I presume this is legitimate in the sense that the company
is a genuine survey company and that they're not lying
about their name.  I accept at face value their statement
that they will not violate people's privacy.  I can't see why
they would or how they could profit from that.

What they aren't revealing is who is funding this.  From looking
at the company's website, it appears that they're business is survey
oriented research.  They obviously have a client.  It might be
Pfizer or one of the other impotence drug manufacturers, or
some other drug company planning to enter the market and
trying to figure out more about what people want and how
they use the drugs.

I don't think any of that is too nefarious.  If you accept that
private enterprise is the right way to make drugs (and I believe
there are significant pros and cons of that - but it is clearly
a fact of present day life) then it doesn't seem bad to me
for companies to try to learn more about what their
customers want.  ...  For the most part.

On the other hand, research like this probably has nothing
whatever to do with drug development and everything to
do with drug marketing.  It will probably be used to develop
more effective advertising which we, the consumers, will
pay for, along with Ms. Shale's salary and all the other
costs of this survey.

Sometimes I get wrought up about these issues and
sometimes I don't.  I don't really mind that a private company
makes toothpaste, makes a profit on it, and spends money
on advertising it.  As long as the toothpaste does what the
company says it does, and doesn't make people sick or
pollute the earth, why not?  And if it's okay for toothpaste,
why not for impotence pills?

I guess my bottom line is, let's not try to drive the drug
companies (or their survey research contractors) out of
business.  Let's just do our best to keep them honest,
keep their activities transparent, and insure that they
make their profits by helping people and not by harming
them, gouging them, engaging in price collusion with
other companies, or lying to them.

   Alan