>>9194074
>FAKE NEWS IS NOT ESSENTIAL!”
If POTUS issues an EO to end Big Pharma Advertising, FAKE NEWS DIES overnight
I hope to GOD that is the Plan
DOitQ+
>Yeah, I love how they always say "Ask your doctor about…".
>Nobody does that.
Exactly
Convincing people they are sick and need a drug is a multi-billion dollar industry. In 2015, Big Pharma dropped a record-breaking $5.4 billion on direct-to-consumer (DTC) ads, according to Kantar Media. And it paid off for Big Pharma. The same year, Americans spent a record $457 billion on prescription drugs. The U.S. and New Zealand are the only countries where DTC is legal. Americans also pay more for drugs and devices than any other country.
The bulk of these ads appear on TV at a rate of 80 ads per hour of programming, according to Nielsen. Behind the drug and device ads saturating TV, radio and digital media are hidden costs and devastating side effects that companies don’t advertise, and critics say the ads drive up drug prices and erode the patient-doctor relationship.
With the price of drugs skyrocketing, politicians and health-care providers question Pharma’s DTC spending, which exceeds money spent on research and development.
https://www.drugwatch.com/featured/big-pharma-marketing/