The Drug Act also prohibits persons from, amongst other things,
manufacturing, importing or selling counterfeit, substandard,
deteriorated or unregistered drugs.
As mentioned above, the Drug Act requires any person wishing to
advertise drugs through audio, visual or print media to first submit the
advertising materials for the FDA’s review and approval, and obtain a
license from the FDA, prior to being able to use and release the
advertisement to the general public, as well as to follow the conditions
set by the FDA.
Among other stipulations, the Drug Act prohibits drug advertisements
from: