FDA accuses 1-800-GET-THIN of using misleading Lap-Band ads

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 02:00 in Health & Medicine

The agency says the marketing company's billboard, radio and television ads that tout Lap-Band weight-loss surgery underplay serious risks to patients.The Food and Drug Administration has accused the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company of using misleading advertising in its promotion of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery, saying the billboard, radio and television ads underplay serious risks to patients.

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