FDA's Consumer Ad Watchdogs
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
FDA monitors and controls pharma's product messages to consumers with a remarkably small staff. Seven people are involved directly in keeping track of the 15,000 consumer promotional pieces and about 500 broadcast ads that FDA receives annually.
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