands know more than three chords. Your professional bands can play up to six, sometimes seven, completely different chords.
Oz ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
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erikaj - Jan 31, 2013 9:22:33 am PST #25732 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2013 9:25:11 am PST #25733 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Does she also think eBooks and music should be free, since there's no book or CD involved? (I support them being CHEAPER due to those things, but surely not free)
Probably, but I'm glad I don't actually know.
meara - Jan 31, 2013 9:28:40 am PST #25734 of 30001
Advertising drugs, from what I understand, is bad for their costs.
Ooh, yes, this very much. Especially ads to consumers. Ads to doctors are iffy (and apparently have more influence on them than I'd like), but I understand wanting to get your product and any benefits it may have over other products out there...but really it should be done in the more traditional (and still happens!) way of "Here! I am at your doctor conference for oncology with my poster about how we did a study showing our drug is better than the other drug! Stop by and read my scientific paper, if you'd like!"
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2013 9:32:47 am PST #25735 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"Here! I am at your doctor conference for oncology with my poster about how we did a study showing our drug is better than the other drug! Stop by and read my scientific paper, if you'd like!"
Drug companies buy very large quantities of article reprints from us for this very reason (that, and sales visits to physicians' offices). "Look! Our drug was shown in this paper to be statistically superior to placebo! You should start prescribing it!"
erikaj - Jan 31, 2013 9:39:36 am PST #25736 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, that sounds better to me than ads. And then, ads for lawyers' settlements for the same crap that was in all the ads last year.
Connie Neil - Jan 31, 2013 9:40:40 am PST #25737 of 30001
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ads for lawyers' settlements for the same crap that was in all the ads last year.
yes, I love seeing those ads for drugs I was on a few years ago. I always think "Huh, I wonder if that's why I was taken off of it."
beekaytee - Jan 31, 2013 9:55:09 am PST #25738 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I happen to love Target pharmacy because of the pill bottles. I know that is frivolous.
The bottles are cool.
I was kind of shocked, really.
beekaytee - Jan 31, 2013 10:01:36 am PST #25739 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
In 'the system sucks but some people are nice' news...the clinic called again to apologize for a second time about the prescription debacle.
Phew. I appreciate the effort, for reals.
sj - Jan 31, 2013 10:09:37 am PST #25740 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I just left the therapist's office. I did not like her, but I did make another appointment. So, I guess I'll give it one more try.
Cass - Jan 31, 2013 10:09:55 am PST #25741 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
But no, drug companies are the devil because they don't charge 1 cent a pill for Lipitor.
Well, it costs 1 cent for the active ingredient NOW. But someone had to develop it, figure out if it worked for anything, figure out if it was safe to take... Little things. Drug companies do make a lot of money but the part I don't begrudge them is recouping their initial investment.