Funny Pharm: You Write the Caption & Win: August 2015

★Winning Caption★
"OMG…Now we need to order, install, commission and validate a bigger mailbox…” -René Groh

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]. Thank you for your contributions!

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.

Bill Russo:
"I really need a mailbox shaped like a Graeco Latin square."

"Maybe it would be easier if I sent a fax... machine, that is."

"In all examined parameters, EDC could not fulfill its promises."

"Significant potential and need exists for improving the efficiency of mailing a computer."


“Our product out weights the competitions.” - Ken Hines

"Paperwork to save the patient but not the planet!" -Peter Clark

"It's our new treatment for back pain in postal workers." -Peter Clark

“An Electronic Submissions Gateway by any other name is still a mailbox.” -Tara Bronson

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” -Tara Bronson

"Wrestling an electronic filing- two falls and a submission!" - Peter Clark

"It's like eating an elephant- gigabyte-sized chunks. " - Peter Clark

"How am I gonna get the triplicate copies in here"? -Jack Monoker

"I miss feeding you honey!" -Seshu Gudlavalleti

"Here is the computer with keyboard cleanly swiped; FDA, please take whatever information you need for electronic filing!" -N Murugesan

"I swear I submit everything, I'm not God!" -Praveen Kumar

"OMG…Now we need to order, install, commission and validate a bigger mailbox…” -René Groh

"Think out of the (mail) box!" -Dana Orten

"FDA submission process needs updates." -Dana Orten


"E-filing is no Ez either." -Seshu Gudlavalleti


"Dang FDA morons, they can't make anything easy!" -Tom Patnaik


“And as usual should I expect my approval to arrive via FAX?” -Alex Packard

“We may be taking the concept of a stand-alone document a little too literally.” - Alex Packard

"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." - Ruba Bnyan

"Everything you can imagine is real." -Ruba Bnyan