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“Side effects may include …”: A Very Brief History of Pharmaceutical Advertising, Part 3
At mid-century, drugs went through testing before landing on the market. The government also split them into over the counter (OTC) drugs and prescription drugs. While ad campaigns focused on selling OTC brands to consumers using new techniques and tactics pioneered in the “Mad-Men Era” of marketing, ads for prescription drugs focused solely on doctors.…