1.   But bets are off on how many will appear in prime time with the showbiz production quality of the illegal drug ads.

2.   Consumer drug ads, they say, not only educate patients about diseases and available treatments, they also persuade people to see doctors.

3.   He declined to say if the drug ad, which hits Clinton hard on the issues, will be a model for future spots.

4.   In some ways, the privacy policies of online merchants are to e-commerce what the fine print in drug ads is to pharmaceutical marketing.

5.   Indeed, market-research surveys affirm the effectiveness of drug ads in alerting prospective customers.

6.   Most European countries have banned direct-to-consumer drug ads in order to protect their citizens from being under-informed and overmedicated.

7.   Others have suggested the answer is a ban on the direct-to-consumer drug ads that have become so common on television.

8.   Should the Harvard name appear alongside drug ads?

9.   Such ads are appearing virtually everywhere since the Food and Drug Administration decided in August to relax rules governing prescription drug ads on television.

10.   The American Medical Association had its annual convention in Chicago, and floated a proposal to ban drug ads from TV and print media.