From: bbalaban xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 1:32 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: drug company advertising

I find drug company advertising very unacceptable.  It pushes the product, influencing the consumer and the physician, to no one's best interest except the manufacturer.  If the FDA's role is to enhance manufacturers' profits, so be it.  If its role is to protect consumers, I believe it should restrict pharmaceutical company advertising.