/b/veterinary-news/posts/48751 UK veterinary surgeons strongly prefer recommending branded treatments, according to a survey conducted by specialist advertising agency Masius . The survey, conducted amongst members of www.vetsurgeon.org , received 725 responses. It gave a conclusiveen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/48751Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:29:27 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b0be3c5c-1a15-43e5-9d16-0a4ef34444a8Arlo Guthrie0<p>Tim, as I understand it, the problem people have with cascade applies almost entirely with a small number of recently licensed drugs, which were previously available unlicensed at a fraction of the cost. I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s fair to denounce the survey because of them. After all, there are many more branded products which have benefitted from considerable R&amp;D, and which presumably you would choose on their own merits. Yes, I permitted the survey!</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=48751&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/48751Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:52:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b0be3c5c-1a15-43e5-9d16-0a4ef34444a8Tim Mainland0<p>And now we have a marketing agency peddling the myth that &quot;vets prefer branded products&quot; when the cascade gives us no legal alternative. Arlo, did you permit this inappropriate survey, which has used and abused vetsurgeon.org&#39;s members? IMHO. Or did they just do it?</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=48751&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">