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End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act
To ban drug manufacturers from using direct-to-consumer advertising, including social media, to promote their products.
Summary
This bill would ban pharmaceutical manufacturers from conducting direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. The ban would apply to all promotional communications targeting consumers, including advertising on television, radio, print media, digital platforms, and social media. The prohibition would apply to all prescription drugs approved by the FDA or licensed under the Public Health Service Act, regardless of when they were approved or licensed. The ban would take effect 30 days after the bill is enacted.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
6 cosponsors
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Actions (2)
- Jun 12, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Sanders (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Welch, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To ban drug manufacturers from using direct-to-consumer advertising, including social media, to promote their products.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER DRUG ADVERTISING OF DRUGS.
(a) In General.—Section 502 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(hh)(1) If it is a drug approved under section 505 or licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, and subject to section 503(b)(1), and the holder of the approved application under section 505 or of the license under such section 351 has conducted direct-to-consumer advertising of the drug within the most recent 30- day period.
“(2) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘direct-to-consumer advertising’, with respect to a drug subject to section 503(b)(1), means any promotional communication targeting consumers, including through television, radio, print media, digital platforms, and social media, for purposes of marketing such a drug.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to any drug approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262), regardless of when the drug was approved or licensed. <all>
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