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Healthy Skepticism AdWatch: Large view of the advertisement

AdWatch illuminates the logical, psychological and pharmacological techniques used in drug advertisements.

 

October 2009, USA

Amylin and Eli Lilly’s Byetta® (exenatide injection) for type 2 diabetes

This advertisement is promoting a drug for type 2 diabetes on the basis of a surrogate outcome assessed in unpublished trials, and as an off-label treatment for overweight and obesity.

 

Our critique of this advertisement

 

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