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Business/Financial Desk | June 24, 2003, Tuesday
U.S. Warns Botox Maker About Its Ads

By MELODY PETERSEN (NYT) 463 words
Late Edition - Final , Section C , Page 2 , Column 1

ABSTRACT - Food and Drug Administration warns Allergan Inc that its advertisements for Botox are illegal because they minimize drug's risks and promote it for uses beyond those government has approved; Allergan general counsel Douglas S Ingram says FDA is raising 'minor issues' that comapny will worth with agency to correct; is second warning Allergan has received from regulators regarding marketing of Botox (M) The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned Allergan, the pharmaceutical company, that its advertisements for Botox were illegal because they minimized the drug's risks and promoted it for uses beyond those the government had approved.

''We are very concerned that by continuing to promote Botox Cosmetic in a false and misleading manner these materials are raising significant public health concerns,'' wrote Steven A. Masiello, director of the office of compliance in the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research of the F.D.A.



 

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