tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post8267997195539283062..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: What's a life worth to Cephalon and its stockholders?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-85573937615107828442008-10-02T01:05:00.000-04:002008-10-02T01:05:00.000-04:00Fallenattorney,I am sorry to hear of your travails...Fallenattorney,<BR/><BR/>I am sorry to hear of your travails. I hope you will be well with no lasting problems.<BR/><BR/>Speaking as I might have when I was a medical resident about what was done, let me say "that really sucks."InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-79042186145506588132008-10-01T11:14:00.000-04:002008-10-01T11:14:00.000-04:00Large corporations want all the 'rights' of person...Large corporations want all the 'rights' of personhood with none of the accountability. Until we see many more CEO's and their sycophants doing a perp walk, with shareholders paying for the promise of high ROI's, nothing is going to change.<BR/><BR/>Quite frankly, I think the 3-strikes-and-you're-out paradigm that some states apply to individuals should be applied to corporations. Three-strikes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-83648200692274070262008-09-30T22:24:00.000-04:002008-09-30T22:24:00.000-04:00If you need evidence that Cephalon's promotion of ...If you need evidence that Cephalon's promotion of Provigil for non-approved uses is a very bad idea, consider my case: <BR/><BR/>Several years ago, My physician met for the first time with a Cephalon sales representative. Being a doctor who saw many adult ADHD patients, she decided to prescribe Provigil for me for a 3-month trial with an eye towards eventually substituting Provigil for End to Endhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054595385552954371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-52553306218764156092008-09-30T19:27:00.000-04:002008-09-30T19:27:00.000-04:00As a business person I have to view this through a...As a business person I have to view this through a business prism. First: "Cephalon had reserved the $425 million for the federal settlement last year." This indicates that the margin on these product are so great that this company can expense this fine. This is similar to the statement made by the device manufactures after they were fined that they would suffer no material impact on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-79649451820056172182008-09-30T13:45:00.000-04:002008-09-30T13:45:00.000-04:00Instead of a wake-up call, it's merely "the cost o...Instead of a wake-up call, it's merely "the cost of doing business." Compare and contrast this with tobacco lawsuits - the idea was to fine them so much that it would permanently change the way that they did business. This is just an inconvience.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759538470122313864noreply@blogger.com