Alec Wade Ginsberg

PharmD + Chief Operating Officer @cobigelow
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I write a weekly newsletter about American Drug Culture called Drugstore Cowboy

[Alec Wade Ginsberg @awgins]

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[Lev Akabas @LevAkabas]

Jalen Brunson's clutch scoring in the playoffs is literally Michael Jordan-level

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

Today is for everybody who remembers this inexplicable Doug E. Fresh cover of “Country Roads” that subbed in “New York City” for “West Virginia” and played at least once during every Knicks game from 2004 to 2008

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I cannot believe this guy is on our team.

[Eye4Impact @Eye4Impact_NBA]

We are witnessing one of the most legendary stories in NBA history.

Go prove 'em wrong one more time @jalenbrunson1

[TickPick @TickPick]

Subway entrances near MSG are getting a fresh look ahead of NBA Finals 🔥🔥

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Cc: @NBA_NewYork @sny_knicks

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Real New Yorkers waiting in line at the NBA store for Finals gear @MTA @nyknicks

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O G U G U A

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Charles Barkley: “OG, can I ask you a question? What is your real name?”

😭😭😭 (h/t @ohnohedidnt24)

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

LOOK OUT BELOW 😵‍💫

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

it’s so cool that my favorite basketball team has Jalen Brunson, the greatest basketball player of all time

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

Is Duke still a blue blood?

[Alec Wade Ginsberg @awgins]

I watched this shot with my former UNC roommates in a small apartment in Kips Bay and we went wild and dogpiled on top of each other and I truly believe it was the peak of joy that can be had in the entire human experience. If you don’t love sports, I just feel sorry for you.

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

"MAYE, FOR THE WIN!" 💥

On this day in 2017, Luke Maye's CLUTCH last-second shot over Kentucky sent @UNC_Basketball to the #MFinalFour 🔥

#MarchMadness

[Alec Wade Ginsberg @awgins]

Hubert needed to go but even if he lost his next 1000 games nothing could take away the fact that he coached the greatest win in Carolina history.

[Cody Couch @Couch_29]

Will never forget Hubert Davis ruining Coach K’s Swan song

[Alec Wade Ginsberg @awgins]

I hate agreeing with this guy but he nails it here.

[TBPN @tbpn]

"I just think we shouldn't normalize making drugs in your bathtub." — @MartinShkreli

"I think there's no evidence that any of these things are well-made. I think we should leave medicine to the experts. I think that's something Silicon Valley is very reluctant to do."

"Medicine has progressed dramatically thanks to the capitalist system and the biopharmaceutical system in league with the FDA, which doesn't always get it right, but is quite good."

"And thanks to that, we have a cure for cystic fibrosis. We have drugs for SMA — these terrible diseases."

"And one last thing: a lot of these people in Silicon Valley — you're perfectly healthy. Most of the people I know on these peptides, they're taking drugs for diseases they don't have. And this is not a great use of people's time, or is great for their health."

"And to some extent, the government does exist to help protect people from themselves and their own stupidity."

[Tate Frazier @tatefrazier]

Carolina beat Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas this season, has reached a national championship game and won one more recently than Duke and Kentucky, and holds the records for most NCAA tournament wins and Final Four appearances

[Alec Wade Ginsberg @awgins]

The closest I’ll ever get to playing God is sitting at my desk on the CO Bigelow balcony blasting the new Johnny Blue Skies album to the CBK crowd.

“With great power comes great responsibility.”

[TJ Parker⚡️ @tjparker]

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[Alec Wade Ginsberg @awgins]

@tjparker @gerstenzang 100% this. I would give anything for a tape of the meeting where it was decided. Must have been incredible.

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🏈 💉 This weekend, more than 125 million Americans will watch the Super Bowl.
Not just for the game, but for the commercials.

And a meaningful share of those commercials will be selling prescription drugs.

That isn’t normal.

The United States is one of only two countries in the world that allows drug companies to advertise prescription medications directly to consumers. The Super Bowl is the peak expression of that system: medicine marketed with celebrity cameos, cinematic budgets, and just enough fine print to stay legal.

In today’s issue of 💊 Drugstore Cowboy 🤠 , I walk through the history of pharmaceutical advertising in the U.S. so you can understand how we ended up here — and why it matters far more than most people realize.

If you live in America, this is required reading.

🔗 Read it here: https://t.co/GLbXuzqswW

[Alec Wade Ginsberg @awgins]

I wrote about last week's showdown between @mcuban and Optum CEO Dr. Patrick Conway in today's 💊Drugstore Cowboy🤠.

https://t.co/6B76Hwg8YJ