The promotion of prescription medicines by pharmaceutical companies directly to consumers via broadcast and print media such as television, radio, magazines, billboards, and also the internet within the legal constraints of the local market. With the exceptions of the US and New Zealand, DTC advertising of prescription medicines is illegal.
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Direct-to-consumer (DTC)
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