Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising: Therapeutic or Toxic? - PubMed
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Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising: Therapeutic or Toxic?
C Lee Ventola. P T. 2011 Oct.
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Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, 1998–2009. November 14, 2008. (Graph prepared by Pharma Marketing News.3)

Trends in FDA enforcement of direct-to-consumer drug advertising regulations, 1997–2006. (Data from the FDA’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications.)
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