Should drug companies advertise direct to consumers?
The Advertising Standards Authority has investigated a complaint about the font size and layout of mandatory information on a billboard for weight loss injection Wegovy. The authority found it was "not sufficiently accessible enough to be read and understood by consumers. New Zealand the US are the only developed countries that allow drug companies to advertise direct to consumers. Associate professor of psychological medicine at the University of Auckland spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.
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