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SheMed Ltd
A paid-for Reddit ad for a female-focused medical weight-loss service promoted weight-loss prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules, was likely to exploit consumers’ insecurities relating to body image and weight and was irresponsible.
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BioIdentical Hormone Therapy Ltd t/a BioID Health
Two paid-for Facebook ads for a hormone health consultant made misleading claims that they could provide more effective tests and services for low testosterone than GPs and were irresponsible by implying that GPs were insufficiently thorough.
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Fenix Biomed BV
A website for a human tissue donation service misleadingly implied they were based in the UK.
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Gary Baron
A webpage for Gary Baron Counselling claimed that he was a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) when this wasn’t the case.
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BetterYou Ltd t/a Better You
A magazine ad for a supplement company made misleading claims that their product delivered vitamin D “quickly” and enabled fast absorption of vitamin D into the body.
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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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Menwell Ltd t/a Voy
Three emails for an online pharmacy promoted prescription-only medicines to the public against the law and our rules. The ads were also socially irresponsible by creating an undue sense of urgency for people who were considering medicated weight-loss programmes.
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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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Medilife Clinic Enfield
A paid-for Instagram ad for a health clinic made claims that their treatments could alleviate or treat the traits of autism without suitable evidence to support these claims. The ad also discouraged essential treatment for conditions for which medical supervision should be sought.
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Juniper Technologies UK Ltd t/a Juniper
Posts in weight-loss support groups on Facebook didn't make clear they were paid for by the advertiser and they promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, which is against the law and our rules.
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Juniper Technologies UK Ltd t/a Juniper
A paid-for Facebook ad for an online pharmacy was socially irresponsible and likely to cause harm or serious and widespread offence by exploiting new mothers’ insecurities about body image and perpetuating pressure for them to conform to body image stereotypes. They also promoted prescription-only medicines to th...
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Juniper Technologies UK Ltd t/a Juniper
Two paid-for Instagram ads for an online pharmacy promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, which is against the law and our rules. They also created an undue sense of urgency for members of the public who are considering medicated weight-loss programmes.
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Persons unknown t/a Cloud Nine
A paid-for Facebook ad for a clothing company made medical claims for a product that didn’t have the relevant compliance labels and wasn’t registered with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. The ad also discouraged essential treatment for a condition for which medical supervision should...
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persons unknown t/a Evora Official
Four paid-for Facebook ads and a website for a multi-sensory stuffed toy made unlicenced medicinal claims that weren’t backed up by robust evidence, including that the product could relieve symptoms of anxiety and insomnia. The ads also made misleading claims about testimonials and didn’t have evidence to s...
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Health Bridge Ltd t/a Zava
An Instagram post, TikTok video and a Facebook post for weight-loss injections promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.
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MedExpress Enterprises Ltd t/a MedExpress
Three Instagram posts and a TikTok video for weight-loss injections promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.
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Menwell Ltd t/a Voy
Four Instagram ads for weight-loss injections promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.
Rulings
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Rulings (31)