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Purpose of pharma ads..........didn't know.......
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:27 pm
Ex-pharma consultant turned industry critic @calleymeans
went viral when he told Tucker Carlson that the true goal of pharma ads on TV is not to sell drugs but to buy off the news media.
This makes perfect sense. I've never understood all their adverts, because the docs decide what prescription medicine you take not you (in general). This statement that the pharm companies just want the media in bed with them so the media would not have negative news stories about them rings true to me. Thats why President Trump was talking about outlawing pharm commercials last week.
Just when I thought I had everything figured out. Wish yall would have told me this earlier.
went viral when he told Tucker Carlson that the true goal of pharma ads on TV is not to sell drugs but to buy off the news media.
This makes perfect sense. I've never understood all their adverts, because the docs decide what prescription medicine you take not you (in general). This statement that the pharm companies just want the media in bed with them so the media would not have negative news stories about them rings true to me. Thats why President Trump was talking about outlawing pharm commercials last week.
Just when I thought I had everything figured out. Wish yall would have told me this earlier.
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Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:31 pm to jeffsdad
Well it’s been discussed here before so they did try to tell you.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:31 pm to jeffsdad
This became obvious to me during Covid when every mainstream media outlet was sponsored by Pfizer for a drug/vaccine that was free.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:33 pm to Laugh More
No doubt it was part of a money laundering scheme involving our tax dollars.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:34 pm to Laugh More
Will the Natove American Senator from Massachusetts and AOC lead a protest in favor of big pharma commercials?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:34 pm to Gee Grenouille
Ok, I wasn't listening. I admit I usually dont read pharma, big pharma posts.
It really makes sense.
It really makes sense.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:35 pm to jeffsdad
Yep. They are buying silence.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:37 pm to jeffsdad
Did these commercials exist pre-Covid?
I know Eli Lilly had tons of ads way back when
I know Eli Lilly had tons of ads way back when
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:38 pm to idlewatcher
Yes , they did.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:40 pm to idlewatcher
quote:
Pharmaceutical companies were first allowed to advertise directly to consumers (DTC advertising) on TV in the United States in 1985, following guidance from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). However, strict regulations initially required extensive medical disclaimers, making TV ads impractical.
The major change came in 1997, when the FDA relaxed regulations, allowing drug companies to advertise without listing every side effect, as long as they directed viewers to further information (e.g., a website or toll-free number).
When did everyone start getting fat in the US?
There you go.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:40 pm to jeffsdad
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:41 pm to jeffsdad
Everyone with a book deal is getting paid off. That includes every clown on Fox News.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:41 pm to Rip N Lip
Dang
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:41 pm to jeffsdad
quote:
Thats why President Trump was talking about outlawing pharm commercials
Do it please
MSM will disappear with quickness
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:52 pm to BuckyCheese
Good find Bucky 
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:53 pm to jeffsdad
Likely true. But they also want to create a marketing pull campaign- ingrain the drug name and the purpose in the public’s mind to the point where the patients come in asking their doctor for the magic pill they saw on TV by name.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:59 pm to jeffsdad
All the HIV medicine ads aren’t doing them any favors if the goal is to continue getting them aired. They are really pushing the envelope with what they put on the screen and for the programming slots they are run during. I think there is some SJW motivation there as well as what you mention.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:00 pm to jeffsdad
Yea that’s pretty automatic when you think about it
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:00 pm to Rip N Lip
As bad as product placement can be in news, the 1950’s news was a pinnacle of product placement where oil companies and tobacco companies had a huge stroke in what was in the news. I can remember an old interview with Alec Gifford talking about the early days of WDSU and he being the Esso Report where every story had to be told a certain way and had to have dramatic music like a newsreel you would see at a theater.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:02 pm to jeffsdad
quote:
the true goal of pharma ads on TV is not to sell drugs but to buy off the news media.
...and social engineering.
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