The insanity of getting sample signatures

[Anonymous]

This is really a silly practice. It is not regulated by anyone.

Your doc signs your computer for the samples you left. Or did you really leave any? Did you leave the quantity the doc signed for?

The pharma industry as a whole needs to wake up and realize just how ridiculous it is to obtain sample signatures. The idea of course was to account for samples left at prescriber's offices by sales reps. However, 99.9% of the time the doc has no idea what he is signing for. You can tell the doc that he is signing for Levemir and Victoza samples, but unless the doc or a staff member verifies the quantity left (not to mention should also be verifying the lot numbers), it is an unregulated practice. Physicians and their staff are just too busy to do any kind of sample verification, and really could just care less.

Is the company/industry just too naive to comprehend this?

 

[Anonymous]

Don't blame the industry or company for the simple fact that you ar anyone else is not honest. As for the signature they are required by law.

 

[Anonymous]

Don't blame the industry or company for the simple fact that you ar anyone else is not honest. As for the signature they are required by law.

Yes, a signature is required by law, however, where are the checks and balances? Without any sample verification, it is an unregulated practice.

That's the point.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, a signature is required by law, however, where are the checks and balances? Without any sample verification, it is an unregulated practice.

That's the point.

By your definition, so is the speed limit. You can drive as fast as you want as long as you don't get caught, right? You're stupid.

 

[Anonymous]

By your definition, so is the speed limit. You can drive as fast as you want as long as you don't get caught, right? You're stupid.

Poor analogy. The doc signed your computer for the number of samples you claim you left. The doc just signed a legal document subject to being audited by the FDA.

The FDA entrusts pharmaceutical companies to have a verification system and a sample audit security system to ensure that fraud is nonexistent.

 

[Anonymous]

Poor analogy. The doc signed your computer for the number of samples you claim you left. The doc just signed a legal document subject to being audited by the FDA.

The FDA entrusts pharmaceutical companies to have a verification system and a sample audit security system to ensure that fraud is nonexistent.

And with the Sunshine act the government tracks the dollar value. This is an important part of your job and one of the only reasons you have to be in their offices.