What is one of the responsibilities of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
A.
to educate the public about epidemics
B.
to regulate pharmaceutical advertising
C.
to provide emergency healthcare services
D.
to handle the food supply in hospitals
The correct option is B: To regulate pharmaceutical advertising. The FDA regulates several types of advertising including pharmaceutical.
EXPLANATION:
The aim of regulating pharmaceutical advertising is to ensure that unfair, deceptive and fraudulent practices are not used in the marketplace.
Regulation of pharmaceutical advertising also ensures that the consumers get the right information about the use and content of drugs that they can safely use.
The FDA ensures that pharmaceutical ads are not misleading and do not provide inaccurate or incomplete information.
