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Colossal Wrongdoings by Big Pharma – GSK – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1090 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1090 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Preamble Pharma industry is ruled by Big Pharma internationally. There are Big Pharma companies locally also, but they are so small as compared to the real Big Pharma.  Big Pharma has been involved in criminal concealment of evidence and facts about their products and has caused huge damage to people. Thalidomide was the first recorded case in 1950-60 which caused the birth of thousands of deformed, limbless babies; the scrutiny started from that point.  In 2012, the pharmaceutical world was rocked by one of the largest healthcare fraud settlements in U.S. history. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world’s largest drug manufacturers, ag...

Ethics and Pharmaceutical Industry – Marketing – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #797 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #797 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. Photo Credit: Ivan Samkov Photo Credit: Kindel Media Several posts shall be published under this topic, but each post shall be complete in itself. Marketing Pharmaceutical Industry is highly competitive world over, and the same is the case in Pakistan. There are around 750 manufacturing companies, and an uncounted number of marketing companies which are generating over 700 billion rupees of market sales. Government and institutional buying are over and above this.  Unlike many other countries, Pakistan pharma market is highly unevenly distributed. Ove...

Perceptions about Pharma Industry IV – Blog Post #396 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #396. Pharma Veterans welcomes 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. Continued from Previous…… Medicines are prescribed against money – It is now openly talked that doctors get money from Pharma companies to prescribe their products.  It is an important point and it is worth looking into in greater detail. When I started 45 years ago, the Pharma companies promoted products to doctors in a simple manner. The market was dominated by the multinational companies. There was emphasis on academic content and discussion. Reduced packs as Physician Samples were given which were meant to be given out to patients free. Once or twice a year, some small gift came f...