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Post by longstocking on Nov 25, 2015 18:08:38 GMT -5
stevil , Like it or not, drug reps cannot give us so much as a free pen anymore. I remember going to medical conventions 10 years ago and coming home with shopping bags full of "stuff". Mostly office supply items - pens, sticky notes, clocks etc. But I also was able to score some rolling stools to furnish my 1st office from one educational event. Those were the days... This is how it should be. Doctor's should be above reproach, not bribed with dinners and "stuff". Afrezza needs to sell itself, with integrity - as it will. |
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Nov 25, 2015 18:12:53 GMT -5
@liane believe it or not, those "freebies" were a $30 billion/year industry. Seriously that's what I heard internally in bp. Hard to imagine. You should have have seen some of the Cialis freebies. Cialis yardsticks, I am not kidding. It was amazing to walk through some of those office areas. yardsticks. Lol! Not so subtle, were they? It's interesting how these rules/concepts are applied. Think of the amount of billions $ that are involved in frequent flyer programs, which seem to primarily be a kickback to employees... a seemingly illegal activity in most contexts. I can't believe they actually have options at kiosks to pay money to get "extra" miles for a flight... the economics of which don't seem to make sense unless one is using a company card to buy those extra miles for oneself. (sorry, a bit off topic, but I approve expense reports) |
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Post by rrtzmd on Nov 25, 2015 20:19:06 GMT -5
But is that it? That link to Vaxserve's catalog has been there for several months now, I'm pretty sure. It doesn't even mention whether or how the devices relate to afrezza's spirometry requirements. I'm afraid I can't consider that much of a solution to the spirometry issue. Is there any information available about how many doctors have purchased spirometry equipment in order to meet afrezza's spirometry requirement? Is there any information about how many doctors have actually done spirometry themselves versus referring patients to pulmonologists? |
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Post by mssciguy on Nov 26, 2015 8:38:59 GMT -5
But is that it? That link to Vaxserve's catalog has been there for several months now, I'm pretty sure. It doesn't even mention whether or how the devices relate to afrezza's spirometry requirements. I'm afraid I can't consider that much of a solution to the spirometry issue. Is there any information available about how many doctors have purchased spirometry equipment in order to meet afrezza's spirometry requirement? Is there any information about how many doctors have actually done spirometry themselves versus referring patients to pulmonologists? a little bird posted that Vaxserve bit to cafepharma and one reply had the same concerns. Shorts (or competitors) (or disgruntled employees) sometimes post here too... cafepharma.com/boards/threads/afrezza-reps-must-see-spirometry-solution.588618/ |
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Post by od on Nov 26, 2015 11:07:45 GMT -5
The Vaxserve link has been active for some time. Vaxserve is a Sanofi company that offered spirometers long before Afrezza was in the portfolio. This is not a 'solution' to spirometer penetration. Re: SNY distributing spirometers, I am almost positive they can arrange for 'loaners'; the only restriction is that providers cannot bill for test.
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