YouTube Medical Ads Violate Federal Rules, Group Says
Prescription Project, an advocacy group, argues that medical device advertisements by Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic and Stryker that are posted on the video Web site YouTube violate federal rules because they do not include required warnings and disclosure. On Wednesday, the group asked FDA to update its advertising rules to specifically address such Internet marketing.
- "Medical Ads on YouTube Attract Fire" (Rockoff, Wall Street Journal, 12/4).