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Merck disclosed in a regulatory filing that the Department of Justice issued it a subpoena requesting information related to the company’s marketing and selling activities with respect to Temodar, PegIntron and Intron A, from January 1, 2004 to the present, in a federal health care investigation under criminal statutes.
 






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Merck disclosed in a regulatory filing that the Department of Justice issued it a subpoena requesting information related to the company’s marketing and selling activities with respect to Temodar, PegIntron and Intron A, from January 1, 2004 to the present, in a federal health care investigation under criminal statutes.
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They hid those two loosers Tris Wetzel and Mike Meehan in Sales Training
 




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Merck disclosed in a regulatory filing that the Department of Justice issued it a subpoena requesting information related to the company’s marketing and selling activities with respect to Temodar, PegIntron and Intron A, from January 1, 2004 to the present, in a federal health care investigation under criminal statutes.
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a) it was a reverse-merger. S/P bought us. Well, that's what Fast Freddie told us.
b) nothing new here. We did our due diligence. Why do you think it is mostly S/P staff being let go?
c) hence, the next round of layoffs.
 








Whoops!!!!! Here come more lay-offs!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4DsHstYfk

This is your Merck severance package according to CEO Al Swearengen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merck Gets Subpoena Related to Drug Marketing

By PETER LOFTUS

The Justice Department has issued a subpoena to Merck & Co. as part of a criminal investigation into the marketing of certain drugs, Merck said Monday.

The drugs are Temodar, which treats brain tumors; hepatitis C treatment PegIntron; and Intron A, which treats certain cancers and other conditions.

The Justice Department is seeking information about the marketing and selling activities for these drugs from 2004 to the present, Merck said. During most of that period, the drugs were marketed by Schering-Plough, which Merck acquired in 2009.

Merck of Whitehouse Station, N.J., disclosed the subpoena in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday, saying it was part of a "federal health-care investigation under criminal statutes."

Merck spokesman Ron Rogers said the company is cooperating with the probe, but couldn't provide further comment.

Temodar sales totaled $481 million for the first six months of 2011, while PegIntron generated $319 million and Intron A had $96 million in sales.

The Justice Department has previously investigated Merck and other major drug makers for various health-care fraud allegations in recent years, including the alleged promotion of certain drugs for unauthorized uses.

Last year, Merck set aside $950 million for the impending settlement of a federal probe of Merck's research, marketing and selling activities surrounding the once-popular Vioxx pain drug, which Merck withdrew from the market in 2004 after it was linked to higher risk of heart attacks and strokes. A final settlement hasn't yet been publicly announced.

Separately, Merck disclosed Monday that the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency are pursuing civil penalties of more than $2 million against Merck for alleged violations of environmental regulations at Merck's West Point, Pa., and Riverside, Pa., facilities. The action results from the EPA's inspection of these sites in 2006, and Merck's subsequent submission of information to the EPA.

Merck said it believes it has meritorious defenses against the allegations.

Also, Merck said it agreed to pay a $260,000 fine and sign a consent decree to resolve alleged environmental violations at its Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, facility, in connection with an EPA inspection in 2008. The allegations were related to the site's leak-detection and repair program.

Write to Peter Loftus at peter.loftus@dowjones.com
 












Anonymous said:
Just to quote Fred, "they (merck) came to us"
Let the buyer beware. Wait a minute we bought merck.
Lmfao
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Fast Freddy is a crook who sold out. Everybody knows that. Look at how over-bloated, inept, and inefficient the former SP was (except for the research labs) and you'll know Fred was all about show. Heck, he must have been planning for someone to "come to us" all along so he can cash in on SP.
 




SP was overbloated??? Are you kidding me? I have never seen an organization as overbloated and inefficient as Merck. To get anything done in HQ, it takes 20 people 3 times as long as it would have at SP. SP would have had maybe 5 doing the same project. Seriously.

How many Merck managers does it take to change a light bulb?
1 to set up a light bulb meeting
10 to attend
1 to "post" that changing the light bulb is a good idea
9 others to agree to changing said light bulb
1 person to fill out a form to start the light bulb changing process
1 person to approve said light bulb change
1 person to change the light bulb
10 to meet again to discuss how wonderful the new light bulb is and how Merck is at the forefront of lighting needs
1 to suggest ways that the light bulb might be changed better in the future
1 to forward the email to their bosses to make sure they get recognized for their contribution to changing the light bulb

If you fucking think this is not what really happens with EVERYTHING, you are sadly mistaken. I would have had my ass handed to me if I didn't get shit done the way shit doesn't get done at Merck at SP. So criminal activity happened? It's basically at the same time you clowns were getting investigated for Vioxx so get off of your high horses and STFU.
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You had to buy us because you ass clowns couldn't get shit done on your own. And if you're letting SP folks go, its simply the way all mergers work. Don't act like you bought some inferior company. We're more employable than you ass clowns anyway. Like anyone of you could get a job faster than us? You don't even make sense with your corporate speak and your poor decision making. Go to hell. I've never been so pissed at a thread in my life.
 




Anonymous said:
SP was overbloated??? Are you kidding me? I have never seen an organization as overbloated and inefficient as Merck. To get anything done in HQ, it takes 20 people 3 times as long as it would have at SP. SP would have had maybe 5 doing the same project. Seriously.

How many Merck managers does it take to change a light bulb?
1 to set up a light bulb meeting
10 to attend
1 to "post" that changing the light bulb is a good idea
9 others to agree to changing said light bulb
1 person to fill out a form to start the light bulb changing process
1 person to approve said light bulb change
1 person to change the light bulb
10 to meet again to discuss how wonderful the new light bulb is and how Merck is at the forefront of lighting needs
1 to suggest ways that the light bulb might be changed better in the future
1 to forward the email to their bosses to make sure they get recognized for their contribution to changing the light bulb

If you fucking think this is not what really happens with EVERYTHING, you are sadly mistaken. I would have had my ass handed to me if I didn't get shit done the way shit doesn't get done at Merck at SP. So criminal activity happened? It's basically at the same time you clowns were getting investigated for Vioxx so get off of your high horses and STFU.
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You had to buy us because you ass clowns couldn't get shit done on your own. And if you're letting SP folks go, its simply the way all mergers work. Don't act like you bought some inferior company. We're more employable than you ass clowns anyway. Like anyone of you could get a job faster than us? You don't even make sense with your corporate speak and your poor decision making. Go to hell. I've never been so pissed at a thread in my life.
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wah, wah, wah~little Tommy is having a temper tantrum. That's all right, Tommy. Mother Merck will solve your problem. Here have a lay off notice.
 




Post #9 your right on the money!
I've never seen a company have 15 conf. calls before a meeting to talk about a meeting.
I've never seen a company have make believe positions like MGAM, what the hell do they do again? My MGAM licks the table when we meet with him.
I've never seen a company give awards out just for wearing your pants right. Because they don't want people crying that they didn't get one.
I've never seen a company not want to discuss products because every Merck rep is afraid to fucking talk about products in front of their peers.

A day at Merck; I drove around and dropped off education resources; um, so you did nothing? No, I am a customer rep and I bring much more to the table then everyone else. Oh, ok like what. Well, how's your EMR? Why? Because I care, how's your education resources. Why? Because I work at Merck. What the hell do you want again? I don't really know but I'm going to tell my CTL that I uncovered you like EMR and they will put this on my PMP and I will look good. Ok idiot, can you take out my garbage then? Sure, it's the new Merck way.
Keep rocking Merck you guys do have a vision, Ken if you were smart you would fire all these shitbags with these so-called visions who are destroying Merck.
 




I am laughing my ass off right now. The above poster is so true, those of us that have worked at another company realize how crazy Merck is run. It is only those that have worked at Merck for awhile that think this is normal. Words cannot express how much wasted time is spent doing the same thing over and over.
 








Anonymous said:
Fast Freddy is a crook who sold out. Everybody knows that. Look at how over-bloated, inept, and inefficient the former SP was (except for the research labs) and you'll know Fred was all about show. Heck, he must have been planning for someone to "come to us" all along so he can cash in on SP.
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Fast Freddy might be a crook and probably is but he sure got the SP employees great severances. Thanks Freddy! We did not have to work at that hell is Merck.
 




Fast Freddy is my fucking hero. I hope I get that severence - I can taste it. Notice the ONLY comeback (I was poster #9!!!) since that was "wah,wah, you're having a tantrum." No real defense of the Merck way.

You know why? Because you're a MORON!!!! All you can do is pretend we're idiots and babies and give us a package - PLEASE GIVE ME A PACKAGE. I'm only still here because I see that as my reward for the BS of the past two years. Then I will go get a better job then all of you. And I can't wait to have a chance to have one of you sorry asses report to me - because you will. And I will laugh and laugh. And you won't even understand, and you'll sputter something about making a good "post" and getting frustrated because no one understood what the hell you meant. And I'll put you on a plan because after 6 months you will have only had meetings to discuss meetings.

#11, I nearly died with the award thing - HOWLED!!! AND SPOT ON!
 




Anonymous said:
Fast Freddy might be a crook and probably is but he sure got the SP employees great severances. Thanks Freddy! We did not have to work at that hell is Merck.
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Wish I had been let go back in Jan '10, like you. Instead, as you say, I'm at this hell of a place. Hope I get cut during the upcoming round of layoffs....the severance won't be as sweet, but still a sizeable amount for me. For those of you under 50, get the hell out of here!!!
 




Anonymous said:
Fast Freddy is my fucking hero. I hope I get that severence - I can taste it. Notice the ONLY comeback (I was poster #9!!!) since that was "wah,wah, you're having a tantrum." No real defense of the Merck way.

You know why? Because you're a MORON!!!! All you can do is pretend we're idiots and babies and give us a package - PLEASE GIVE ME A PACKAGE. I'm only still here because I see that as my reward for the BS of the past two years. Then I will go get a better job then all of you. And I can't wait to have a chance to have one of you sorry asses report to me - because you will. And I will laugh and laugh. And you won't even understand, and you'll sputter something about making a good "post" and getting frustrated because no one understood what the hell you meant. And I'll put you on a plan because after 6 months you will have only had meetings to discuss meetings.

#11, I nearly died with the award thing - HOWLED!!! AND SPOT ON!
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sure you will. Take a look at every other board for any other company-the sales jobs are a joke in every company. Not to mention, every company is cutting back. So, good luck with your 'better job.' But, please take your whining with you.
 




Anonymous said:
SP was overbloated??? .......You had to buy us because you ass clowns couldn't get shit done on your own. ....... Don't act like you bought some inferior company. We're more employable than you ass clowns anyway. Like anyone of you could get a job faster than us? You don't even make sense with your corporate speak and your poor decision making. Go to hell. I've never been so pissed at a thread in my life.
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Wow, anger much? I'd love to know what it is that SP got done that Merck couldn't. All of the drugs failing now are from YOUR legacy pipeline. As far as most Merck folks are concerned, SP is just a big band of liars and cheats. Looks like the DoJ might have a similar opinion.

Good luck with your fast job getting.
 












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