In conclusion, profit is the number one concern for these drug companies as proved by using Kant’s second categorical imperative. The large pharmaceutical companies spend money to market their expensive drugs that they want consumers to purchase. They decide which medications will be marked directly to you. If direct-to-consumer advertising was illegal, the money saved on advertising costs might lower the costs for drugs. This current practice uses patients as a means to reach the company’s end, which is profit. Therefore, this practice is unethical. Drug companies omit some of the side effects; provide samples to doctors to encourage the use of the product as well as overstating promises on the marketing campaigns. While patients need
