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# Assessments of Pharmaceutical Advertisements: A Critical Analysis of the Criticism

  December 1995

Food and Drug Law Journal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner [Bill MacLeod](https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-People/William-C-MacLeod) co-authored the *Food and Drug Law Journal* article ​“Assessments of Pharmaceutical Advertisements: A Critical Analysis of the Criticism.” This article dissects the impact and accuracy of pharmaceutical advertising, that inspired decades of study and debate, as well as legislation and regulations - and examines the conclusion that pharmaceutical advertising may mislead the doctors to whom it is directed.

 

 

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