With the arrival of new fall programming, television viewers will once again be bombarded with advertisements for prescription drugs. But a recent executive order signed by President Trump has taken ...
Prescription drug commercials are facing renewed scrutiny as the Trump administration and lawmakers from both parties seek ...
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 ...
The surreal world of TV pharmaceutical ads, where people with terrible diseases tend to be young, beautiful and living life to the fullest—sometimes with animated monsters—has been parodied on late ...
A new survey from SiriusXM Media details the issues that many people have with the current state of TV drug ads—and highlights an opportunity for greater investment in audio ads instead. The pharma- ...
Last fall, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary declared war on drug commercials. He wrote a viewpoint published in JAMA (Sept. 12, 2025) titled, “The FDA’s Overdue Crackdown on ...