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Article: Ads for prescription drugs slip through loophole
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- November 22, 2004
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JUDY SIEGEL
Jerusalem Post
11-22-2004
Headline: Ads for prescription drugs slip through loophole
Byline: JUDY SIEGEL
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 04
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- Pharmaceutical companies are using a loophole in the law to advertise prescription drugs directly to the public rather than only to physicians. Disturbed by the trend, the Health Ministry commented on Sunday that it is trying to find a way to plug the loophole so the advertisements in the general media stop, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Unlike the US, where anything goes, Israeli law has always barred advertising of prescription drugs to the general public. The reasoning behind this is that patients cannot ...