Hims and Hare were closed because of his controversial Super Bowl commercial that admonished Americans because they were obese and then embarrassed health care – then promoted his own drugs for weight loss.
The 60 -second advertisement, originally posted on YouTube at the end of January, is set on rapper Childish Gambino's hit 'This is America'.
It shows a parade of overweight Americans and evokes the health care system for benefiting people's poor health.
Subsequently, it awkward promotes the Ozempic alternative drugs from the brand that sell for $ 165 per month.
The company also offers subscriptions to Wegovy and Ozempic for a maximum of $ 2,000 a month.
Viewers shot the hypocrisy of the brand on X, with one writing: 'The most anti-America Super Bowl advertisement? Easy the Hims & Hare spot -pretend to criticize the broken food system while you push sketch, not -approved Ozempian knock -offs. '
'You are part of the system. You sell drugs and benefit from failure! “To” This Hims & Hare commercial is hypocritical as hell, “another wrote.
TeleHealth Giant Hims & Hare has an enormous controversy inflamed with its provocative Super Bowl advertisement, which brings criticism from both viewers and legislators
The company was called up for criticizing a health care system that is profit from medication for weight loss, while at the same time selling a similar pill with weight loss that they claim to be designed to tackle the problem that they criticize
A third user closed the commercial and said: 'You are part of the system. You sell drugs and benefit from failure. Tell people to eat and practice low -carbohydrate if you are so against the system … also zero warning for the brutal side effects of the medicine, which I am pretty sure is an FTC violation. '
The advertisement even criticized two senators who claim that the dangerous potential drug risks downends.
Democratic senator Richard Durbin and the Republican Senator Roger Marshall have destroyed the company and demand that the FDA is investigating what they call a 'misleading' advertisement.
In a destructive letter to the FDA commissioner Sarah Brenner, the senators accused him of promoting a non-approved weight loss medicine without the correct safety warnings.
The senators accused the company to neglect a warning, except 'in a small, barely readable font' that his product was not approved by the FDA. In the meantime, Wegovy spends around 40 seconds to spell possible side effects, they explained.
“We recognize the important roles that pharmaceutical composition and TeleHealth play in the care service system, help to access products approved by FDA and fill a need for more tailor -made treatments,” the senators wrote.
Democratic senator Richard Durbin and the Republican Senator Roger Marshall have destroyed the company and demand that the FDA is investigating what they call a 'misleading' advertisement
“However, we believe that there should be no inequality in pharmaceutical advertising requirements between regulated entities.”
Despite the return, the shares of HIMS rose, a stunning 5.1 percent jumped and, according to Marketsurge, closes to $ 42.55.
In response to recent criticism, the company told Adweek: “It is clear that the advertisement has reached an agreement and pay attention to people.”
“We called the system, and now the system asks that our advertisement is being removed,” a spokesperson for Hims & Hare The Outlet said.
