Is Big Pharma Into Fraudulent Ads Especially Regarding Vaccines?

‘Big Pharma and the medical profession are taking a lot of ‘heat’ for the opioid epidemic, and rightfully so! Opioids were unashamedly marketed to doctors who, trustingly, wrote prescription after prescription for them only to find those drugs land where they should not have: on the addiction market!
Probably nothing makes a drug ‘work’ better than effective propaganda and advertising. In 2016, Big Pharma collectively spent $5.2 BILLION on advertising drugs[1] so healthcare consumers, in many instances, could ask and/or even recommend a certain drug prescription from their doctor, i.e., “prescription du jour”!
Creative ads lead and inspire consumers to think they are being informed correctly, ethically and factually about the pharmaceuticals that often are overhyped. However, that is not the case all the time. Below are some examples of “Fraudulent Marketing” as cited in the Harvard Law & Policy Review:’
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