Re “Trump’s Picks Want Pharmaceutical Ads Off TV” (front page, Dec. 27): There’s almost nothing I agree with when it comes to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but I’ve been against TV drug ads since they began.

Turn on the TV late at night in the Lehigh Valley and you are likely to see them: lawsuit ads warning about prescription drugs or medical devices. These ads are designed to generate lawsuits, but new ...

FIRST ON FOX: Shortly after announcing a strategy to go after deceptive direct-to-consumer advertising by the pharmaceutical industry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, would seemingly like us to believe that they are strong-arming pharmaceutical companies into ending misleading marketing ...

For decades, pharmaceutical companies have shelled out big bucks to broadcasters to place ads between TV segments. But a pair of policies being considered by US Health and Human Services Secretary ...

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 ...

Direct-to-consumer drug ads are prohibited in almost all countries besides the US. By leading doctors to prescribe unnecessary and more expensive treatments at the request of their patients, they also ...

The ads at issue — purchased by pages affiliated with personal-injury lawyers and seen millions of times — linked drugs designed to stop the spread of HIV with severe bone and kidney damage. Lesbian, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Goodman offers market-based solutions to public policy problems. There are only two countries in the world where drug ...

The CDC just launched a campaign, “Free Mind,” to teach youth about the connections between substance use and mental health. Allison Arwady, MD, MPH, director of the CDC's National Center for Injury ...

There are only two countries in the world where drug manufacturers are allowed to advertise their products directly to consumers: the United States and New Zealand. Drug companies in the United States ...