Comments on: All actions have consequences

By: In the Pipeline

In the Pipeline — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 01:07:55 +0000

Around and About
Tonight, a few varied links from around the blogging world, which only serve to remind me that I need to reconstitute my shattered blogroll: Via Chad Orzel I read this note from Preposterous Universe on publication of clinical trial data,…

By: Bernie Simon

Bernie Simon — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:41:14 +0000

Robert Heinlein coined a word in 1966 – TANSTAAFL (there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch).

There is such a thing as a free lunch. I got one a week ago.

By: swift

swift — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:22:31 +0000

Intelligent drug prescribing is the problem, huh? No question, too many physicians write prescriptions for drugs that are either unnecessary or are more expensive than another drug that works just as well.

But to suggest that errors in prescribing practices are the entire impetus driving drug re-importation from Canada and elsewhere turns a blind eye to exhorbitant domestic pricing. Don’t you think pricing is even worth mentioning as part of the problem?

By: chris

chris — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 04:55:07 +0000

I think the California lawsuit is pretty much just grandstanding. I live in California, and have a relative who works in the pharmaceutical industry. I think the suit is also supposed to be for “unfair pricing practices”, not restriction of supply.

I’ve heard that in order to prove price discrimination though, it can only be compared within the nation. You can’t sue someone for selling goods to another nation at a different price, but you can sue someone for selling goods to Georgia for a lower price than Virginia.

I could be wrong on the merits of the case, but its basically people trying to get attention for the situation. Its not a case to worry about. The fact that it names so many defendants and has gotten so little press kind of denotes its chances of success. If it were a plausible case, you’d see drug companies scrambling and the press jumping all over it.

By: Bernie Simon

Bernie Simon — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 01:33:05 +0000

If drug companies restrict the sale of drugs to Canada, this is probably an antitrust violation. They're being sued by California pharmacies for their efforts to restrict the sale of Canadian drugs already.

By: DB's Medical Rants » Whose your drug store?

DB's Medical Rants » Whose your drug store? — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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By: DB's Medical Rants » Whose your drug store?

DB's Medical Rants » Whose your drug store? — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

[...] e as minister. I have discussed this issue often in the past – see especially this rant – All actions have consequences Posted by rcentor @ 11:43 [...]