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Advertising investigations by MHRA

Decisions made by MHRA on adverts reported to have breached the legislation on advertising medicines.

Investigations and decisions MHRA carry out on advertising of medicines in the UK.

2024 investigations

2023 investigations

2022 investigations

2021 investigations

2020 investigations

2019 investigations

2018 investigations

2017 investigations

2016 investigations

2015 investigations

2014 investigations

Updates to this page

Published 15 November 2014
Last updated 20 January 2025 + show all updates
  1. Published 'Advertising investigations: December 2024'

  2. Changed to add summary reports for October and November 2024

  3. Added Advertising investigations: June 2024

  4. Published Advertising investigations for March 2024, April 2024 & May 2024.

  5. Added Advertising investigations: February 2024

  6. Summary reports of advertising investigations for January 2024 have been added.

  7. Advertising investigations documents added for December 2023.

  8. Added advertising investigations for November 2023.

  9. Published Advertising investigations for October 2023.

  10. Published advertising investigations for August and September 2023.

  11. Advertising investigations for June and July 2023 have been added.

  12. Added 'Advertising investigations: March, April & May 2023'

  13. Added 'Advertising investigations' for January & February 2023.

  14. Added summary reports of advertising investigations for December 2022 to the collection

  15. Added summary reports of advertising investigations for November 2022 to the collection

  16. Added Advertising Investigations for July and August 2022

  17. Advertising investigations for April 2022 added.

  18. March 2022 advertising investigations added

  19. Added January and February 2022

  20. December advertising investigation reports added.

  21. Added July-Nov 21 investigations

  22. Added advertising investigations April-June 2021

  23. Updated to add advertising investigations for February and March 2021

  24. Added advertising investigations for October-December 2020 and January 2021

  25. Added advertising investigations for July, August and September 2020

  26. Added Advertising investigations for May 2020

  27. Added Advertising Investigations for both March and April

  28. Added 'Advertising investigations: January 2020' and 'Advertising investigations: February 2020'

  29. Addition of advertising investigations for December 2019

  30. Added September, October and November to 2019 group.

  31. Added August 2019 to group

  32. Added 'Advertising investigations: July 2019'

  33. Addition of advertising investigations: June 2019

  34. Advertising investigations for May 2019 added to the collection page.

  35. Advertising investigations for March 2019 added to the page.

  36. Added advertising investigations for April 2019 to the page.

  37. Added January and February 2019 advertising investigations.

  38. Advertising investigations: December 2018 added to the page.

  39. Added August 2018 documents.

  40. Added May 2018 documents.

  41. Added investigations for March 2018

  42. Added advertising investigations for April 2018

  43. Added investigations for February 2018

  44. Added investigations for January 2018

  45. Added advertising investigations for December 2017

  46. Added advertising investigations for October 2017.

  47. Advertising investigations for August 2017 added to the page.

  48. Advertising investigations for May 2017 added to the collections page

  49. Added advertising investigations for March 2017

  50. Added investigations for December 2016

  51. Added advertising investigations for November 2016.

  52. October advertising investigations

  53. September investigations

  54. Added investigations for August 2016

  55. Added advertising investigations for May 2016

  56. New decisions

  57. Added advertising investigations for February 2016

  58. Added advertising investigations for January 2016

  59. Advertising investigations: December 2015

  60. Advertising investigations for November 2015 added to collection page

  61. Advertising investigations: October 2015

  62. Added: advertising investigation decisions in September 2015

  63. Added: advertising investigations - August 2015

  64. Decision: advertising investigations July 2015

  65. Added to collection: June 2015 advertising investigations

  66. First published.