FDA Issues Revamped Drug Ad Guidelines

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NEW YORK The Food and Drug Administration said it has taken steps to strengthen its oversight of medical and pharmaceutical advertising.

“We intend to do all we can under the law to make sure that the information conveyed by prescription drug promotion is as useful as possible,” said FDA commissioner Mark McClellan, in a statement issued on Wednesday. “Our new regulatory guidance provides new direction to sponsors on how to provide higher-quality health information to the public, based on recent evidence on what works and what doesn’t in drug promotion.”

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