8 Aug 2019

Calls for ban of prescription medicine ads grow louder

From Morning Report, 8:21 am on 8 August 2019

Calls for a ban on advertisements for prescription medicines are growing louder.

A Consumer NZ survey has found a majority support a ban. And a group of New Zealand public health experts say the time is right.

Professor Les Toop is the head of the Department of General Practice at the University of Otago, Christchurch.