Alcon Patanol TV Ad Makes Safety Institute Cry
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices wants Alcon to stop running the commercial, which depicts the sharing of prescription allergy eye drops. In the spot, a woman in a Vermeer painting comes to life and uses the Patanol in another women's purse.
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