Earlier this month the FDA announced that the direct-to-consumer ads Merck has been using peddle its new cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, are “half-true . . . information currently being advertised could mislead the public.”
But “don’t get too excited that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has regained its sanity,” says blogger Bill Sardi.
“This is the FDA in Thailand,” he explained. (Sardi picked up the news in the Bangkok Post)
Before taking a closer look at precisely why Thailand’s health officials are concerned about Merck’s ads—and why our own FDA isn’t raising a red flag– let’s step back and review our own government’s policy on drug ads that are beamed directly to you and me.