Fabio Carinci, official of merit of the Republic and former president of Fedaiisf, replies to the pediatrician and writer Paolo Cornaglia Ferraris
29 April 2017 – QUOTIDIANO.NET/CHRONICLE
FABIO Carinci, 72 years old, official of merit of the Republic, scientific informant for 44 years, was also president of the association (Fedaiisf). In an interview with Qn Paul Cornaglia Ferraris – pediatrician and author of successful investigative books such as 'Shirts and pajamas' – mentioning your category raised the problem of comparison.
“If he knows precise facts, he must go to the prosecutor's office. But it cannot generalize. I am a Knight of Merit of the Republic, I have always been very far from certain paths and roads. I feel offended".
It is true that in Italy there have been many judicial inquiries into the comparison.
“We always start from the assumption that we, the intermediary between the pharmaceutical industry and the doctor, are the geniuses of evil, the bandits. In reality we do medical-scientific information. Point".
Your category has been significantly downsized.
“In the last six years there have been at least ten thousand layoffs. Times have changed. Today there are not even 9,000 pure informants, those who speak of ethical specialties and not of supplements or the like. But our extinction seems to be of no interest to anyone”.
Rules of engagement?
“There is a very serious problem. Pharmaceutical industry contracts have not been brought into line with state standards. Law 219 of 2006 requires companies to activate a medical-scientific information network free from marketing. We have to depend on the medical or scientific service”.
Do you have a budget for your leads?
“The budget is managed by the area manager. Doctors ask us questions. We fill out a form that says: Dr. so-and-so would like a congressional presence in that city for that meeting. I think you can join. My latest budget? Fifteen hundred euros a year”.
The temptations.
“The only one regards the so-called prizes at the end of the year. But we have always opposed this story”.
Compulsory degree today.
"Absolutely yes. There have been two regularizations, the last one in 2006. Anyone who was at work was confirmed in any case”.
Average salary?
“An old-fashioned informant goes for 2,200-2,400 euros. But pharmaceutical companies keep young people, they earn 1,300-1,400 euros”.
Work rhythms.
“Every day we manage 200 thousand medical contacts, which become 50 million a year, we see 10 million pharmacies, tens and tens of millions of patients whose comments we listen to. We are the only ones who can notice prescriptive distortions in real time”.
Have you ever reported a scandal?
"Never, because I never knew."
Related news: Warning letter to Cornaglia Ferraris and Quotidiano.net
Cornaglia Ferraris, "Corruption is structural", "Scientific whistleblowers compare". Ed
