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Article: Drug companies reprimanded for false claims in ads
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- March 28, 1999
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WASHINGTON - The federal government has reprimanded drug
companies
in recent months after finding that they had made false or
misleading
claims in television commercials and magazine advertisements for a
wide range of prescription drugs.
In the last year alone, the Food and Drug Administration has
admonished companies about commercials advertising drugs for
allergies, asthma, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, hair loss
and sexually transmitted diseases. It has also found problems in