Tales from the Pharm: The $15,000 delivery error
Today before my shift I got a phonecall asking me to stop by one of our other stores to pick a mis-delivery of Enbrel that had been delivered the day before.
Lucky for us, the pharmacist over there opened the box and saw what it was and was able to refrigerate it before it got warm. What you see in the picture below has an AWP of…
$15,151.48
I wonder if armored car drivers often make delivery errors on this scale? And if their deliveries have to be stored at a specific temperature? 
To give you an idea of how valuable this is, the entire volume of liquid here is 56mL. Assuming that it has the density of water, that means there's 56g of fluid, which is a hair under 2 ounces.
Right now, Gold is sitting at $480 an ounce. Platinum is sitting around $1217 an ounce. Enbrel has a value of $7500 an ounce.
Oopsie.
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[...] I just posted this over at OnThePharm, but I thought you guys might like to read the story, too. I got call before work this morning to swing by and pick up a mis-delivered crate on my way in. Its contents was worth over $15,000. Underneath all the packaging, how much did the goods weigh? About 2 ounces. [...]
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[...] … there’s 56g of fluid, which is a hair under 2 ounces. Right now, Gold is sitting at $480 an ounce. Platinum is sitting around $1217 an ounce. Enbrel has a value of $7500 an ounce. Oopsie. Technorati Tags: Medicine, pharmacy, Enbrel.Read more… This entry was posted on Thursday, August 17th, 2006 at 11:43 pm and is filed under internetpharmacy459. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...]
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