Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States is one of just two countries where drugmakers can advertise directly to patients. BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty ...

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 ...

Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on drug companies to be more transparent about the risks associated with their prescription products. In a memorandum signed on Tuesday, the President ordered ...

Imagine you are sick with a serious medical condition. How would you feel if someone constantly told you to buy their product because it would cure you, but this “cure” is actually worse than other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An effort by President Trump's administration to curb advertising for pharmaceutical drugs on television is posing a potential ...

Damian covers the global drug industry and contributes to STAT’s industry-leading events. You can reach Damian on Signal at damiangarde.67. The nation’s top drug regulator said he wants to do away ...

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DTC Drug Ads: New Study Finds Perception of Risks Diluted by Lengthy Side Effects List A study on direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug advertising published Monday in Nature Human Behavior finds that ...

Even as President Donald Trump directed the FDA in early September to begin cracking down on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising, spending on TV drug ads still ratcheted up compared to the ...

Imagine you are sick with a serious medical condition. How would you feel if someone constantly told you to buy their product because it would cure you, but this ‘cure’ is actually worse than other ...