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Deceptive drug ads on TV

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Carolyn Thomas
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Drug-makers spend nearly $5 billion a year to make sure you’re hearing about their products – but you might be surprised at how they’re delivered to you.

See also:

  • Drug marketing by the numbers
  • Paying celebrities to shill your drugs
  • How to turn a condition into a disease by “selling sickness”
  • Drug watchdog seeks tattle-tales to bust bad ads
  • How Big Pharma spends $20 billion a year on marketing their drugs to you

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Posted in Big Pharma, Make the sale | Tagged drug advertising, drug marketing, OTC ads | 2 Replies

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