This means that the commercial sets forth what disease or symptoms the drug treats. Generally, a 60-second commercial will spend half of the time describing the drug's benefits and why you should be interested in it. Sometimes, some of that time goes to describing the disease or symptoms the drug is intended to treat. An accurate presentation of the drug's major risks. This is the hard part.
Every drug has side effects.
A description of where consumers can get more information about the drug. The FDA requires that the TV ad tell you about each of these sources. If including all of this information into a 60-second commercial seems challenging, it is. That's why the announcers often speak quickly, and that's why certain information such as the web site address or the 800 number is on the screen for such a short period of time. In the FDA's view, this is the most important information because it provides the best perspective on the drug.