pharmagisitcs issue

[Anonymous]

I quit my pharma job a few months ago. I saw f/ the post office I have a certified letter from pharmagistics, the company who ships and handles samples, etc. What would they want and could they do anything? http://www.cafepharma.com/ubbthreads/images//graemlins/confused.gif

[Anonymous]

Try Google search: www.pharmagistics.com (http://www.pharmagistics.com)

I couldn't pull up their website (did not respond), but you may have better luck.

[Anonymous]

Looks like a contract company, I.E., PDI, Publicus, etc., type company from website.

[Anonymous]

[ QUOTE ]
I quit my pharma job a few months ago. I saw f/ the post office I have a certified letter from pharmagistics, the company who ships and handles samples, etc. What would they want and could they do anything? http://www.cafepharma.com/ubbthreads/images//graemlins/confused.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Pharmagistics????? What an incompetent joke....... It wouldn't surprise me if they'd try to hold YOU accountable for some entry error that THEY made 2 years ago and JUST now discovered.

By law, YOU ARE TO RETAIN ALL SAMPLE DOCUMENTS (including shipment invoices + inventory reconciliations) FOR 3 YEARS. Pharmagistics is error ridden, but according to corporate standards, reps are assumed guilty until proven innocent. So, for your sake, I hope saved EVERYTHING.

[Anonymous]

What can they do if something is off? I do not work for the co. anymore.

[Anonymous]

could there be criminal charges or something? http://www.cafepharma.com/ubbthreads/images//graemlins/confused.gif

[Anonymous]

Why are you posting twice? Again, your DM signed off on the samples. Nowhere did the company obtain your signature that you would still maintain your records even after you leave the company. Think about it; if it's that big of a deal, DMs from every company would be collecting sample receipt forms from reps they're firing or who are leaving. Also if you've left the company months ago, someone else has had responsibility for your accounts, samples, etc, there has been no continuity in terms of doctors even remembering your name. There will be no criminal charges because someone else signed for your samples. The only way would be if you were missing 50% of your inventory and you knew you were off and they've now filed the case against you. But this is all stuff you would know at the time of your termination.

[Anonymous]

[ QUOTE ]
Nowhere did the company obtain your signature that you would still maintain your records even after you leave the company.

[/ QUOTE ]

All companies require reps to sign a document acknowledging that sample records must be kept for 3 years. Read your company's sample policy in the procedure manual. Better yet, dig through the stack of legal forms you signed at training. It will be there in black and white.

[Anonymous]

Must be kept for three years...but what responsibility do you have once you leave a company. And especially if you get questioned on something, who is there to audit you, etc. You can always have a flood in your house, etc. I think you are way off base on this.

[Anonymous]

[ QUOTE ]
Must be kept for three years...but what responsibility do you have once you leave a company. And especially if you get questioned on something, who is there to audit you, etc. You can always have a flood in your house, etc. I think you are way off base on this.

[/ QUOTE ]

Look, 3 years is 3 years, regardless of who you work for now. Sample documents are as important as income tax receipts. The only difference between them is the number of years you have to wait before you can shred the suckers.

Both are a pain to save, but each serves a purpose - TO COVER YOUR ASS if a question arises within 3 years (samples) or 7 years (taxes).

So go expense some plastic storage bins from Office Max, WalMart, Staples, Target, Osco, KMart, where ever, and shove the records in the basement or garage until they can legally be destroyed. It's a small price to pay for piece of mind.