Study finds majority of pharmaceutical ads do not adhere to FDA guidelines
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
A study led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers of 192 pharmaceutical advertisements in biomedical journals found that only 18 percent were compliant with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines, and over half failed to quantify serious risks including death. The study, is published online today in the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) One.