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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4475136"]You're done? More like running.</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 - I would never want to be near a Novo rep in a sales call. By definition one would be an accessory to a crime with the way your company bribes physicians, specifically speakers. I don't need to be in your calls to know what happens with those providers. Again, you've ignored very simple facts. When I walk into an Endo's office and the first statement by the customer is, "Unless you pay me $250,000 a year like Novo, I refuse to deal with Sanofi.", that's all I need to know about the way Novo operates.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 - The corrupt actions of your sales leaders results in the behavior outlined in point #1...you have reps following through with paying Endos with massive speaking fees. Your sales leadership supports the tactic, otherwise it wouldn't go on. Again, it's not one speaker but several in my market that brag about the speaking fees they receive from Novo. Those are the Levemir writers...it's that simple. Those that don't play the game with Novo don't write Levemir because they refuse to sacrifice their integrity to write an inferior product in order to gain favor and speaking fees from Novo.</p><p><br /></p><p>#3 - "Platinum sponsorships"...thanks for reinforcing my argument. Those sponsorships are nothing more than payola for influence in the diabetes community. Instead of just throwing money at organizations for infuence, Sanofi actually does things to make a difference. Take the ADA meeting in Philadelphia...Sanofi setup diabetes education for 2000+ hotel and convention workers before the meeting. Novo is about payoffs to organizations, Sanofi is about actually making a difference. On the other hand, I guess having Paula Dean as a spokesperson really provides a great example of healthy living for people living with diabetes...stellar example of how to cook and eat healthy. Now that's corporate responsibility in action!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>#4 - Oh yeah, we really needed Novo to help make Lantus a $5 billion product. We've had tremendous success in emerging markets...so, it was Novo selling our products in emerging markets? As far as Greece goes, the fact is that your company threatened to pull products. You can spin it however you want...you put patients in the middle of your price negotiation.</p><p><br /></p><p>#5 - So, you're saying Novo asked the FDA for a Blackbox warning for Victoza with respect to risk of thyroid tumors? I guess Novo wasn't forced by the FDA to put that warning in the PI.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love Novo's "We'll only hire reps with Top 20% sales performance" during expansion...that requirement set the stage for applicants to forge their documentation...now you have more liars in your sales force.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4475136"]You're done? More like running. #1 - I would never want to be near a Novo rep in a sales call. By definition one would be an accessory to a crime with the way your company bribes physicians, specifically speakers. I don't need to be in your calls to know what happens with those providers. Again, you've ignored very simple facts. When I walk into an Endo's office and the first statement by the customer is, "Unless you pay me $250,000 a year like Novo, I refuse to deal with Sanofi.", that's all I need to know about the way Novo operates. #2 - The corrupt actions of your sales leaders results in the behavior outlined in point #1...you have reps following through with paying Endos with massive speaking fees. Your sales leadership supports the tactic, otherwise it wouldn't go on. Again, it's not one speaker but several in my market that brag about the speaking fees they receive from Novo. Those are the Levemir writers...it's that simple. Those that don't play the game with Novo don't write Levemir because they refuse to sacrifice their integrity to write an inferior product in order to gain favor and speaking fees from Novo. #3 - "Platinum sponsorships"...thanks for reinforcing my argument. Those sponsorships are nothing more than payola for influence in the diabetes community. Instead of just throwing money at organizations for infuence, Sanofi actually does things to make a difference. Take the ADA meeting in Philadelphia...Sanofi setup diabetes education for 2000+ hotel and convention workers before the meeting. Novo is about payoffs to organizations, Sanofi is about actually making a difference. On the other hand, I guess having Paula Dean as a spokesperson really provides a great example of healthy living for people living with diabetes...stellar example of how to cook and eat healthy. Now that's corporate responsibility in action!!! #4 - Oh yeah, we really needed Novo to help make Lantus a $5 billion product. We've had tremendous success in emerging markets...so, it was Novo selling our products in emerging markets? As far as Greece goes, the fact is that your company threatened to pull products. You can spin it however you want...you put patients in the middle of your price negotiation. #5 - So, you're saying Novo asked the FDA for a Blackbox warning for Victoza with respect to risk of thyroid tumors? I guess Novo wasn't forced by the FDA to put that warning in the PI. I love Novo's "We'll only hire reps with Top 20% sales performance" during expansion...that requirement set the stage for applicants to forge their documentation...now you have more liars in your sales force.[/QUOTE]
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