{"id":18798,"date":"2024-12-23T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18798"},"modified":"2024-12-23T10:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:24:41","slug":"robert-f-kennedy-jr-wants-to-ban-drug-ads-on-tv-it-wouldnt-be-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18798","title":{"rendered":"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn\u2019t Be Easy."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Attempts to restrict pharmaceutical advertisements have failed many times over the years, often on First Amendment grounds.<\/p>\n

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Since the late 1990s, drug companies have spent tens of billions of dollars on television ads, drumming up demand for their products with cheerful jingles and scenes of dancing patients.<\/p>\n

Now, some people up for top jobs in the incoming Trump administration are attacking such ads, setting up a clash with a powerful industry that has long had the courts on its side.<\/p>\n

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump\u2019s choice for health secretary, is a longtime critic of pharmaceutical advertising on TV, arguing that it leads broadcasters to more favorable coverage of the industry and does not improve Americans\u2019 health. He has repeatedly and enthusiastically called for a ban<\/a> on such ads.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk, who is spearheading a government cost-cutting effort, last month wrote<\/a> on X, his social-media site, \u201cNo advertising for pharma.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And Brendan Carr, Mr. Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, said<\/a> that his agency could enforce any ban that is enacted. \u201cI think we\u2019re way, way too overmedicated as a country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The push against TV drug ads threatens to dent the revenues of pharmaceutical companies, which can make back in sales five times as much as they spend on commercials, according to some analysts. It could also create uncertainty for major television networks, which bring in substantial revenue from pharmaceutical advertisers trying to reach older viewers, who tend to take more medications.<\/p>\n

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Attempts to restrict pharmaceutical advertisements have failed many times over the years, often on First Amendment grounds.Since the late 1990s, drug companies have spent tens of billions of dollars on television ads, drumming up demand for their products with cheerful jingles and scenes of dancing patients.Now, some people up for top jobs in the incoming Trump administration are attacking such ads, setting up a clash with a powerful industry that has long had the courts on its side.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump\u2019s choice for health secretary, is a longtime critic of pharmaceutical advertising on TV, arguing that it leads broadcasters to more favorable coverage of the industry and does not improve Americans\u2019 health. He has repeatedly and enthusiastically called for a ban on such ads.Elon Musk, who is spearheading a government cost-cutting effort, last month wrote on X, his social-media site, \u201cNo advertising for pharma.\u201dAnd Brendan Carr, Mr. Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, said that his agency could enforce any ban that is enacted. \u201cI think we\u2019re way, way too overmedicated as a country,\u201d he said.The push against TV drug ads threatens to dent the revenues of pharmaceutical companies, which can make back in sales five times as much as they spend on commercials, according to some analysts. It could also create uncertainty for major television networks, which bring in substantial revenue from pharmaceutical advertisers trying to reach older viewers, who tend to take more medications.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18800,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18801,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18798\/revisions\/18801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}