{"id":7407,"date":"2008-05-29T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/dear-pfizer-please-invite-me-to-your\/"},"modified":"2019-02-21T01:24:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:24:49","slug":"dear-pfizer-please-invite-me-to-your","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/dear-pfizer-please-invite-me-to-your\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Pfizer: Please invite me to your Chantix round-table media discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal reported today that in the wake of questions about Chantix’s safety, Pfizer “plans Thursday to run ads in five major newspapers in which its medical director explains Chantix’s risk-benefit balance. Next week, the company will start hosting round-table discussions on Chantix for members of the media.” [my emphasis; see “Pfizer Seeks to Counter Chantix Concerns<\/a>“.]<\/p>\n

Regular readers of Pharma Marketing Blog know that I like to be invited to piss inside the tent rather than pissing outside it (see, for example, “Innerstate Private Screening: Philadelphia Style<\/a>“). When I say “piss,” I mean “dis” Chantix as in “Chantix Road Rage – Revisted<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

If Centocor and Michael Moore can invite me inside their tents, I hope Pfizer will invite me to participate in its roundtable discussion with the media. I assume that the “regular” media bloggers over at Pharmalot and WSJ Health Blog have already been invited.<\/p>\n

The following is my open letter request to the Pfizer corporate communications folk:<\/p>\n

Oh Pfizer, won\u2019t you invite me to your Chantix roundtable?
My friends all are media types, I must make amends.
Worked hard on my blog, no help from the press,
So Pfizer, won\u2019t you please invite me to your table?<\/p>\n

Oh Pfizer, won\u2019t you send me your new Chantix DTC ad for TV?
The yokels at the FDA won’t talk to me.
I wait for delivery each day until three,
So oh Pfizer, won\u2019t you send me your new Chantix DTC?<\/p>\n

Oh Pfizer, won\u2019t you buy me a dinner in New York town?
I\u2019m counting on you, Pfizer, please don\u2019t let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh Pfizer, won\u2019t you buy me a dinner in New York town?<\/p>\n

Everybody!
Oh Pfizer, won\u2019t you invite me to your Chantix roundtable?
My friends all are media types, I must make amends.
Worked hard on my blog, no help from the press,
So Pfizer, won\u2019t you please invite me to your table?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it!<\/p><\/div>\n

Apologies to Janis Joplin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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