Re: [TV orNotTV] Rules On Misleading Drug Ads

2016-10-15 Thread Tom Wolper
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 1:07 PM, PGage wrote: > The US allowed direct advertising to consumers during the Clinton > administration (hopefully we will have to start referring to that with some > more specifies soon). I'm sure we will adapt the Bush precedent and refer to

Re: [TV orNotTV] Rules On Misleading Drug Ads

2016-10-15 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Oct 15, 2016, at 6:37 AM, Melissa P wrote: > > I think I was in graduate school just about the time advertising barriers > were coming down. A lot a people don't remember, but years ago, advertising > goods and services such as eyeglasses, lawyers,

[TV orNotTV] Rules On Misleading Drug Ads

2016-10-14 Thread PGage
I winder if anyone here is familiar with the specifics of the regulations on advertising drugs on television. I only see a small fraction of TV ads, but one just now made it through my zapping efforts - for "Invokana" a drug that is apparently approved to treat Type II Diabetes and lower blood