"Neutral" Is "Unbiased" In FDA' s Lexicon: Taking the Buzz and Distractions Out of Risk Statements
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
FDA is interpreting the new "neutral' standard for direct-to-consumer ads to mean "unbiased." Experts in FDA ad regulation policy are now debating what an advertiser has to do to be unbiased: does it just mean keeping down distractions during the statement of risk information? Or does it mean making an effort not to over-warn?
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