Google starts testing pharmaceutical ads inside AI Mode and AI Overviews
OnlineInference · x · 2026-10-15
A Google spokesperson told Adweek it is testing standard text and Shopping ads in AI Mode and AI Overviews, recently "expanded to include certain pharmaceutical products."
- Barry Schwartz notes no public update to Google's drug ad policies was visible — the last known changes were March 2026 and October 2025 — and Google confirmed there was no recent policy change, only an expansion of ad tests on AI surfaces.
- The move signals AI search results are becoming a monetization channel, with high-value categories like pharma among the first in.
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