Comments on: No More Freebies for Doctors from Drug Companies http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/05/no-more-freebies-for-doctors-from-drug-companies/ Medical news updated 24 hours Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:44:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: kur http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/05/no-more-freebies-for-doctors-from-drug-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-11034 kur Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:30:13 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/05/no-more-freebies-for-doctors-from-drug-companies/#comment-11034 I can not help but think that a trip to the islands would effect your opinion. I can not help but think that a trip to the islands would effect your opinion.

]]> By: Dr. Shank http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/05/no-more-freebies-for-doctors-from-drug-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-4501 Dr. Shank Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:24:17 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/05/no-more-freebies-for-doctors-from-drug-companies/#comment-4501 This proposal is not only disrespectful to physicians, it is ABSURD, not to mention counterproductive. The cost of drugs is ALMOST ENTIRELY driven by the extreme costs and risks of bringing a drug to market and the very limited period of patent protection after approval, not by the marketing costs. Limiting marketing will only decrease the market, which will mean fewer prescriptions to share the costs of development and even higher costs per prescription. Of course, that is thinking economically, rather than politically, which is why Therese Murray and Mark C. Montigny are politicians and I will never be elected to office. If someone wants to spend half-an-hour to an hour of my time talking to me, the least he can do is bring lunch. This applies equally whether he is presenting a product to me or consulting me as an expert in the field. The free pens wind up being used (and taken) by patients and non professional staff, neither of whom write prescriptions. I am much more concerned about the likes of Therese Murray and Mark C. Montigny being wined and dined by good-looking people than anyone else (Now THERE is a real potential for abuse with far more harmful consequences!). This proposal is not only disrespectful to physicians, it is ABSURD, not to mention counterproductive. The cost of drugs is ALMOST ENTIRELY driven by the extreme costs and risks of bringing a drug to market and the very limited period of patent protection after approval, not by the marketing costs. Limiting marketing will only decrease the market, which will mean fewer prescriptions to share the costs of development and even higher costs per prescription. Of course, that is thinking economically, rather than politically, which is why Therese Murray and Mark C. Montigny are politicians and I will never be elected to office.

If someone wants to spend half-an-hour to an hour of my time talking to me, the least he can do is bring lunch. This applies equally whether he is presenting a product to me or consulting me as an expert in the field.

The free pens wind up being used (and taken) by patients and non professional staff, neither of whom write prescriptions.

I am much more concerned about the likes of Therese Murray and Mark C. Montigny being wined and dined by good-looking people than anyone else (Now THERE is a real potential for abuse with far more harmful consequences!).

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