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Formation of PharmEx Pakistan – Too Late, Too Little? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1123

Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1123 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. PPMA Delegation and Minister of Commerce in discussion Preamble The Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan has finally rose…

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Rough first meetings

(also, just the way things go in my pharma redemption au lmao)

Bonus:

[high-voltage-rat]

Zorbak being CEO of a big corporation pre-reset and then, after the reset, being a necromancer who self-describes as eviller than evil and literally animates armies of undead to attack us... and the post-reset version of him is still significantly less evil and more redeemable. Seriously real.

[xuyaak]

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BALITANG LOKAL: SJTIT's Infinite Radio welcomes Radyo Sincero in Dumaguete City under Herbz Med Pharma from Mindanao's flagship radio broadcaster [#OnlyOnOneNETnews]

DUMAGUETE, NEGROS ORIENTAL -- The station behind 'Radyo Sincero' as you may heard locally in the top-of-the-hour ident has finally uncovered its clues of 'SJTIT: Infinite Radio'. Last year in the Q4 2024, the Negrosanons heard something about the newest radio frequency at 95.9mhz. Even as that, there is "Sincerly, Ate Arlyn" in a regionally syndicated radio programme featured everywhere in all of the archipelagos of Visayas and Mindanao. We find out what was behind all this.

Infinite Radio started as the only flagship station of DXSJ-FM 93.3mhz in 'Surigao City, Surigao del Norte' in 1993, within years before expanding here in the Visayas region out of Mindanao, including Dumaguete City. The FM station is locally-owned and operated by 'Saint Jude Thaddeus Institute of Technology' (SJTIT) but is quietly not being listed for the said FM radio callsign to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). But Philippine president 'Rodrigo Roa Duterte' enacted and signed the law under Republic Act #11583 in late-July 2021. Duterte granted the radio franchise of SJTIT for 25 years. The late-founder of SJTIT and Chief Executive Officer & President of Infinite Radio is 'Engr. George Malazarte Salabao'.

While the other flagship station of 'Radyo Sincero' is DXSR-FM's Win Radio 97.7mhz in 'Valencia, Bukidnon'. It was owned by 'Sarraga Integrated and Management Corporation' (SIAMC) and operated by 'ZimZam Management Incorporated' (ZMi) as 'Power News FM' from 2018 to 2021. 'Arlyn Pondoc Ayon' is a current CEO and President of 'Radyo Sincero' network & regionally syndicated radio anchor of "Sincerely, Ate Arlyn". All on both sides, it was based on a nationwide callsign listing by NTC's FM broadcast services division (BSD) as of December 2024.

'Radyo Sincero' leases some of its regional school assets under Herbz Med Pharma Corporation (HMPC). The two (2) operating modes of SJTIT within Infinite Radio consist of either independent ownership of network assets or collaboration through partnerships with local groups/firms. IR has established dual operations across archipelago regions through its flagship FM station in Surigao City, while RS distributes its regional network across provinces offering various local radio content programming under Arlyn's leadership.

Both of these networks deliver local and regional news on free radio, as well as the best music and issues in public affairs & commentaries. There is no audio streaming outside of the Philippines except Facebook LIVE (part of Meta Platforms Inc. [MPi]) in selected programmes for the Filipino overseas upon tuning in to Radyo Sincero: Dumaguete as an example. To sum it all up, in short, Radyo Sincero is actually a relationship with SJTIT’s Infinite Radio out of Surigao’s flagship school hometown radio network with a rough airtime lease of HMPC from Bukidnon.

The combination of 'Radyo Sincero: Dumaguete' and its linked FM stations maintains a strong partnership with 'SJTIT: Infinite Radio' to deliver information-based content that binds different local communities. The combined network maintains its place in the radio broadcasting market by using strategic partnerships while focusing on consistent service to listeners in both the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

Through their collaborative relationship, Infinite Radio and local firms deliver programming that maintains connectivity for listeners seeking the airwaves of news, information, music and entertainment, while featuring its regional advertisers and programmes of HMPC representing the diverse cultural heritage of the Philippine archipelago.

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SPECIAL THANKS to the Anonymous Contributors for sending in a news gathering tip.

SOURCE: *https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-13OSyi49X00Jj1YfoovMBSNIKStN25l/view *https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11583_2021.html *https://verification.fda.gov.ph/FOOD_MANUFACTURERview.php?showdetail=&ACCOUNTCODE=LTO-3000003833842 *https://www.facebook.com/652019343/posts/10162165447599344 *https://www.facebook.com/100063773539162/posts/1164670629002044 and *https://www.facebook.com/61551883291080/posts/122182918454062776

-- OneNETnews Online Publication Team

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Mankind Pharma Ltd, as a part of its CSR initiative conducted a Comfort and Wellness Drive

Mankind Pharma Ltd, as a part of its CSR initiative conducted a Comfort and Wellness Drive #News

Mankind Pharma Ltd, as a part of its CSR initiative, conducted a Comfort and Wellness Drive at Sevalaya’s Gandhi Ashram Krishnan Memorial Old Age Home. Prof Dr T V Sathappan, Managing Director, Dr TVS Multispecialty Hospital was the Chief Guest on the occasion. The Chief Guest donated wellness kits containing pillows, bed covers, and bedsheets to the residents of the Old Age Home. Speaking on the…

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Pharmaceutical Marketing – Stuck in the Past – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1103

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Empowering Independent Pharmacies: A Seminar Hosted by KARE Rx Partners and Dr. Kiran Patel

In an industry marked by constant evolution and challenges, independent pharmacies stand as pillars of personalized care within their communities. Recognizing the vital role these pharmacies play, KARE Rx Partners, in collaboration with Dr. Kiran Patel, is set to host an exclusive seminar tailored specifically for independent pharmacy owners.

Scheduled for Saturday, April 27, at the inviting venue of Mantra Indian Cuisine on 1059 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA, this seminar promises an evening of insight, collaboration, and empowerment. Beginning at 6:00 PM PDT, the event aims to address the unique needs and opportunities present in the landscape of independent pharmacy practice.

RSVP Now: Best Event in California One of the seminar's focal points will be the exploration of collaborative opportunities with KARE Rx Partners. Through strategic partnerships and access to innovative resources, independent pharmacies can enhance their services, expand their reach, and stay competitive in today's market. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn firsthand about the benefits of partnering with KARE Rx Partners and how it can contribute to their pharmacy's growth and success.

[brightbraintech]

Pharma Industry – Digital Marketing Strategies For Pharma And Healthcare Sector

Pharma Industry – Digital Marketing Strategies For Pharma And Healthcare Sector

Which industry do you think spends the most on advertising? You are wrong if your answer is Pharma (guessed from the blog title?). It’s FMCG. Haha, we got you!

However, Pharmaceutical marketing constitutes about 10-15% of its share. For an industry that sells medicines, that’s quite a lot. But have you wondered why Pharma spends such a large amount on advertising? Why is it necessary?

Advertising is vital to create awareness about new products and new prices. The healthcare sector needs to spread awareness, if not the most. Are you curious about where we are going with this? Let’s dive in!

Why is Pharma marketing important? The pharmaceutical industry carries the responsibility of saving a patient on its shoulders. It spends a lot of time, research, and development on drugs and medicines to cater to a patient’s needs. So what will happen when the patient isn’t aware of the product?

To achieve the success of a drug, a healthcare marketer needs to engage in product messaging, distribution of the product through sales, and promote one’s brand. After all, no one will recommend a medicine from a manufacturer who doesn’t have a good reputation in the industry.

Medicines are a search good as people don’t consume them unless they know their price, attributes, usage, and benefits. Pharma marketing becomes essential here because the consumers need information on the said good.

As the information about the product increases, more people will be willing to buy your product, naturally increasing your sales. Hence, digital pharma marketing will increase your brand awareness, reputation among consumers, storage spaces among your distributors, and retention of your existing consumers. Who wouldn’t want that?

What are the benefits of Healthcare digital marketing? Did you know?

There are 70k health-related searches per minute every day! Furthermore, 56% of Internet users look online for information about a specific medical treatment.

Healthcare digital marketing opens a line of communication between providers and healthcare organizations, including their patients. It provides valuable content and resources to patients, which helps them further strengthen their purchase decision of a particular medicine.

However, when it comes to healthcare marketers, it has tremendous benefits, possibly more than what consumers get from watching an informational advertisement. The benefits of Digital marketing in healthcare are discussed as follows.

It increases the patient base of practice.

It increases local physician referrals to a practice. It will save a lot of time for the consumers.

Through marketing strategies like video marketing, you can establish your expertise in the industry!

Marketing for pharmacy will provide you with a competitive advantage against other firms in your industry!

Furthermore, you’ll be the one who takes a lead in reducing the spread of misinformation among consumers.

An increase in the consumer base for a particular medicine or medical practice is not always a bad signal. View it as the generation of more awareness about a disease, and an increase in access to a possible treatment. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to save as many lives as you can with a simple step such as marketing?

What are some digital pharmaceutical marketing strategies? Read More: https://www.brightbraintech.com/blog/digital-marketing-strategies-for-pharma-industry/

[deadsetobsessions]

Sea Cryptic! Danny AU- Pt.4

[Pt.1] [Pt.2] [Pt.3] [Pt.5] [Pt.6] [Pt.7] [Pt.8] [Pt.9] [Pt.10]

Danny was sitting in the back, his backpack obnoxiously taking up the seat next to him, when the door to the lecture hall creaked open near silently.

“What are you in here for?” Danny asked the guy who crept into class. He sympathetically took his backpack off the Seat of Shame and allowed the guy to sit down. Funnily enough, they had the same hair and eye color.

“Gen Ed. Undecided. You?” The guy grunted quietly back.

“Environmental studies. I’m Danny.”

“Tim.”

With the implicit understanding of two people in a required class they could not give less than two fucks about, Tim and Danny tuned back into the lecture. When the class was assigned group work, Danny looked over to see Tim softly snoring, head slammed down on the table.

“Tim. Wake up, dude.” Danny poked his shoulder.

“Huh? Class over?”

“Nah, we got group work. Discussion board.”

“Oh shit, thanks for waking me up. Wanna team up?”

Danny shrugged. “Sure. We should aim to post it in the middle so the professor doesn’t read our answers to the class.”

“Yeah, sounds like a good idea. Any idea what we’re talking about?”

“Kind of?”

“Good enough for me.”

——

Tim Drake kept seeing Danny Fenton around on campus.

“Danny! Dude, what are you doing?”

Danny turned, gloved hands full of crumpled trash. “Picking up after the student population, apparently.”

“Didn’t think environmental studies was that serious.”

“Global warming is very serious, you jerk,” Danny smirked at him, crossing the grass to put the trash into the trash can. “Reduce, reuse, oil shouldn’t be spilled in water and all that.”

“Basic stuff,” Tim grinned. Nice, he basically had a friend past Bernard now!

They were friends, right?

“And yet humanity fails to comprehend it. Incredible. Incredibly stupid that is.”

“They get it. Major corporations just don’t care.”

Danny sighed. “True that. You on your way to your next class?” He took off his biodegradable gloves off (nitrile and nylon, baby!) and chucked them into the trash.

“I’ve got free time, actually. Prof cancelled for his daughter’s surgery.”

“Oh, shit, that’s rough! You wanna go downtown and join the strike?”

“A strike? What for?” Even as he asked, Tim hiked his bag higher onto his shoulder, ready to go. They fell into step as the two left campus.

“Apparently, Quillan Pharma was doing some shady shit at their manufacturing plants. I think it’s like killing kids, and pouring toxins into the ground.”

“Oh, shit.”

“Yeah. Oh! Poison Ivy’s gonna be there!”

Tim blinked. He casted a sideways look at Danny. Sure he’s been here long enough to know… but it couldn’t hurt to check. “You know she’s an eco-terrorist, right?”

“Okay, but like… people suck sometimes. And all she’s asking for is like don’t kill the planet. And she doesn’t do that whole mind control thing too much anymore! The Sirens are so cool. Plus, one of my best friends at home might actually kill me if I don’t try to get her autograph. Poison Ivy is like, Sam’s personal hero.”

Tim snickered. “Yeah, okay. Mind if one of my friends join? His name’s Bernard.”

“The more the merrier,” Danny nodded. “Ooo! Hot chocolate. Want some?”

Danny bought three drinks as Tim trailed behind, texting Bernard.

“He said yes.”

“Cool! We should meet up somewhere before the drinks get cold.”

Well, Danny got the autograph. Tim got a new friend, and Bernard got a drink from his crush.

——

“Oh, you’re the glowing dude that Batman always talks about!”

Danny blinked, eyes scanning the wing-like cape and the yellow emblem on the hero’s suit. Danny was indeed glowing, stars and nebulas freckling across neon green skin, and glowing hair the color of a white dwarf star, tinged with the blue from his ice core.

“I… have absolutely no idea who you are,” Danny lied, like a liar. He’s found a surprising niche of entertainment in messing with the local vigilantes and he’ll be damned if he missed this opportunity.

He heard a snicker from the comm lines as Red Robin visibly brushes it off.

“I’m Red Robin. Why are you picking up trash?”

“Picking up after you humans, apparently.”

The both of them blink, feeling a weird sense of déjà vu. A moment of awkward silence passed before they both shook it off.

“Are you here to help? No offense, but the track record for you people is terrible.” Danny strode over and grabbed a bag. He opened it, and shook it at Red Robin’s face. “See? Batarangs, these odd bird looking ones, the R’s. Seriously, pick up after yourselves!”

“Oh, woah, can we have these back?”

Danny yanked the bag back before Red Robin could get close. “Pay me. These were incredibly tedious to pick up. Especially the batarangs. I mean, I even found a whole bunch of old rusted ones in the middle of the bay. What did you do, dump an entire bag in there from the air?”

Red Robin sighed and took out a wad of cash, with tracking fluid all over it. Danny grimaced, smelling the odd scent on the money. “That’s not real cash. It smells off. Are you trying to give me counterfeits because you’re broke?”

Red Robin gaped, oddly offended. “No! They’re real!”

“Doesn’t smell like it. It’s stinkier than the trash. Go get the one with the money, the litterer. Tell him I’ll be back the next full moon. I don’t want to talk to you anymore.” Danny grumbled, disappearing on the spot to watch Red Robin flounder with the stack of cash and the piles of dead bodies on the shore.

“What the fuck even is my life these days?” Red Robin wondered out loud, stuffing the cash back into his pocket. He looked over the plastic wrapped bodies and slumped, sighing.

Oddly enough, Danny felt a sense of sympathy. Well, he’s not getting paid for sympathy. He’s not getting paid at all tonight, actually. Danny flew off, plunging once more into the depths of the significantly cleaner waters, and used his ice to scoop out oil stains.

Danny glanced around and sighed. He had a lot of work to do.

——

“So you’re saying he’s like a werewolf mermaid fae child immortal god thing, right?”

Bruce grunted.

“B, what the hell are you smoking these days? You know drugs are bad, right? Do we need Superman to give you that PSA?” Jason snickered.

Tim, massaging his arms from having to haul an ungodly amount of dead bodies, grunted. He’s so similar to Bruce that it gave the people currently in the cave hives.

“He said full moon. I don’t think we can track him with regular stuff. The bugs kept shorting out.”

“Oh boy,” Dick sighed. “Don’t fall off the spiral cliff, Tim. You’ve got midterms to think about so no stalking the guy.”

“Yet,” Tim shot back, changing out of his suit.

Bruce grunted, setting aside a huge stack of cash.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Hey Nicholas! I have a lot of trans friends in the States that depend on HRT, and hearing the OBBB passed through the House and off to Senate has me very worried for you all. I'm trying to gather resources on stockpiling and informed consent HRT right now to help my friends navigate the situation, but I don't know enough about the political systems in the US to fully understand what the full consequences of OBBB passing would be/how much of that is still helpful then. Can you give me a rough idea of what OBBB passing would mean for HRT access in the States? Can it still be prevented? Do you have any sort of battle plan for that case for yourself?

Also I faintly remember that you made a guide or something similar on how to stockpile HRT in the past, but Tumblr search wasn't very helpful in finding it again sadly. Would you be okay with reblogging/linking it if you happen to know where to find it?

All the best

The immediate effect would be that gender affirming care, including HRT, would no longer be covered by Medicaid. It will also likely further embolden private insurance agencies to continue to drop care as well. This all directly clashes with some state laws that mandate insurance coverage for gender-affirming care.

We can continue to push back with the Senate, and if this passes, hope that the states pick up the baton. Because we all know this is also going to apply to abortion and contraceptive care.

The real writing on the wall, however, is the language around "federal funds" not being used for gender affirming care. As most hospitals receive federal funding in some way, we should expect to see overstretch here, or - once again - healthcare facilities and professionals capitulating in advance.

Also, very telling, is the quick escalation from banning care for minors to banning care for adults. The GOP is done with the ramp up and has waged total war on trans people.

That's not to say it's a lost cause. A friend in healthcare has brought up the fact that trans people do bring in money to Big Pharma, and we tend to be reliable customers. I feel like we'll be returning to a worse version of the Harry Benjamin days (when I started HRT there was no Informed Consent model) -- everything self-pay, with very strict gatekeeping.

Trans folks need to have conversations with their providers about continuation of care. If you only get your HRT from an Nurse Practitioner (like at Planned Parenthood), ask your clinic if they plan to bring on the staff to prescribe HRT under stricter regulations, should the nation follow Florida's model (what made me flee).

There may also be options to save costs if you suddenly find yourself uninsured, plus other benefits. For example, my local clinic does its own compounding, which means I don't have to deal with at-the-counter bigotry from a pharmacist or tech who doesn't want to issue me my T. My clinic also recommended sources for me to buy my own injection supplies.

Trans people absolutely need to learn how hormones work and the different forms they can take. I, myself, am looking into longer lasting administration, such as the super big shot or pellets, in case I need to travel for my care.

It sucks and there is a lot of uncertainty. Research your options. Save information to a thumb drive - if federal obscenity laws pass, we might lose access to a lot of online resources. Understand the laws where you live (testosterone is a controlled substance in the US). Be as smart and safe as you can.

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in addition to being prone to an obvious naturalistic fallacy, the oft-repeated claim that various supplements / herbs / botanicals are being somehow suppressed by pharmaceutical interests seeking to protect their own profits ('they would rather sell you a pill') belies a clear misunderstanding of the relationship between 'industrial' pharmacology and plant matter. bioprospecting, the search for plants and molecular components of plants that can be developed into commercial products, has been one of the economic motivations and rationalisations for european colonialism and imperialism since the so-called 'age of exploration'. state-funded bioprospectors specifically sought 'exotic' plants that could be imported to europe and sold as food or materia medica—often both, as in the cases of coffee or chocolate—or, even better, cultivated in 'economic' botanical gardens attached to universities, medical schools, or royal palaces and scientific institutions.

this fundamental attitude toward the knowledge systems and medical practices of colonised people—the position, characterising eg much 'ethnobotany', that such knowledge is a resource for imperialist powers and pharmaceutical manufacturers to mine and profit from—is not some kind of bygone historical relic. for example, since the 1880s companies including pfizer, bristol-myers squibb, and unilever have sought to create pharmaceuticals from african medicinal plants, such as strophanthus, cryptolepis, and grains of paradise. in india, state-created databases of valuable 'traditional' medicines have appeared partly in response to a revival of bioprospecting since the 1980s, in an increasingly bureaucratised form characterised by profit-sharing agreements between scientists and local communities that has nonetheless been referred to as "biocapitalism". a 1990 paper published in the proceedings of the novartis foundation symposium (then the ciba foundation symposium) spelled out this form of epistemic colonialism quite bluntly:

Ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, folk medicine and traditional medicine can provide information that is useful as a 'pre-screen' to select plants for experimental pharmacological studies.

there is no inherent oppositional relationship between pharmaceutical industry and 'natural' or plant-based cures. there are of course plenty of examples of bioprospecting that failed to translate into consumer markets: ginseng, introduced to europe in the 17th century through the mercantile system and the east india company, found only limited success in european pharmacology. and there are cases in which knowledge with potential market value has actually been suppressed for other reasons: the peacock flower, used as an abortifacient in the west indies, was 'discovered' by colonial bioprospectors in the 18th century; the plant itself moved easily to europe, but knowledge of its use in reproductive medicine became the subject of a "culturally cultivated ignorance," resulting from a combination of funding priorities, national policies, colonial trade patterns, gender politics, and the functioning of scientific institutions. this form of knowledge suppression was never the result of a conflict wherein bioprospectors or pharmacists viewed the peacock flower as a threat to their own profits; on the contrary, they essentially sacrificed potential financial benefits as a result of the political and social factors that made abortifacient knowledge 'unknowable' in certain state and commercial contexts.

exploitation of plant matter in pharmacology is not a frictionless or infallible process. but the sort of conspiratorial thinking that attempts to position plant therapeutics and 'big pharma' as oppositional or competitive forces is an ahistorical and opportunistic example of appealing to nominally anti-capitalist rhetoric without any deeper understanding of the actual mechanisms of capitalism and colonialism at play. this is of course true whether or not the person making such claims has any personal financial stake in them, though it is of course also true that, often, they do hold such stakes.

[darkmaga-returns]

The Trump administration is planning to ban COVID vaccines for all Americans, a move that could mark the biggest reversal in medical history, and deliver a death blow to Big Pharma.

Better late than never, considering the extraordinary damage done. But this isn’t just about stopping the shots before they inflict even more harm—it’s about accountability.

According to insiders, Trump’s team is also pushing for full investigations into the architects of the COVID agenda. Gates, Fauci, Big Pharma, and their enablers must be held to account for the deception, the injuries, and the millions of lives lost.

If RFK Jr. and President Trump succeed, it’ll be the first step toward real justice—and the beginning of the end for the people who tricked the world.

Before we dive in, subscribe to the channel on Rumble, follow me on X, and join the People’s Voice Locals community to support the channel and be part of our incredible community of truthseekers.

Are you ready for a pro-science administration—one that follows real evidence instead of Big Pharma propaganda?

The kind that acknowledges the devastation we can all see with our own eyes, rather than the manufactured “science” pushed by Big Pharma and its army of bought-and-paid-for scientists, academics, and media shills?

The tide is turning.

COVID vaccines could soon be suspended nationwide under bold new plans backed by top Trump administration health figures.