March 14, 2016 — The American Medical Association (AMA) as well as Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) are calling for a ban on or restrictions to direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug ads that might result in a dip in drug sales, but also would hurt patients by eliminating the advantages of DTC drug […]
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New York TimesPitts Responds to New York Times Articles: DTC Ads Have No Impact on Drug Pricing
Oct. 17, 2013 – In his Drugwonks.com blog yesterday, Peter Pitts, President and Co-founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, said that the assertion in two recent articles in The New York Times that direct-to-consumer advertising is driving up drug prices is “not true.” An Oct. 15 Times article states: “Such advertising […]
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