AZ Crestor - my first day

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I ain't complainin, but how much is too little? Moreover, is 1 call a day?? That's all I can get some days...is someone watching? measuring these metrics at this point? Where's our IC plan? Am I making a difference? Quality of that 1 call vs quantity of 10 'fake' calls.
 






Our manager has told us not to lie or embellish so I'm not. not worth risking the job. so if I have one call, that's all I put down. I just leave information on every call and do the best I can. They are paying me to deal with all of the ups and downs so I put in effort if some days are extremely frustrating.
 






Awful call list. Lie and get caught and probably fired. Not enough calls, metrics and probably get fired. Where is The Leadership Amy and Crew? We need a new working list. Or good luck to all, we'll need it.
 






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Why are all of you guys worried about our list of docs?? It doesn't really matter! Just fake about 1/3 of your calls like the rest of us, and let it go. Don't complain or make waves. Like one post on here said, all AZ cares about are metrics. So give them what they want!
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Best advice ever! Don't let them hear you complaining! Ask your AZ reps and they will tell you that all AZ really cares about is the metrics. Make them happy and you will be happy! As fr as getting caught faking calls, it's nearly impossible for that to happen. I've been faking calls for years on various contracts and I've never had anyone question my activity. Just do it.
 






Anonymous said:
Best advice ever! Don't let them hear you complaining! Ask your AZ reps and they will tell you that all AZ really cares about is the metrics. Make them happy and you will be happy! As fr as getting caught faking calls, it's nearly impossible for that to happen. I've been faking calls for years on various contracts and I've never had anyone question my activity. Just do it.
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Yep, chillin' and relaxin', just look good on paper and enjoy the
 






Anonymous said:
Best advice ever! Don't let them hear you complaining! Ask your AZ reps and they will tell you that all AZ really cares about is the metrics. Make them happy and you will be happy! As fr as getting caught faking calls, it's nearly impossible for that to happen. I've been faking calls for years on various contracts and I've never had anyone question my activity. Just do it.
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Couldn't agree more. All of the whiners out there are just causing attention to themselves. Who gives a shit about Crestor?! Just get your sigs and chill!
 






Anonymous said:
Best advice ever! Don't let them hear you complaining! Ask your AZ reps and they will tell you that all AZ really cares about is the metrics. Make them happy and you will be happy! As fr as getting caught faking calls, it's nearly impossible for that to happen. I've been faking calls for years on various contracts and I've never had anyone question my activity. Just do it.
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.......at least make sure the doctor is not on vacation.......
 






























Anonymous said:
Please explain... I heard something about this yesterday, but very little. Is there some kind of deal with Pfizer that Medco and Express Scripts will ONLY cover Pfizer products first-line?!
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November 11, 2011
Plan Would Delay Sales of Generic for Lipitor
By DUFF WILSON
The biggest introduction of a generic drug in pharmaceutical history is being met with tough business strategies by Pfizer and pharmacy benefit companies, according to recent letters to pharmacists.

Many drugstores are being asked to block prescriptions for a generic version of Pfizer’s Lipitor starting Dec. 1, when the company loses its patent for the blockbuster cholesterol drug and generic competition begins.

Medco Health Solutions, among the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, is one of the companies issuing instructions, seeking to have pharmacists keep filling prescriptions with the more expensive Lipitor for six months.

Pfizer has agreed to large discounts for benefit managers that block the use of generic versions of Lipitor, according to a letter from Catalyst Rx, a benefit manager for 18 million people in the United States. The letters have not previously been made public.

A pharmacy group and an independent expert say the tactic will benefit Pfizer and benefit managers at the expense of employers and taxpayers, who may end up paying more than they should for the drug.

Pharmacy benefit managers are middlemen between drug companies (the sellers) and insurers and employers that sponsor insurance plans (the buyers).

“I’m stunned,” said Geoffrey F. Joyce, an associate professor of pharmaceutical economics and a health policy expert at the University of Southern California, after reviewing the letters. “This is just an egregious case. Clearly there’s been some negotiation between Pfizer and the large P.B.M.’s saying we’re going to make this cost-beneficial to them, but the plan sponsors are going to eat it.”

As for the people who actually take Lipitor, after Nov. 30, they will typically see their co-payment for a 30-day supply drop to the $10 level of the generic substitute, according to one of the pharmacy letters. The co-payment for Lipitor now is often $25 or more.

When patients submit a prescription for a generic version of Lipitor, though, they are to be given Lipitor instead.

Lipitor is the best-selling drug ever, accounting for $106 billion sales over the last decade, or almost one-quarter of Pfizer’s total. Pfizer has told analysts it is preparing for the loss of Lipitor’s patent with a variety of business moves to preserve market share.

Two generic drug makers are set to compete starting Dec. 1. Watson Pharmaceuticals is making a generic version authorized by Pfizer under a profit-sharing agreement. Pending federal approval, Ranbaxy Laboratories of India also plans to sell a generic version. When a drug’s patent protection expires, the law permits only limited generic competition in the first six months.

After May 31, other generic versions of Lipitor are expected to flood the market, lowering prices sharply. Then, according to the letter from Catalyst Rx, the generic block lifts, Lipitor’s co-payment rises and drugstores are told to fill Lipitor prescriptions with the cheaper generic versions.
 
























Anonymous said:
Will this contract last till the end of this year?
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I think it will last. Crestor is a good drug and obviously they still have to sell it, regardless of Lipitor going generic and the hit AZ is going to take. Plus they're about to lay off many of their direct sales force... I think they're going more contract, although you never know.
 






Anonymous said:
I think it will last. Crestor is a good drug and obviously they still have to sell it, regardless of Lipitor going generic and the hit AZ is going to take. Plus they're about to lay off many of their direct sales force... I think they're going more contract, although you never know.
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My DM told me that AZ is going to fire most of the Crestor reps and we were the replacements. Looks like we will be around for awhile. God AZ must be shithole place to work!
 






Anonymous said:
Its Thursday and 2.5 calls per day...geez what a list.
This is gonna suk. My list is no-sees, losers and moved, retired docs.
This one docs has no reps calling on him because he has NO patients.

Its no wonder I have these on MY list, if they were any good for potential then AZ would already have them covered. Others in my district are seeing the same thing.
Good Luck to you all, most are going to need it.

I feel I was duped, when I got screened I was told I would have a call list of D6-D10 docs.
That tells me they would ALL be high potential.

I guess they can pay me to help clean up the database. Its going to be a long year.
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You were not duped, you are just STUPID. D6 - 10 IS the lowest, not the best. D1 being the highest ranking doctors - D1o Lowest.

U Moron!
 












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