Funny Pharm: You Write the Caption & Win: Sept 2018

★Winning Caption★

It’s a cash 22. — Tim Feider

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

The winning cartoon caption will be featured on the Pharma Manufacturing website and the winner will be mentioned in upcoming enewsletters. The winner has a choice of two prizes: a coffee mug with the cartoon and winning caption printed on it OR a $20 Starbucks giftcard.

Please submit your caption to [email protected] with the subject "Funny Pharm Sept 2018." Thank you for your contributions!

See past cartoons/winners.

Contending Submissions

Please note: Funny Pharma caption contests are for entertainment purposes only. Reader submissions reflect their own personal experience and opinions. Winning submissions are chosen for their humor and industry relevance; Pharmaceutical Manufacturing reserves the right to delete any entries deemed inappropriate.

What do we sell? Nothing. What do we create? Nothing. So, nothing is very profitable. — Bill Russo

Yes, we need this money. Why do you care, Mark? — Bill Russo

How much of the 2 trillion will I get... let me guess... $0.00? — Bill Russo

It’s a cash 22. — Tim Feider

This is why these expenses are called "out-of-pocket." — Bill Russo

Don't worry - you might get some of this back after the rebate. — Bill Russo

Pay to play. — Tim Feider

Sigh, it’s a nasty job but somebody has to do it. – Bill Taliaferro

“PBM: This is what some of us in the industry refer to as a ‘Win-Win’ situation.” — Alex Packard

“This is what is known as a left pocket, right pocket situation. The money has left their pockets, and went right into ours.” — Alex Packard

A Payer picked a patient’s pocket to profit a pill provider;
If a Payer picked a patient’s pocket, where is the patient’s pocket the provider’s Payer picked?

— Tara Bronson

This order is no gag. — Bill Russo

“This is what we like to refer to as a ‘Win-Win’ situation.” — Alex Packard

“This is what is known as a left pocket, right pocket situation. The money has left their pockets, and went right into ours.” — Alex Packard

Money in the middle! — Joe Romano

Take with the right, maybe give back with the left? — Joe Romano

Slight of hand, now you see it, now you don’t. — Joe Romano

Let's meet at CVS from now on. We'll all wind up there, anyway. — Bill Russo

1 for you, 2 for me…none for you, 2 for me! — Joe Romano

“Pricing transparency is hard when you can’t see inside the pockets” — Tom Ransohoff

Close, but no CAGR. — Bill Russo

This is pass-through pricing. You pass it to me, I keep what I want, then I pass the rest to this guy. — Bill Russo