Comments on: Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry http://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Mon, 21 May 2012 22:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Steinhttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-598028 David Stein Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:04:45 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-598028 This piece raises some excellent points. Some I was not aware of. I agree with Leslie on the need for transparency and how it relates to pricing. Grave issue, with grave consequences. This piece raises some excellent points. Some I was not aware of. I agree with Leslie on the need for transparency and how it relates to pricing. Grave issue, with grave consequences.

]]> By: D.Samhttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-597686 D.Sam Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:39:15 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-597686 We all need a transparency in the pharmaceutical industry ..that's related to our health and life, but the relations of drugs companies with others can't be easy like that and it seems without transparency in the fact..... Their gains and business ways locally and internationally cover a lot of secrets and expansion. We all need a transparency in the pharmaceutical industry ..that’s related to our health and life, but the relations of drugs companies with others can’t be easy like that and it seems without transparency in the fact…..
Their gains and business ways locally and internationally cover a lot of secrets and expansion.

]]> By: http://www.kojj.comhttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-551488 http://www.kojj.com Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:34:09 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-551488 <strong>Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry...</strong>With the intensifying call for transparency in corporate America, several pharmaceutical companies have announced plans to jump on the proverbial bandwagon early. In anticipation of the passage of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act in the U.S. Senate,... Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry…

With the intensifying call for transparency in corporate America, several pharmaceutical companies have announced plans to jump on the proverbial bandwagon early. In anticipation of the passage of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act in the U.S. Senate,…

]]> By: Health Wonk Review: The Carousel of Progresshttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-517936 Health Wonk Review: The Carousel of Progress Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:30:43 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-517936 [...] In a referenced essay titled, Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Brain Blogger’s Jennifer Gibson describes how the impending passage of the Physician Payments [...] [...] In a referenced essay titled, Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Brain Blogger’s Jennifer Gibson describes how the impending passage of the Physician Payments [...]

]]> By: Kaye - SandwichINKhttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-506826 Kaye - SandwichINK Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:23:29 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-506826 Hi, Thanks for joining us for the Boomers & Seniors Blog Carnival at SandwichINK - http://www.sandwichink.com/sandwichink-boomers-seniors-news-you-can-use-april-7-2009. Very interesting article! Hi, Thanks for joining us for the Boomers & Seniors Blog Carnival at SandwichINK – http://www.sandwichink.com/sandwichink-boomers-seniors-news-you-can-use-april-7-2009. Very interesting article!

]]> By: It’s Healthbolt Carnival time… : Healthbolthttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-506435 It’s Healthbolt Carnival time… : Healthbolt Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:57:33 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-506435 [...] Brain Blogger discusses Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry. [...] [...] Brain Blogger discusses Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry. [...]

]]> By: SandwichINK Presents – Boomers & Seniors: News You Can Use, April 7, 2009 | SandwichINK.comhttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-505724 SandwichINK Presents – Boomers & Seniors: News You Can Use, April 7, 2009 | SandwichINK.com Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:25:45 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-505724 [...] industry that could have a direct impact on our medical bills and those of our elderly parents. In Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry , posted at Brain Blogger , we read "with the intensifying call for transparency in [...] [...] industry that could have a direct impact on our medical bills and those of our elderly parents. In Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry , posted at Brain Blogger , we read "with the intensifying call for transparency in [...]

]]> By: Kristahttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-503317 Krista Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:52:18 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-503317 I support transparency and accountability, but selective transparency is dangerous. The relationships between physicians and drug companies is only one small - relatively minute - part of the cost of developing drugs. I would like to see more awareness of the price tag on each regulation on the industry, in both time and money. Those are much bigger drivers of the cost of prescription drugs, and they are also a cost to patients who have no treatment because it is taking and longer and longer to develop. Some regulation is needed, and so is transparency on both sides, but when it comes as a response to an outcry over a particular issue and not part of a sensible, strategic plan, we get selective accountability. That can do more harm than good, because it deflects focus from more important issues.-Author of The Neurology of Angels: A novel about the hearts inside the business and politics of drug development I support transparency and accountability, but selective transparency is dangerous. The relationships between physicians and drug companies is only one small – relatively minute – part of the cost of developing drugs. I would like to see more awareness of the price tag on each regulation on the industry, in both time and money. Those are much bigger drivers of the cost of prescription drugs, and they are also a cost to patients who have no treatment because it is taking and longer and longer to develop. Some regulation is needed, and so is transparency on both sides, but when it comes as a response to an outcry over a particular issue and not part of a sensible, strategic plan, we get selective accountability. That can do more harm than good, because it deflects focus from more important issues.

-Author of The Neurology of Angels: A novel about the hearts inside the business and politics of drug development

]]> By: Lesliehttp://brainblogger.com/2009/03/30/transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#comment-494747 Leslie Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:20:09 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2575#comment-494747 As reported in the Chicago Tribune, ABC/Channel 7 news affiliate and WGN this month, prescription drug price transparency is already alive and well on the web.At www.LesliesList.org, we have posted the price for self-pay patients, of over 400 medications at all of the major pharmacy outlets in Chicago. The variation in prices of the SAME generic medication is astounding (please see generic Zofran: $60 at Costco, $650 at Walgreens). Prices of testing is similarly variable (please see MRI, noncontrast, of the brain- $350 at one facility, $3500 at another).As more and more Americans join the ranks of the uninsured, we must demand transparency in health care pricing. As I have seen time and again in my primary care medicine practice, when people think they can't afford medicine or treatment, people suffer. Sometimes they die. Is this what we want for our family and friends and neighbors? For ourselves?Leslie Ramirez, MD As reported in the Chicago Tribune, ABC/Channel 7 news affiliate and WGN this month, prescription drug price transparency is already alive and well on the web.

At http://www.LesliesList.org, we have posted the price for self-pay patients, of over 400 medications at all of the major pharmacy outlets in Chicago. The variation in prices of the SAME generic medication is astounding (please see generic Zofran: $60 at Costco, $650 at Walgreens). Prices of testing is similarly variable (please see MRI, noncontrast, of the brain- $350 at one facility, $3500 at another).

As more and more Americans join the ranks of the uninsured, we must demand transparency in health care pricing. As I have seen time and again in my primary care medicine practice, when people think they can’t afford medicine or treatment, people suffer. Sometimes they die. Is this what we want for our family and friends and neighbors? For ourselves?

Leslie Ramirez, MD

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