Office of Prescription Drug Promotion issued just six letters citing companies for improper drug promotion in 2020, including the placement of safety information in an email and making unfounded COVID-19 claims. New research projects focus on celebrity endorsements, medical conference materials.

In second letter this year targeting email communications, OPDP says that putting the methotrexate oral solution’s risk information below the signature block does not offer ‘prominence and readability’ comparable to the information on the drug’s effectiveness for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia that was in the body of the email.