Diabetes DTC Ads Stand Out For Off-Label Promotion, Study Finds
Executive Summary
Drugs like Victoza, Farxiga, Jardiance, Trulicity, and Invokana were called out for promoting weight loss and blood pressure reduction by Yale University researchers in a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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