Trends in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs


 

Publication Date: February 2002

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health; Manufacturing and industry

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This report examines the increases in spending by pharmaceutical manufacturers to advertise prescription drugs directly to consumers. The report's findings also address how this spending compares to advertising in other industries, the drugs most heavily advertised to consumers, and the increasing public awareness of such advertising.