They probably don't have quite the following of, say, Mickey Mouse or Charlie Brown, but the athletic, fungus-fighting Jublia toenail and the walking, talking, diarrhea-stricken Xifaxan intestine seem ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will look into the use of animation in drug ads to understand how cartoons affect how consumers feel about drugs. Minimal research exists on how animation affects ...

FDA investigates whether animated drug ads obscure important safety information The FDA is launching two separate studies to investigate how effectively the use of cartoons and animation in ...

Over the past few years, more drug makers have run TV ads featuring cartoon characters or other animation techniques to promote their medicines. But while some may be cute or visually striking, ...

Drug companies have been drawn to using animated figures in their advertising, from the bee with the sexy Antonio Banderas accent that wants you to use Nasonex nasal spray, to the football-helmeted ...

An excerpt from an anti-drug film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica in 1951 uses lovely black and white animation to illustrate how opium, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana work.