Funny Pharm: You Write the Caption & Win: September 2010

Introducing "Funny Pharm," sponsored by Paratherm Corp., featuring drawings by award-winning cartoonist Jerry King. Submit your caption and win.

Funny Pharm: You Write the Caption

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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing introduces "Funny Pharm," featuring drawings by award-winning cartoonist Jerry King.

The winning cartoon caption will be featured on the PharmaManufacturing.com Web site and in the PharmaManufacturing.com eNewsletter. The winner will receive a coffee mug with the cartoon and winning caption printed on it.

Please submit your caption to [email protected]. Thank you for your contributions!

WINNER:

'Well, Miss Jones, it seems our scale up procedure worked.  Question now, is, do we blister pack or bottle?" - Julie Brown

Honorable Mentions:

“Well, they took the term “Scale-up” quite literally” - Damanjit Singh

"When Management said, “Think Big!”, do you really think this is what they
meant?" - Mark S. Smyth, Ph.D.

Contending Submissions:

“When I told you to scale up the suppository batch, this wasn’t what I had in mind!” - Bill Hodgson

"This isn't what we had in mind for the "life time supply" campaign." - Glen Knowles

'Well, Miss Jones, it seems our scale up procedure worked.  Question now, is, do we blister pack or bottle?" - Julie Brown

"And that's how you fill Godzilla's prescription. Oh and don't forget, speed is everything...after all he is one of our "largest" customers." - Monali Shah

"This must be the COSTCO size presentation!" - Leonard Nowak

"What was the HPLC API assay value again?" - John Coane

"Are you sure you specified 100 microns for the particle size distribution in your request?"  -  Maria Hernandez

"Wow!...Now I know why they call it 'Big Pharma'" - Jeff Ulmer

"These will be sold as suppositories in France." - Christopher M. Ott, Ph.D.

"I'm glad it's not a suppository!" - Jason Reynolds

"This was not my idea of Big Pharma...." - Annette Johnston

"They're supposed to ensure eternal life.  Problem is, you have to swallow
them whole!" - Jim McDow

"Mary,
What size desiccant capsule do you suppose we need for this presentation?" - Len Nowak

"I do admit, these new suppositories will have to be scaled down a bit." - Albert Barrera

"Do you think production misunderstood what was meant when told the market had grown" - Mark Symonds

“NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A HORSE PILL” - Fred Glasier

“That’s not what I meant by scale-up.” - Paul Gauvreau

"Its our new diet pill, take once daily." - Paul Hutcheson

"These congressional-strength laxatives are supposed to get all the cr@p out of Washington.  Do you think they're big enough?" - Kent Moraga

"The metric unit of 5 mg is not 5 mega grams!" - Bruce Denis

"Look… at least the bottle wasn’t full we could have been killed by one of these pills." - Mike Jackson

“Well, they took the term “Scale-up” quite literally” - Damanjit Singh

"Its an orphan drug for Gulliver, the Jolly Green Giant, and that Beanstalk guy" - Lisa M. Pantano

“Apparently, we need to be more specific with our scale-up request.” - Arnold Lee

"Maybe we should consider a two tablet a day dosing regimen." - Alex Packard

"It looks like a lot, but they only need to take one to be cured." - Earl Pursell

"Oh ! Overcoating...!" - Syed M Saleem

"I bet MY medicine cabinet is bigger than YOURS!" and "They're supposed to ensure eternal life.  Problem is, you have to swallow them whole!"- Jim McDow

"What size desiccant capsule do you suppose we need for this presentation?" - Len  A. Nowak

"Do you think we will a problem with this new suppository?" - Bill Ebbinghouser

"I do admit, these new suppositories will have to be scaled down a bit." - Albert Barrera
"You don't actually take one...all you need to do is roll in it, kinda like those perfume insert samples in the magazines....got that brainstorm from Ellen D...." - Rosanna Samson

“Good thing this is a small molecule and not a biologic!  Can you imagine the size of the pre-filled syringes?!” - Kathleen Sniff

“I hope this Chinese knockoff Viagra works” and “I hope this counterfeit knockoff works” - Charles Brawley

"When Management said, “Think Big!”, do you really think this is what they meant?" - Mark S. Smyth, Ph.D.
"It’s a good thing these are effervescents, imagine if you had to swallow one!" - Melissa Herkt"----- AND THESE ARE THE PROLONGED ACTION TABLETS FOR LIFELONG , DEAR JINNI ..THE DISSOLUTION PATTERN IS TO BE DEVELOPED!!!!!!!...PLEASE DRAW SAMPLES IMMEDIATELY !" - S.N.RATHI“I don’t think the new tablet coater is ready for validation just yet” - Dr J Paul Madeley