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 getting out of control. It’s distorting the doctor-patient relationship, these endless pharmaceutical ads,” Makary told ...

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 ...

On Sept. 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration jointly announced a crackdown on deceptive direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...