Advertising Standards Authority bans four adverts promoting prescription-only weight-loss pills to the public

Summary

Four adverts promoting prescription-only weight loss pills to the public were banned, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported on Wednesday 4 November, the ads for Voy, Juniper and MedExpress all promoting prescription-only medicines to the public, which is banned in the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority found. The ads had been spotted on the sides of buses in London as part of Voy's 'The weight is over campaign', the Evening Standard reported, and The Independent wrote that weight-loss drug companies are barred from advertising treatments to the public, the first GLP-1 tablet for weight loss having been licensed in June as a medicine available only via prescriptions.

Latest: Four adverts promoting prescription-only weight loss pills to the public were banned, the ads for Voy, Juniper and MedExpress all promoting prescription-only medicines to the public, which is banned in the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority found, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, the Evening Standard writing that the ads had been spotted on the sides of buses in London as part of Voy's 'The weight is over campaign'.

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