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Potential Effects of a Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of New Prescription Drugs

CBO: Potential Effects of a Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of New Prescription Drugs – May 26, 2011

  • “Concerns about direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs have spurred recent proposals for a moratorium on advertising brand-name prescription drugs to consumers during the first two years following a drug’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration. This Congressional Budget Office brief examines some of the effects of such a moratorium, drawing on data documenting direct-to-consumer advertising and other promotional activities used by pharmaceutical producers as well as academic analyses of how advertising has affected the market for drugs.”
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