Collection

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.

2025 investigations

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 3 September 2025 show all updates
  1. Added advertising investigations for August 2025

  2. Published 'Advertising Investigations: June 2025'

  3. Updated to include May 2025 advertising investigations.

  4. Updated to include April 2025 advertising investigations.

  5. Published Advertising Investigations for March 2025

  6. Added decisions for February 2025

  7. Published Advertising Summary Reports - January 2025

  8. Published 'Advertising investigations: December 2024'

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

  10. Added Advertising investigations: June 2024

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

  12. Added Advertising investigations: February 2024

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

  14. Advertising investigations documents added for December 2023.

  15. Added advertising investigations for November 2023.

  16. Published Advertising investigations for October 2023.

  17. Published advertising investigations for August and September 2023.

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

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

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

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

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

  23. Added Advertising Investigations for July and August 2022

  24. Advertising investigations for April 2022 added.

  25. March 2022 advertising investigations added

  26. Added January and February 2022

  27. December advertising investigation reports added.

  28. Added July-Nov 21 investigations

  29. Added advertising investigations April-June 2021

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

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

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

  33. Added Advertising investigations for May 2020

  34. Added Advertising Investigations for both March and April

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

  36. Addition of advertising investigations for December 2019

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

  38. Added August 2019 to group

  39. Added 'Advertising investigations: July 2019'

  40. Addition of advertising investigations: June 2019

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

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

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

  44. Added January and February 2019 advertising investigations.

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

  46. Added August 2018 documents.

  47. Added May 2018 documents.

  48. Added investigations for March 2018

  49. Added advertising investigations for April 2018

  50. Added investigations for February 2018

  51. Added investigations for January 2018

  52. Added advertising investigations for December 2017

  53. Added advertising investigations for October 2017.

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

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

  56. Added advertising investigations for March 2017

  57. Added investigations for December 2016

  58. Added advertising investigations for November 2016.

  59. October advertising investigations

  60. September investigations

  61. Added investigations for August 2016

  62. Added advertising investigations for May 2016

  63. New decisions

  64. Added advertising investigations for February 2016

  65. Added advertising investigations for January 2016

  66. Advertising investigations: December 2015

  67. Advertising investigations for November 2015 added to collection page

  68. Advertising investigations: October 2015

  69. Added: advertising investigation decisions in September 2015

  70. Added: advertising investigations - August 2015

  71. Decision: advertising investigations July 2015

  72. Added to collection: June 2015 advertising investigations

  73. First published.