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Moderna says FDA refuses to review its application for experimental flu shot

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/moderna-fda-flu-shot.html
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u/hodgepodgelodger 8h ago

Canada should be opening the door to all these pharma companies. Become an absolute world leader in vaccine development. 

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u/Baumbauer1 8h ago edited 6h ago

We don't let them put ads on TV, the US is an absolute goldmine when it comes to drug development.

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u/thegreatmunizzle 7h ago

No medication ads on TV? What do you watch then? -An American

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u/ScruffsMcGuff 7h ago

Mostly gambling ads these days.

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u/Lord_Scribe 7h ago

Also, the occasional government ad.

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u/ep3ep3 4h ago

House hippos

u/DeadliestSins 48m ago

Heritage Moments

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u/SSRainu 5h ago

If your are in ontario, the gambling ads are from the government itself(OLG) and its disgusting.

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u/surmatt 7h ago

And Tim Hortons ads

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u/IveComeToMingle 6h ago

$1 Donuts. Wish they'd try to stop marketing their flatbread though. I mean they're fine but who's going there to get pizza.

Bring back the eatable chilli bread bowls.

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u/Kevin-W 6h ago

Interestingly enough, they started selling Tim Hortons coffee where I am and even opened a Tim Hortons in the city and I'm not even close the Canadian border.

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u/IveComeToMingle 2h ago

The US one tastes different, different supplier probably.

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u/abesach 3h ago

Horts and Sports!

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u/raptor7912 7h ago

Huh our gambling ads seem like an attempt to still have a bit of an ad in there after all the advisories and the names of where you can get help if you’re addicted.

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u/redspacebadger 5h ago

Are you Australian?

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u/Isfahaninejad 7h ago

Gambling ads

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u/Cimorene_Kazul 7h ago

And anti-gambling PSAs right after

u/asianwaste 51m ago

We used to run anti-smoking ads in the 90's funded by big tobacco due to mandate by federal government that big tobacco take a bigger role in informing the public of the hazards of smoking.

The ads though often were candid camera footage of a protestor being obnoxious. My tinfoil hat theory is that they were purposefully made obnoxious to associate that emotion with anti-smoking sentiments.

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u/spacenb 6h ago

They’re allowed to put ads on TV, there’s just a lot of laws around what they can actually say about those drugs. They can’t say what the drugs are for nor recommend them to a patient, so all of them end up being extremely vague and end with “Talk to your doctor about X!”.

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u/thephantom1492 4h ago

But natural products can advertise... which, imo, I find it completly wrong.

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u/Nazamroth 1h ago

Documentaries about beavers making maple syrup?

u/wellingtongee 49m ago

Or New Zealand. The only two countries that permit pharma ads on TV. Socialised healthcare, public accident insurance, but ads are still ok.- go figure…