title: Control of drug advertising in France: opaque and ineffective.
abstract: The French authorities frequently require drug companies to modify advertisements aimed at healthcare professionals, but it is impossible to know which advertisements are concerned. Prepublication screening of direct-to-consumer drug advertisements does not prevent these ads from trivialising drug consumption.
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005602:France; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans