Wegovy, Farxiga, Vraylar ... the stream of drug ads on TV has gotten so pervasive that they’re bringing together an unlikely pair of politicians to take them on. Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie ...

This article first appeared in the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist. Pharmaceutical ads in the United States are annoying. Absurd. And almost uniquely American. In fact, only one other high-income ...

It’s not every day that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Independent Senators Bernie Sanders and Angus King would agree on, well, anything. But when it comes to the ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memo to rein in direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs on television, social media, and other platforms. The memo directs the Food and Drug ...

In today’s media landscape, you know what outrages me the most? Seeing those repetitive, dreamlike and misleading prescription drug commercials that seem to eat up more TV air time every year and have ...

The Trump administration is cracking down on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration will move to eliminate ...

The templated letter sent across industry reiterates many of the same concerns highlighted in the press release and serves as notice of FDA’s enforcement approach to all drug application holders, ...

We have been complaining about direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising for decades. Far too often, the commercials make it seem as if their products are magical. People are seen ...