Pharma Veterans

Greetings - New Year 2023 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #739 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #739 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. YEAR 2023 HAS STARTED. IT IS TIME FOR USUAL GREETINGS, WISHES, AND PRAYERS. I PRAY AND WISH THAT PAKISTAN GETS OUT OF THE ABYSS IT IS IN NOW, THAT THE PEOPLE GET MUCH NEEDED RELIEF, AND THAT WE SEE OUR COUNTRY OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF THE CORRPUPT, INCOMPETENT, MYOPIC, SELF-CENTERED, AND SELFISH RULERS, WHEREVER THEY COME FROM. AAMEEN. I ALSO PRAY THAT EACH ONE OF US GETS APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION FOR OUR HARD WORK AND BENEFITS WHICH ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT. AAMEEN. Every year is a usual mix of happy and sad events, but the year 2022 has been particularly devasta...

Asrar’s Note: Dear Pharma Veterans! I have created this space for ‘Pharma Veterans’; all of us. I am filling this space to begin with, to keep it moving. You are most cordially invited to write your thoughts/ ideas/ experiences. Please send these to me at asrar@asrarqureshi.com . Your contributions will be published promptly and without editing. Please join the Community and the Movement. Like other MNCs, Wyeth also had long serving people. My manager Sharaf Iqbal had previously worked in Bahawalpur and Multan. We knew each other. Most other colleagues working at Lahore were not known to me previously, but they were all cooperative with each other. Along with the pharmaceutical products, we also promoted SMA and S26, the two infant milk formula products. During that time, milk formula promotion was open. These could also be advertised through media. Major companies in this area were Wyeth, Abbott, Mead Johnson and Nutricia. A single Japanese formula ‘MEIJI’ had been growing rap...