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...long shoes. And our good women thus shod can't compete; in the weary, unaesthetic world of sick people they work too hard at tasks that are too unglamorous. Those good women were the first to warn us about the young lovelies in high heels. But the pharma babes still get to us, and the good women just roll their eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack of the Pharma Babes | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

...Younger and prettier - or at least better coiffed than anybody taking actual care of the sick - drug reps are a feature of medical life that few outsiders see. Known as "detail" people or (behind closed doors) "pharma babes," they are basically salespeople. They generally work on commission. Despite all the patient information confidentiality laws, they somehow find out which doctors write how many prescriptions for what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack of the Pharma Babes | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

...Hospitals tell us what to prescribe. They have formulary lists, somewhat like the HMOs, and contracts with equipment suppliers whose implants they force us to use. It is perhaps because of these strong voices that the reps are more effective. While those stern voices tell, the friendly pharma babe, just asking, is often a more forceful persuader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack of the Pharma Babes | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

...standard defense is that companies have to plow so much money into researching innovative new medicines. But a recently released report from the Government Accountability Office casts doubt on that rationale. Yes the industry is spending heavily on R&D, the GAO found, but it turns out big pharma isn't actually generating such a good return on their investments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Little Bang for the Buck in Drug Research? | 12/27/2006 | See Source »

...different set of expectations now," says Vijay Chandru, an academic-turned-businessman. "People have a better idea of what they want and that can create problems if they don't get it." Chandru, who heads Strand Life Sciences, a six-year old company that consults to big pharma firms, says that violent revolution is extremely unlikely but that other problems - rising crime, resentment, social instability, pockets of armed rebels - will get worse unless the gap between India's rich and poor can be narrowed. "There's obviously enough concern that everyone is talking about it," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spreading the Wealth in India | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

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