Chew on it- Busy Busy Busy

Hadn't been diligent in writing this blog. Things had been rough lately.

Everyone has the same complaint on his lips. Busy Busy Busy. Sometimes i wonder what's up with that. Are there really so much to do that we hardly have time for a breather or are we simply trying to impress someone?

Busy with organizing this campaign, busy with scheduling a offshore meeting, busy with planning a local symposium, busy with training, busy with meetings, busy with budgeting, busy with customer visitations, the list goes on.

Truth be told, nobody likes to give an impression that he/she is not on the ball or worse, his/her job is rather redundant. My personal opinions are that there aren't redundant jobs, only redundant people.

I have to admit, at some points, I am guilty of professing incessantly how busy I am, but those are usually truthful thoughts brought about by an overwhelming load of responsibilities. So to avoid sounding like a broken record and incurring the ire of others, i recommend PMs to take a reality check and hang out with other executives from other industries and compare responsibilities, pay package, corporate structures and we'll humbly count our blessings.

Pfizer Girls

Food for thought II- Disease Awareness Programs

HSA guidelines on Disease Awareness Campaigns, 2004

http://www.hsa.gov.sg/docs/GuidanceOnDAC1Nov2004.pdf

Food for thought:

How many DACs currently carried out by pharmas conform to these vaguely-lined standards? And how many PMs and MMs are acutely aware of the existence of these standards?