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JUNE 14, 2016

ASHP Calls for Ban on Prescription Drug Advertising

By PPN News Staff

The ASHP House of Delegates approved a policy calling on Congress to ban all direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs and medication-containing devices during ASHP’s 2016 Summer Meetings and Exhibition this week in Baltimore.

A 2002 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the topic noted that “pharmaceutical companies have increased spending on DTC advertising more rapidly than they have increased spending on research and