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Enrel does a televised 'correction' of its claims

The makers of Enbrel are currently televising a commercial that corrects claims made in their previous commercials. That by "fast acting" they meant noticeable results in two months (not overnight) and various other claims that needed revising. I wonder if the FCA got on their case. I have never seen anything quite like it before.

What's most striking is that the guy who says "you might remember me" from the other commercial is in fact NOT the actor playing the man stricken with psoriasis. I remember the crazy fat guy with the inner tube and this is not that guy. So it's interesting how the actor correcting the drug's claims is in fact revised himself. Thinner, younger, cuter.

Meanwhile, as someone who has eczema himself, I find these actors in commercials for skin ailments quite beautifully skinned. The skin the likes of which an eczema sufferer never, ever knows. Pretty much the ultimate offense on TV when it comes to big pharmaceutical companies showing the "results" of skin treatments for chronic ailments liks psoriasis or eczema.

Posted: Sat - November 5, 2005 at 12:58 PM        


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