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Misleading Drug Marketing Might Just Kill You

Misleading Drug Marketing Might Just Kill You

Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology company that made billions marketing its anemia drug Aranesp for unapproved uses, agreed to pay $762 million to settle off-use marketing charges.

Court Clears Way for Off-Label Promotion of Drugs

Court Clears Way for Off-Label Promotion of Drugs

Court rules pharmaceutical salesman’s promotion of off-label drug use for Xyrem was not false or misleading.

Is Deceptive Drug Marketing Killing Us?

Is Deceptive Drug Marketing Killing Us?

Complaint alleges that painkiller companies schemed to deceive U.S. market.

DoTerra Distributors’ Drug Claims Violate the Law

DoTerra Distributors’ Drug Claims Violate the Law

TINA.org inquiry into essential oils MLM digs up more than 140 examples of unsubstantiated health claims.

Drug Companies Pushing Prescription Pills in Ads

Drug Companies Pushing Prescription Pills in Ads

The polio vaccine, penicillin, open-heart surgery, magnetic resonance imaging, chemotherapy, Zoloft, LASIK, statins, heck, even Viagra have all contributed to the advancement of modern medicine. We’ve come a long way…

Are Homeopathic Drugs Misleading Consumers?

Are Homeopathic Drugs Misleading Consumers?

FDA revisits a decades-old policy that essentially allows homeopathic drugs to go unchecked into the marketplace.

What You Should Know about New U Life

What You Should Know about New U Life

MLM company New U Life is no fountain of youth.

Are Drugs Masquerading in Your Supplements?

Are Drugs Masquerading in Your Supplements?

New report finds that recalled supplements containing hidden drugs are still available for purchase online.

The Lowdown on Low T

The Lowdown on Low T

Is Big Pharma marketing a drug to help aging men with low sex drives or really selling a made-up disease?

Germbullet and Others Won’t Save You from the Flu

Germbullet and Others Won’t Save You from the Flu

FDA cracks down on companies promoting flu aids that claim to combat the germs.

Amgen Gets Help from Congress Despite Record

Amgen Gets Help from Congress Despite Record

Two weeks after Amgen pled guilty to a single misdemeanor count of drug misbranding in a $762 million record settlement, it won a major victory.

Timeline

Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

FDA Tackles CBD

FDA Tackles CBD

FDA to consider legal pathways for cannabis-derived compound.

Companies that Get Coal in their 2013 Stockings

Companies that Get Coal in their 2013 Stockings

Be careful, deceptive marketers — Santa was watching.

Happy, Horny, Skinny Pill?

Happy, Horny, Skinny Pill?

GSK will pay out $105 million in off-label use case.

Ebola in U.S.: Where There’s Fear, There’s Fraud

Ebola in U.S.: Where There’s Fear, There’s Fraud

Three companies warned by federal regulators about advertising claims that products can treat deadly virus.

What You Should Know about Elomir

What You Should Know about Elomir

What you need to know before you #hitthestrip.

When Health Goes #Social: FDA Pens Proposal

When Health Goes #Social: FDA Pens Proposal

FDA drafts recommendations on how the industry should use social media to market products.

Exposure without Disclosure: Cashing In with the Kardashians

Exposure without Disclosure: Cashing In with the Kardashians

TINA.org takes famous family’s deceptive social media endorsements to the FTC.

Is the DSA Ignoring Illegal Health Claims?

Is the DSA Ignoring Illegal Health Claims?

TINA.org investigation reveals MLM supplements recommended for everything from cancer to Ebola.