Hello World.

So tell me, what do you think J&J should do about that recall scandal? Fight or flight? Or maybe what is the next best step Pfizer can take with their failed miracle PTSD drug? Invest more or just chuck it and start over?

Ever wonder how in the world you are going to b.s. your way out of those questions at your graduate school interview or even job interview? There are 2 to 3 or maybe even a room full of people staring at you waiting for your well thought out response. And then there’s the room full of people outside waiting for you to f*** up. But what can you say when you have no idea what the heck the J&J scandal is, and wasn’t even aware Pfizer had a PTSD drug on the market.  Well then it’s going to be a long, awkward, and uncomfortable interview. These people, they’re testing you. They want to know just how caught up you are with the current events in today’s health care industry, after all that is what you are trying to get into. And if you can’t produce some witty intelligent response, then you should be ashamed. Entering a field you know nothing about? I suggest you better get started on those search engine runs.

Or. You can stay, and let me make your life that much easier.

Filter. Filter. Filter.

That is exactly what I am going to do for you. I will be sifting through every search engine you can possibly think of looking for the most interesting, most relevant, and most important articles to write about; recalls, drug violations, ethics versus financial gain and so on. But I’m not going to spell it out in essay form, because otherwise you can just google the articles yourself. I am going to talk to you, literally. We’ll have our own conversations and inside jokes about what goes on with our healthcare industry. You may ask, what makes me qualified to write? Well, at least I know how to answer the J&J and Pfizer questions. Which is probably more than I can say for you. But no need to worry. You’ll be an expert before you know it. This will be the first blog you come across that caters to… well, anyone who wants to know what’s going on in the world really, but more specifically, students and young professionals in or entering the health sciences. And also just people who want to have intelligent and insightful conversations about drug companies and how they have turned healthcare into a multi-billion dollar capitalistic industry. But most of all, I’ll save you the trouble of running head first into a profession you know absolutely nothing about, which is like most newly grads.

This is going to be a blog that I’ve been searching for but never found. And if you decide to follow up on my daily reports you will have so much to say about the pharmaceutical industry you’ll blow your colleagues away and you just might decide to start your own blog.