Drug Ads Spike Consumer Demand.
Deb Price.
- Detroit News, 2003.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 69, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Drug Ads Spike Consumer Demand, Aug. 13, 2003; pp. n.p..
"As the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies vie for a bigger share of the drug market and Congress moves toward subsidizing medicine for the nation's 40 million elderly, who account for 40 percent of prescription drugs sold, television ads for prescription drugs have had a direct impact on consumers, medical professionals, businesses and health insurers." (DETROIT NEWS) This article discusses the impact prescription drug advertising has on the American consumer.
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Advertising--Drugs Consumers' preferences Cost effectiveness Direct marketing Generic drugs Pharmaceutical industry Physicians--Attitudes Prescription drugs