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 ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Donald Trump's new executive order requiring pharmaceutical companies to list all the side effects of the drugs they sell could ...

As Health and Human Services secretary, Robert Kennedy Jr. is a menace to us all and ought to be removed as soon as possible. But he’s right about one matter, and, in a break from his usual practice ...

President Trump’s Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on the “endless” barrage of pharmaceutical advertisements Americans are hit with on a daily basis, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said on ...

CT AG William Tong is part of a coalition asking Meta to better enforce its own policies about pharmaceutical and wellness ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump signed an order Tuesday aimed at tightening restrictions on direct-to-consumer drug advertising, expanding his administration’s scrutiny against big pharmaceutical companies and ...

President Donald Trump is getting directly involved in the push against direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising, which could signal large-scale changes to one of radio’s fastest-growing ad ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA said it will send letters to pharmaceutical companies asking for the removal of “misleading” drug ads.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday that aims to crack down on direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads on television and social media platforms, potentially disrupting billions ...

The United States is distinctive in many ways, but at least one unique characteristic may change in the coming months. We are one of just two countries in the world that permits prescription drug ...