Attorneys General announce settlement with Pfizer over Zithromax advertising.

M2 Presswire, January, 2003

M2 PRESSWIRE-7 January 2003-US ATTORNEY GENERAL MARYLAND: Attorneys General announce settlement with Pfizer over Zithromax advertising(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01062003 Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. today announced that his Consumer Protection Division, along with the offices of 18 other state Attorneys General, settled an investigation into Pfizer, Inc.'s "direct-to-consumer" advertising for its Zithromax product as a treatment for severe ear infections in young children.

The Attorneys General alleged that the advertisements misrepresented the ...