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151 - If a pharma company sponsors a direct to consumer information (DTCI) site for Disease Awareness, can it talk about therapies (if they are all discussed equally, both drug and non-drug therapies)? I believe this to be "Yes". Assuming that, can the site also link from the therapy descriptions to branded drug websites as long as it handles all treatments equally?
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127 - On the website: http://fightosteoporosis.ca/ the copyright notice says: "Copyright C 2010 A research based pharmaceutical company" This doesn't seem right to me, I would expect a copyright notice to clearly state the site's owners. Investigation shows that the site is operated by Warner Chilcott (who market Actonel) but a lot of digging is necessary to get that information.Is this on-side with PAAB regulations?
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115 - Can you confirm for branded, paid search campaigns, if you're able to: 1.Link the branded ad to both condition and brand name together as keyword terms? For example, "cholesterol Lipitor" 2. Link the branded ad to general terms such as "corticosteroids treatment"? The keyword would trigger a branded text ad that would then link to a DIN-protected, branded site.
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35 - At a recent visit to my physician, I ran across a display of disease information brochures (eg, diabetes) branded with a product name in the waiting room. I was always under the impression that this would be considered DTC and that we are not allowed to provide branded disease information to the general public. Can you clarify?
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28 - I would like to run a print DTC advertizing campaign. The content will be limited to the brand name and a sentence along the line of 'ask your doctor'. No claims will be made. The media used is not targeting any specific audience. I would like to know: if the text has to be submitted if the text on the actual support has to be submitted which articles of the code I should refer to
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