Article: Direct-to-consumer advertising strengthens our health care system: encourages informed discussions between patients & physicians. (Market Research Studies).

 
Pharmaceutical Research & 
Manufacturers of America 
Washington DC 

While debate over prescription drug advertising, otherwise known as direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) is taking place now, DTCA of prescription drugs is not new. The first print advertising designed to reach consumers started in the early 1980's. From the 1980's until the mid-1990's, most pharmaceutical advertising was confined to print--newspapers and magazines. In 1997, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance that made possible electronic or broadcast advertising of prescription medicines. This draft guidance was finalized in 1999.

DTCA is a catchall phrase that ...

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