Egyptian Drug Authority Warns Two Doctors Over Misleading Facebook Ads

The Egyptian Drug Authority has warned two doctors over misleading social media advertisements for unlicensed medical products.

The authority issued an alert after identifying two advertising violations on Facebook involving products that had not been licensed.

The alert came from the Marketing and Advertising Materials Regulation Department, part of the authority’s Central Administration for Pharmaceutical Care.

The information provided did not identify the doctors or the products involved. It also did not specify whether any further action had been taken beyond the warning.