Article: Dose of reality; Drug ad spending comes down from its hallucinogenic high.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Once believed recession-proof and on a path of inexorable growth, the direct-to-consumer advertising category is exhibiting signs of a slowdown. n Total dollars by the top 10 DTC spenders for the first quarter of 2001 grew 10% over the same period the year before, according to Taylor Nelson Sofres' CMR-a big falloff from the torrid growth clip of the past few years. Spending for the top 10 shot up 74% from first quarter 1999 to first quarter 2000, on top of a 62% boost in first-quarter outlays from 1998 to 1999. Through April of this year, however, the DTC ad growth rate for the leaders rose a bit, to 15% over the same period last year. The spending leaders for this year's ...

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