Tired of seeing drug commercials on television as health care costs continue to rise across the state? So are some Maryland ...

WASHINGTON — Activists are urging Maryland lawmakers to prohibit drug corporations from writing off advertisements as business expenses, an act that they say would funnel millions of dollars to the ...

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Aging means “becoming a target” of the industry, one expert said. After decades of debate, politicians of all stripes are proposing bans.

FIRST ON FOX: Shortly after announcing a strategy to go after deceptive direct-to-consumer advertising by the pharmaceutical industry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human ...

Drug companies in Maryland can deduct the cost of commercials for prescription drug medications as a business expense, but legislation might change that. Instead, the money would go toward lower ...

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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 ...

Streaming ads for pharma brands are up by 88%. But nonstop ads for treatments of rare maladies suggests CTV ad targeting isn’t all that precise.

For literal decades, the writing staff of Saturday Night Live has found the language and structure of pharmaceutical commercials to a gold mine for comedy sketches. (Say it with me: “Do not taunt ...

It's rare to make it through an episode of your favorite show without seeing a commercial for a prescription drug that includes a lengthy list of side effects and a prompt to speak with a doctor. And ...

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