As a retired clinical pharmacist I support this 100% if it is legal. Does it cross the Free Speech clause? I do not know.
I do know that the vast majority of the public have no idea about which is the best drug for their illness and if cheaper alternatives will work for them. Should you believe Pfizer, MSD, Glaxo Smith Klein French now GSK etc. or your doctor? Big Pharma spent 14 billion on direct advertisement to the public in 2023. I suggest you believe your doctor.
Oddly when I was a new pharmacist I believed the major drug companies studies and publications. Would Pfizer lie to me? Yes they would! Oddly they lie via withholding data that is adverse in their research trials. That is a scientific lie and violates established protocols of honest research. They also manipulate the protocols of the study to lessen the reporting of adverse reactions Thus they get drugs approved by the FDA, which is corrupt, that should never have been approved.
I look forward to the day that big pharma is sued into bankruptcy. They have great researchers of great merit. If sued into bankruptcy other business’s will buy it and those great researchers will continue to work and discover great breakthroughs in medicine.
Neurotin
Vioxx
Oxycontin
Tylenol
Statins
Johnson’s Baby Powder
I’m sure I’ve missed drugs in which Big Pharma lied to the public and doctors to make extra $ billions.
All of the above were approved by the FDA.