What's your favorite blunder at Novartis in the last 10 years?

[Anonymous]

when I overcooked my spaghettini

A. Riva

 

[Anonymous]

how about tekturna w/no data...it is still a blunder

There is strong data on Tekturna. They just wont release it till Diovan goes generic. You can see it on Wikipedia.

 

[Anonymous]

There is strong data on Tekturna. They just wont release it till Diovan goes generic. You can see it on Wikipedia.

You made my day, can't stop laughing!

 

[Anonymous]

The West OU- Yost was Toast. Saddest group of STUPID MDs EVER. Are any of them still around? I left before the lights went out

 

[Anonymous]

Extavia

 

[Anonymous]

SELL ZELLNORM FOR the "A, B, C's of Constipation". PCP/IM "Dr., Do your patients at times suffer from Abdominal Pain, Bloating or Constipation?" Use Zenorm. Zelnorm was only indicated for females 18 and over for Irritable Bowel Syndrome! Can you say "OFF LABEL?

 

[Anonymous]

Galvus

 

[Anonymous]

Certainly Fanapt deserves it's place on this list. Unfortunately one of few remaining meds left to promote.

 

[Anonymous]

Cafe Herpe frum the Famvir days

m English pushing reps to take md rx with vouchers to drugstore and bring back the elidel to the office

 

[Anonymous]

releasing vasella from the sanitarium that was equivalent of letting loose the anti christ
& i don't care who's ho he married

 

[Anonymous]

I would say when a DM in KY/OH got a lady (a single mom) fired in a PCP office for not being more competent with the orders.....doctor of office is a friend of his.

 

[Anonymous]

January 1 2005 I think, ASP replaces AWP. Customers lose money every time they use a Novartis injectable due to a "well timed" price increase in late December.

End of January- New VP SE trumpets a new era of openness and an end of intimidation induced silence at meeting opening.

During meeting- Hours spent training us on how to tell Drs. how they really weren't losing money and if they didn't believe us then we should then explain that they could make up the losses on commercial plans.

When we expressed to the Payor Manager that 1. our customers weren't buying it 2. they were banning Novartis from their offices 3. every other company had made price or rebate adjustments, the fucking crybaby whined to RD BS that he was mistreated.

At General Session an hour later, RD BS basically told the room that despite the "new era of openness" the honest debate we had during our breakout was unacceptable.

A month or more later and well after every company had already done so, Novartis made the concessions that we were berated for proposing at the meeting.

Next January, the stupid fuck PP was recognized at National Meeting for his quick and decisive action in response to the Medi-Care changes.

 

[Anonymous]

NCN. I tried to get doctors to enroll in this program and many of them laughed in my face. They said why should they waste their time on yet another program that Novartis would stop supporting in six months. Guess what, they were right////

 

[Anonymous]

NCN. I tried to get doctors to enroll in this program and many of them laughed in my face. They said why should they waste their time on yet another program that Novartis would stop supporting in six months. Guess what, they were right////

on that note, how about NPPN. That dog of a program lasted about 4 months. I remember bringing the reports to the doctors and they looked at me like I was crazy. What a waste of time and no value to our customers......

 

[Anonymous]

trying to ignore the cardiotoxicity of Gilenya while the evidence speaks for itself