AdPharm is an online pharmaceutical and healthcare advertising gallery and archive. Most ads showcased contain information (brand name, generic name, year of publication, what they are for, etc) that is stored in a database, which makes it searchable through the AdPharm site search function (log-in needed).

AdPharm is intended for advertising agency creatives, account services and also to pharmaceutical companie's marketing and communications specialists looking for specific pharmaceutical advertising examples. On AdPharm, they can conduct research on advertising that has been published in the past as a reference for current or future projects. Whether it is to find ads for similar drugs or treatments, to see what the competition has advertised in the past or even to see ads that were published in the past for their own brands in different markets.

Ads shown on AdPharm come from many countries such as: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Belgium and Australia. We are working diligently to increase our database by expending those markets and others as well.

AdPharm showcases mainly ads from two groups: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) and ads targeted to healthcare professionals (HCP). We also gather healthcare and pharmaceutical ads for the services industry (advertising agencies and other types of services) among others.

That would be the ideal situation but it is unfortunately not the case. With many new magazines appearing every year it's difficult to keep track of all publications, especially worldwide. We do gather ads from many journals (DTC and HCP) of many countries and our sample is growing continuously.

Before Adpharm was... Adpharm, it was a private collection of ads gathered by a small group of creatives that were interested in building an archive that would help inform the projects they were working on for their respective agencies or clients. That private collection, which is still included in today's Adpharm was created around 2005. Interest outside of the core group grew with time and Adpharm became a site that all marketers and communicators could subscribe to as of August 2009.

Because it started officially in 2009, users can expect to have a good sample of ads from that year up until now.

Yes you can, simply visit the "submit an ad page" and follow the instructions.

Apart from a few weeks when we close for holidays, the gallery is updated daily. We try to add new ads the day we get them, if not, within a few days. You will also notice that ads from earlier years occasionally appear in the latest ads section (log-in needed). That's because we also gather ads that were published prior to the start of AdPharm or ads that we have missed since then.

AdPharm is not an online pharmacy nor will it promote any online pharmacies.

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AdPharm is not intended to the general public and it is not managed by licensed healthcare professionals. The material shown on AdPharm is for educational and research purposes only and is intended for communications professionals. If you believe you suffer from an undisclosed illness, please consult your licensed healthcare professional.

Due to timing, sometimes we cannot add the information at the same time as the ads come in. Since we want our users to have access to a maximum of material at all times, we post the ads immediately when we get them and add relevant information later.

The drawback to this is that the ads with no information only show up in searches when users type in a specific brand name.

The most recent ones are. There are still some recent commercials that can be of standard definition (SD). The reason for this is we haven't managed to capture it on a HD channel or it played in standard definition on a HD channel, which happens quite a bit.

The definition on the site says that the size is 700 X 400? This is the size it's shown within the site. If you download it or play it full-screen, the file should be 1920 X 1080.

Since AdPharm is a site that showcases creative and messaging, including prescribing information would clutter the site. As mentioned in the forum post Who is AdPharm intended for?, AdPharm is market intelligence tool and an inspirational showcase for marketing and communications professional. AdPharm is not intended for self-diagnosing illness or as a replacement to seeing a healthcare professional.

Just email us at admin@adpharm.net.

This feature lets a logged-in user store/collect multiple files so they can consult them at any time.

Users can have multiple collections which can be accessed via the "My Collections" link located in right-hand side menu when logged-in.

Click on a picture and click on the "picture info" link (Picture information); scroll down to the picture information set and click "Add to My Collection". You can also click on the small star located above the ad as seen below.

IMPORTANT: Cookies must be enabled and the cookie from this site must not be deleted.

This feature was removed due to various issues reported by users based on computer and browser settings. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

The easiest way to download the files included in your collection is to open each file in its own browser tab, or window and click on the "download original file" link located in the "file information" section.

Click on a thumbnail and choose a rating from the "Rate this file" section.

Direct upload is not possible but submitting an ad via email is possible.

Please click on the "Submit an ad button"

Cookies are a plain text piece of data that is sent from a website and is put on to your computer.

Cookies usually allow a user to leave and return to the site without having to log-in again and other various chores. More importantly, if cookies are not allowed in your browser, you won't be able to see any of the ads on AdPharm because your browser will have "forgotten" that it is logged-in the minute you leave the log-in page. More details on the cookies used on adpharm here.

Please refer to your browser's "help" section to turn on the cookies function.

This shows the last additions to the site.

The gallery has ads in various languages. The bigger portion is in English but you can also find French, Spanish, Romanian, Russian ads. To find ads in specific languages, type in any keyword you want (i.e. brand name, company name, year, etc) and add the language name in its English version.

For instance, your looking for a Lipitor ad from France in French language, type Lipitor France French (no quote marks) in the search field, Lipitor France Francais would yield not results.

Try a search in the gallery (log-in required)…

There are two reasons:
1- it created some stress to our web server which in turn was detrimental to our paying users.

2- there was content theft.

That can depend on many factors: how your browser uses cookies, which browser you use, etc. Most search problems are solved simply by using the "advanced search" feature instead of the "simple search" found on the right hand side menu.

Adpharm may appear blank or might not display correctly if you are using Windows Internet Explorer 9. This is because some style elements only work with newer browsers. We recommend upgrading to IE 10 or 11 if you can or switching to Google Chrome or Firefox. In case you cannot upgrade your browser, there's an easy fix. When Internet Explorer recognizes that a webpage is not compatible, you will see the Compatibility View button on the Address bar as seen below.

All you need to do is click the Compatibility View button in the address bar. In Compatibility View, websites will be displayed as if you were viewing them in a previous version of Internet Explorer, which ironically should correct display problems. You don’t need to click the button for a site after you’ve done it once—the next time you visit the site, Internet Explorer 9 will automatically show it in Compatibility View.

To be able to download the full-sized version of an ad, you need to have a subscription that allows full-size downloads and be logged-in the gallery.

To download the full-sized version of an ad, scroll down to the "File information" section under the ad on the description page and click on "Download Original File". This will download the high-resolution (print ads) or High-definition (TV) file in your download folder on your computer.

If your file does not fully download, you can try using a different browser to download the file.

This may be a browser issue or a mime setting that may be missing in your browser. To overcome this issue, you can either resolve the browser issue on your end or download the file directly on your computer and play it in your favorite browser directly. To download a file, follow the instructions that can be found here.

To get ads without the watermark, you will need to be logged-in first. The original, high-resolution files do not have any watermark on them. Users with a subscription can download the files by following the instructions found here.

When logged-in, users can create email alerts for specific brands, companies, therapeutic categories, etc. The Alert manager is located in the right-hand side menu.

By default, users have no alerts set-up. To create a new alert, go into the Alert Manager. Once in it, click on “Add New Alert”. Add one or multiple keywords separated by a comma. Click “Add To List” and then an “Alert Name” is added. A description can also be added.

Similarly to the site search function, the more keywords added in a single alert, the narrower the search results will be. As an example, if you add two keywords such as "Viagra" and "Cialis" in one alert, you are very likely to never receive any alerts since both brands are competing against one another. So if you want to receive alerts for both brands, then you should create to separate alerts, one for each brand.

Users receive alerts immediately when an ad matching the alert is added to the gallery. Users can create as many alerts as they want.

Alerts are sent only when new ads are added to the gallery. So if a user adds an alert, he/she will not get alerts for all the associated ads that are already in the gallery. If an older ad is sent, that would be only because the details of that ad have changed.

All alerts will come from email address support@adpharm.net. To prevent the alerts from going in the junk mail folder, this email address should be added to the user’s address book or junk mail filter white list.

If you encounter any problem using this feature or any other, please don't hesitate to email us at support@adpharm.net

Occasionally we get backed up with many ads to include in the gallery at once. When a situation like this happens, we insert the new ads in the gallery with only minimal information so subscribers can see and download them as soon as possible even if the entry is not complete.

In September 2013, we started including brand links to other ad galleries in our ad details pages. Ads that were included prior to September 26, 2013 don't have those links. This is a service to our subscribers to help complement searches on specific brand. One of those linked sites is MOAT, a free online consumer display (web banner) ad search engine. Ads of the World is also a free online ad gallery mainly for consumer ads. They have print, web and TV ads. One thing to consider is that although most ads included in Ads of the World have been published, some weren't and may have been spec work done in design or advertising school. Finally, iSpot.tv is also a free online TV commercial gallery where you can find, share and track TV spots.

Occasionally we include ads taken from other sources than our own in an effort to bring our users a maximum of inspirational materials in one place.

It is important to note that we cannot be absolutely sure of the provenance of these advertisements, so please use with caution.

Said ads are clearly identified so there should be no confusion for the user.

To find the number of a file or "ad" for later referral or to report some issue with it, go on the page of the specific ad and look for the PID (Picture I.D.) located in the "File Information" section below the image.

You can copy the whole URL to send or keep for later.

AdPharm is now a paid-subscription service. Since pharmaceutical advertising is a niche category, displaying advertising on the site did not bring enough revenue to be able to keep AdPharm running.

Simply go to the subscription page and follow the instructions. If the links on the subscription page do not work properly in your browser, you can also send us an email at sales@adpharm.net with the following information and we will send you an invoice that you can pay online with a credit card.

• Your name
• Name of your company (if applicable)
• Address
• Number of users required
• Is this a new subscription or a renewal?
  (If it's for a renewal, which user name should be renewed?)
• If you are not the person for whom the subscription is purchased, which name and email address should we associate with the account?
  

If you already have a subscription that you have renewed and your previous subscription is still active, simply continue using the same user access that you have been using. We will send you your new expiry date via email shortly after reception of your payment.

NEW USERS with an auto-renewing subscription

As soon as your payment is completed on Square or Stripe, you will be automatically brought back to our user registration form. You will be able to log-in as soon as you complete the registration. If you are not redirected to the registration page, please email us using the email associated with the payment. We will send you your registration URL as soon as possible.

NEW USERS and EXPIRED USERS with a one-time subscription.

New users are created when we have confirmation of payment. If you wish to subscribe or renew an expired subscription, please visit our subscription page.

Revised Sunday, June 5, 2022

Go to "Login", submit your username and password

IMPORTANT: Cookies must be enabled otherwise your browser will not be able to keep you logged-in.

Yes you can, since September 2019.

You will be automatically brought back to the user-registration page. As soon as your registration is completed, you will be able to login to Adpharm.net.

If you were not redirected to the registration page, please email us using the email associated with the payment. We will send you your registration URL as soon as possible.