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According to Webb, he would give a high-prescribing doctor about $1,500 to speak. And following that speech, Webb would see the speaking doctor write an additional $100,000 to $200,000 in prescriptions of his company's drug.
Several years ago at the annual Stroke conference, a large pharma (Boehringer Ingelheim, I believe) bused hundreds (maybe 1000+?) of us (mostly clinicians, but some lucky researchers like me) out of Phoenix to a mansion for a all you can eat and drink party. Just to be friendly, I suppose.
Each of the few years I went thereafter, the parties got progressively less elaborate.
thenewgreen · 4970 days ago · link ·
Great post with a great title. I have some friends that work in pharma sales. It's a crappy gig, doctors pretty much crap all over you. Back in the day though the money was amazing and the expense accounts you had available to you were just silly. -scary industry, always makes me think of the movie "Brain Candy"
I enjoyed this story. I think this qualifies Notphil as a "thought leader" on Hubski.