President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Tuesday that calls on federal health agencies to require pharmaceutical companies to disclose more side effects in their ads and enforce existing rules about misleading ads. The administration is pitching the moves as a way to increase transparency for patients. The U.S. is the only place, besides New Zealand, where pharma companies can directly advertise to consumers.
For sure. I caught one drug commercial the other day that had the name, the jingle, the fake happy people, side effects, the 'ask your doctor if it's right for you,' and nowhere did it say what the medication is actually for.