The Hill (9/12, Choi ) reports that on Thursday, US “Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced bipartisan legislation…to confront the sale and misleading promotion of prescription drugs by telehealth firms and social media influencers.” The legislation, called “The Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drug Ads Online Act, would impose civil penalties on social media influencers or health care providers who make false or misleading claims regarding prescription drugs.” The legislation “would also enact reporting requirements on payments made by drug manufacturers to health care providers, telehealth firms and social media influencers.”
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— “Senators target false prescription medication marketing on social media with new bill,” Joseph Choi , The Hill , September 12, 2024