Rulings (31)
  • Chequp Health Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Meta ad for weight-loss treatments promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • Detox Today

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 09 July 2025

    A website homepage for an alcohol addiction help and support service misleadingly implied that the advertiser directly provided registered medical treatment.

  • Express Healthcare Ltd t/a pharmacyonline.co.uk

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Google search ad for obesity treatment jabs promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • Hexpress Healthcare Ltd t/a HealthExpress.co.uk

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Meta ad for weight-loss injections promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • Juniper Technologies UK Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Google search ad for weight-loss injections promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • Nipper&Co Ltd t/a Nipper & Co

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Facebook ad for a lactation tea made unauthorised specific health claims.

  • PharmaRx Ltd t/a Cloud Pharmacy

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Meta ad for weight-loss treatments promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • Phlo Technologies Ltd t/a Phlo Clinic

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Google search ad for weight-loss treatments promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • Phlo Technologies Ltd t/a Phlo Clinic

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Google search ad for weight-loss injections promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • SemaPen Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 09 July 2025

    A paid-for Google ad for a weight-loss pen program promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • Yazen Health AB t/a Yazen

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 09 July 2025

    An Instagram post by Gemma Collins promoting a weight-loss app and medication advertised prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.

  • Kenvue UK Ltd t/a Listerine

    • Upheld
    • Television
    • 02 July 2025

    A TV ad misleadingly exaggerated the performance of a product.

  • Wowcher Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 02 July 2025

    A website made misleading savings claims.

  • SaffPro

    • Upheld
    • 25 June 2025

    A TikTok post and a paid-for Facebook ad made unauthorised specific health claims, claimed that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure ADHD and irresponsibly encouraged people to stop taking medically prescribed treatments for ADHD.

  • Menwell Ltd t/a Manual

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 04 June 2025

    A paid-for Google ad promoted a prescription-only medicine to the general public.

  • 2XU UK Limited

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 16 April 2025

    A paid-for Instagram ad for 2xu Recovery Compression Tights made medical claims without holding the applicable conformity marking and were not registered with the MHRA.

  • Ovira Australia t/a Ovira UK

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 11 December 2024

    Three paid-for Meta ads made unauthorised specific health claims, referred to an amount of weight loss, implied a food could prevent, treat or cure PCOS and symptoms of the menopause and made medicinal claims for an unlicenced product.  

  • Vita Studio Pte Ltd

    • Upheld
    • In-game advertising
    • 04 December 2024

    An in-game ad for a mobile app game discouraged essential treatment for a condition for which medical supervision should be sought and misleadingly claimed the app could help treat sleep loss problems.

  • Stirling Health Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Press other (paid ad)
    • 20 November 2024

    A press ad made medicinal claims for an unauthorised product.

  • Excite For Life Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 18 September 2024

    A website made misleading claims that CBD was suitable for consumption by children, incorrectly stated that the recommended maximum consumption of CBD per day for adults was 70 mg and made general health claims that weren't accompanied by an authorised specific health claim.

Informally resolved (1)
  • Rakhee Mediratta

    • 24 July 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Medicines, remedies and therapies