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HealthTracker Apps t/a Blood Pressure Monitor App
Two paid-for in-app ads for a health app made medical claims for a product that wasn’t registered as a medical device and misleadingly implied that their app could monitor blood pressure and heart rate.
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Hume Health LLC t/a HumeHealth
Three paid-for YouTube ads and a paid-for Facebook ad for Hume Health made medical claims for products that weren’t registered as medical devices, discouraged essential treatment for conditions for which medical supervision should be sought and exaggerated the capabilities of their products.
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Novabeyond Ltd t/a Blood Pressure-Monitor Tracker App
An in-app ad and a paid-for Google ad for a health app made medical claims for a product that wasn’t registered as a medical device and made misleading claims that their product could monitor blood pressure.
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P&L Studio t/a Blood Pressure
A paid-for in-app ad for a health app misleadingly implied that it could monitor blood pressure and heart rate.
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GLP-1 Pro Ltd t/a GuLP-1
Two webpages for a food supplement company made claims that a supplement could prevent, treat or cure human disease and made unauthorised health and medicinal claims. The ads also compared the effects of a food supplement to those associated with weight-loss prescr...
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Manchester Fertility Services Ltd t/a Egg Donors UK
Two paid-for Facebook ads for Egg Donors UK trivialised the decision to donate eggs by emphasising the financial compensation.
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Chike Tech Ltd t/a Brainlab
A paid-for Facebook ad for a cognitive test company misleadingly claimed that their product could detect the signs of Alzheimer’s and discouraged essential treatment for a condition for which medical treatment should be sought.
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