Pfizer start new program providing some medicines free to recen...

[nooneuknow]

PAX wrote:

But of course they are not providing free birth control - because we wouldn't want to encourage women to have sex - just men.

So true! I don't know the extent of Pfizer's products, but I think free insulin or asthma medicine to the unemployed would be a nicer token than allowing old men to have sex and eat steak, but hey, that's just me....

[Tough Love]

Moose wrote:

Maybe they'll come up with a new ad campaign ,,, a la "Mr. Mom" ,,, "The Company with a Heart-On"

Best comment ever.!

I'm sure all the wives will be just thrilled with Pfizer -- when the unemployed husband is chasing her around the house all day with his magic wand up in the air. Keep the axe handy, ladies, in case you need to chop some wood.

[my bad]

free boners, mortgage modifications, extended jobless benefits, what else can you want?

[STIMULUS PACKAGE]

now that's what i call a stimulus package, come one, come all...

[Well]

KINGPIN wrote:

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Its a big Tax writeoff
for Pfizer on drugs that
are sitting in a warehouse
that they cannot sell becaue
the economy tanked
Once the expriration date runs
out the drugs will have to be
destroyed anyway.
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Don't Believe the Hype
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Normally I wouldn't give a 2nd thought to Kingpin's posts but, sometimes the sun shines even on a dog's a-s.

[Cheep Fly]

my bad wrote:

free boners, mortgage modifications, extended jobless benefits, what else can you want?

Hey that's really funny lets get you to Hollywood!

In these very hard time right know I do agree with the previous comments of of Pfizer and other Drug Companys should offer RX assistance to anyone the currently has lost there jobs or with lower income due to job loss. They actually can obtain the information from the state IDES and the IRS if they pay the fees. This is a win win situation because they are taking care of peoples needs and still producing a profit!

[bob n]

Company with a heart? What f'n planet have you been living on? After years of a*s raping the public they are concerned about people? They just want to keep brand loyalty by using this bs stunt. Wake the F up people!

[Kim 0806]

I haven't even read the article yet, let alone the comments, but rock the ef out! Prescriptions are too expensive (even with insurance) and should never have to be considered a luxury.

My hours at work have been cut by 25% so that has messed with my income. I actually stopped filling my prescription for birth control because there are other cheaper alternatives and the money saved fills up my gas tank.

[my2cents]

KINGPIN wrote:

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Its a big Tax writeoff
for Pfizer on drugs that
are sitting in a warehouse
that they cannot sell becaue
the economy tanked
Once the expriration date runs
out the drugs will have to be
destroyed anyway.
.
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Don't Believe the Hype
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This makes the most sense
I hadn't even considered it but
yep, making a silk purse from a sow's ear is great PR.
Give away free RXs AND celebrate the sacrament of the holy old geezer erection. Wish they'd go mow the lawn instead!

[Phamaevil]

I am an uninsured Type I diabetic who has worked for over 25 years without a vacation (I am not kidding) who recently lost his health insurance (and obviously cannot get it for the above reason) is down to eating 800 calories a day so I can conserve insulin (I am 15 lbs underweight as of this writing). I paid my whole life into the system only to get nothing in return. Thanks for the free nonsense Pfizer, but I have looked into getting discounted insulin and supplies, and I am told no. My European friends tell me to leave this country in order to get health care in Western Europe, and English isn't my only language so that is appealing, but leaving the US over this; why should I do that, what is happening out there.
This is only another form of advertising for big pharma, this is their every intention.

[Kim 0806]

Carrie wrote:

Wait, wait - time out. Pfizer is going to provide viagra (of all drugs) to jobless, bored men? Sex is the best free entertainment out there; do we really need these men possibly impregnating women when admittedly they are (a) unemployed and (b) without health insurance? This strikes me as totally asinine.

Viagra is only one of 70 drugs "includ(ing) several diabetes drugs and some of Pfizer's top money makers, from cholesterol fighter Lipitor and painkiller Celebrex to fibromyalgia treatment Lyrica and Viagra for impotence. Drugs from several other popular classes such as antibiotics, antidepressants, antifungal treatments, heart mediations, contraceptives and smoking cessation products also are included."

Why are you all kvetching about Viagra?

[Mom]

"Drugs from several other popular classes such as antibiotics, antidepressants, antifungal treatments, heart mediations, CONTRACEPTIVES and smoking cessation products also are included"

Read people!

[too old]

The idea is good, but providing unnecessary drugs (like Viagra) is ridiculous when they could provide more that actually help people with necessary life functions. Contrary to society's belief, one can live without an erection.

[Kim 0806]

Dumb idea wrote:

If you really want to help people in an economic downturn, provide free birth control. Babies are expensive. Help prevent them, not create them.

Read the article, they are.

[Hmm]

It's all well and good to give the unemployed free drugs, but how about retired people. They have limited incomes and their investments are in the tank. The unemployed are going to go back to work at some point, the retured are not.

[Kim 0806]

KINGPIN wrote:

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.
.
Its a big Tax writeoff
for Pfizer on drugs that
are sitting in a warehouse
that they cannot sell becaue
the economy tanked
Once the expriration date runs
out the drugs will have to be
destroyed anyway.
.
.
Don't Believe the Hype
.
.

So. I work at a grocery store. When you throw an item away due to expiration or damage you declare it as a loss. We mark things down as we approach the expiration date so as to get them into people's hands. The item MUST be thrown out once it expires. We cannot donate it to any one.

I would much rather reduce price drastically and allow people the use of my products than to fill my dumpster. I think Pfizer must feel the same way.

[Bones]

Why Viagra???? So jobless men can still get erections? I don't get it... why not give free med's that are actually helping people with their health, not lifestyle?

[Kim 0806]

PAX wrote:

But of course they are not providing free birth control - because we wouldn't want to encourage women to have sex - just men.

Yes they are.

Did you read the article?

[Rationalthoughtf orachange]

Kim 0806 wrote:

I actually stopped filling my prescription for birth control because there are other cheaper alternatives and the money saved fills up my gas tank.

By "cheaper alternatives" it sounds like your gas tank isn't the only orifice near the trunk getting filled up.

[njn]

Not to be cynical, but I'm sure some of this is in response to the potential govmt health care changes being proposed, just as insurers are saying they are going to hold down future price increases. Trying to make themselves look a little better before potential changes are discussed. Don't see their cancer drugs on here, which can run several thousand per month.