STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: FDA is urged by advocacy group to ban DTC prescription drug ads A leading advocacy group petitioned the FDA to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines. https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/07/23/fda-urged-by-advocacy-group-to-ban-dtc-prescription-drug-ads/ statnews.com