NAD wrap-up
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
National Advertising Division of the Council for Better Business Bureaus made four inquiries in 1993 regarding advertising claims for OTC drugs, down from five OTC-related actions in 1992. Three out of the four 1993 cases investigated by NAD stemmed from product efficacy claims. The cases involved McNeil's Tylenol ("The Tan Sheet" May 31, 1993, p. 10), Serendipity Media's Oxygen Cocktail and Oxygen Plus capsules, Livingston Labs' PMS Natural Relief ("The Tan Sheet" Dec. 20, 1993, p. 19) and Ciba's Efidac/24 ("The Tan Sheet" Jan. 17, p. 10)