Healthy Skepticism Library item: 15409

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Publication type: news

FDA Sends Letters to 14 Companies Regarding Internet Ads
Pharma Live 2009 Apr 6
http://pharmalive.com/news/index.cfm?articleID=616907

Notes:

Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson were among the companies to receive letters.
The letters and promotional material can be viewed at http://www.fda.gov/cder/warn/warn2009.htm.

Full text:

The FDA posted on its web site Friday letters it sent to 14 major pharmaceutical companies about online ads, saying the ads were misleading as they did not include information on potential risks.