FDA’s Biggest DTC Advertising Study Eyes Online Promotion
Executive Summary
The agency has 11 research projects under way, including a $2 million study of online Rx drug promotion; pharma spending on direct-to-consumer advertising declined in 2012 with biggest spends on Cymbalta and Cialis ads.
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