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Opinion: The FDA and FTC need to crack down on TikTok and Instagram influencers pitching prescription drugs

STAT

In June, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter about advertisements for the drug Recorlev for Cushing’s syndrome — its first in more than a year about webpages that make “false or misleading claims” about prescription drugs.

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Amid measles outbreaks, U.K. launches vaccination ad campaign to boost childhood immunizations

STAT

has unveiled an advertising campaign aimed at boosting vaccination rates in children, which have steadily fallen over the past decade and took an even greater dip during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. LONDON — Facing a growing outbreak of measles, the U.K.

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Pumping breastmilk in bathrooms is a common, albeit unspoken, practice at health care conferences

STAT

Even though Erin Booth was not thrilled about having to travel to Philadelphia for a conference at six weeks postpartum, this one at least advertised having a private lactation space. This was back in 2013, when such accommodations were a rarity.

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FDA’s Revised Draft Guidance on Biological Product Promotion Provides Additional Recommendations/Clarifications

The FDA Law Blog

This Revised Draft Guidance provides considerations for manufacturers, packers or distributors (dubbed “firms”) of prescription biological reference products, biosimilar products, and interchangeable biosimilar products presenting data and information about such products in promotional materials in a truthful and non-misleading way.

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J&J, GSK and other companies knowingly marketed ineffective decongestants, lawsuits claim

Fierce Pharma

Questions first circulated about decongestant pills containing phenylephrine in 2007. Several companies, including Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Procter & Gamble and Walgreens, face class-action lawsuits that claim the drugmakers knew that over-the-counter cold and flu pills containing phenylephrine did not work as advertised.

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STAT+: Otsuka’s digital treatment for depression cleared by FDA, as pharma tries to crack tricky market

STAT

But that landmark comes amid many questions about whether such digital therapeutics deliver their advertised results — and whether they can gain traction with clinicians, insurers, and patients.

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Opinion: I declined to share my medical data with advertisers at my doctor’s office. One company claimed otherwise

STAT

I care deeply about privacy, and as a professional researcher, I take meticulous notes. During my recent maternity leave, I spent most of my hands-free time trying to figure out why my doctors were trying to give my medical data away to advertisers — even after I opted out. Read the rest…

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