A new Trump administration crackdown on prescription drug ads directed at consumers could substantially drag on pharmaceutical revenues—if it’s successful at reining in the billions of dollars that ...

Autumn is flu season and that means it is high season for pharmacies selling over-the-counter cold and flu remedies. Those who aren't reminded by their own running noses are sure to be alerted to ...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned nine advertisements by companies offering prescription-only weight-loss drugs to the public. The regulator said the promotions violated UK law and ...

The U.S. is rare among Western nations because it allows pharmaceutical advertising. But a new effort aims to stop it. A bill was introduced in Congress recently that would ban pharmaceutical ...

CATONSVILLE, MD, Oct. 21, 2025 – A new peer-reviewed study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science finds that direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for prescription smoking-cessation drugs ...

Laws around advertising medicine have been tightened by Jersey officials. The Medicines (Advertising) (Jersey) Order 2026, ...

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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has made no secret of his disdain for television advertisements for prescription drugs. As a presidential candidate, he ...

Dec. 8 -- Some pharmaceutical companies are using misleading ads to market prescription drugs, a stinging report from the U.S. General Accounting Office has found. The report shows that even after ...

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 ...

Are you fed up with prescription-drug ads? If so, you are not alone. For the past several years Americans have been bombarded with commercials that promote drugs for satisfying sex or overactive ...