Doc Bans Drug Rep of Psoriasis Medicine
In May 2006, David Peng, a dermatology professor at the University of Southern California, was disturbed by claims made by an Amgen district manager, who was trying to boost Enbrel at the expense of an older psoriasis med, methotrexate. And so Peng banned Amgen reps from doing ‘lunch-in-learns’ with residents at his clinic at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, and decided to use a med by Genentech for an investigator-initiated study.We know this after reading an e-mail from an Amgen rep, Matt Mitchell, who was at the May 2006 sales call. He wrote this follow-up note to his manager: “During our call, he (Peng) expressed to me that the call you and I made on him in May really upset him. He took issue with some of the information you expressed to him about MTX: its safety and relative cost. He felt that the data was not properly represented. He stated that he has always had a lot of respect for Amgen and thinks that Enbrel is the best biologic. However, he thought that some of the claims you were making were not what he had come to expect from Amgen.”… Read Entire Story….



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mike dorian
February 2, 2008
hi mike,
thank you for the great information.
the site was very helpful too.
i hope other people would follow your suggestion.
ben nigan
February 23, 2008
hi,
you were so right!
i always wanted to visit israel, and your comment gave me the final push i needed.
the stay at the dead sea done wonders to my skin!
thank you.
ian gooner
March 1, 2008
Do they have other activities?
I mean for kids.
I want it to be a family vacation.
billy
March 8, 2008
Sure,
There are a lot of great hotels there, with tons of activities.
ian gooner
March 15, 2008