End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2068 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2068

 To ban drug manufacturers from using direct-to-consumer advertising, 
           including social media, to promote their products.


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                   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

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                                 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.
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