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Supreme Court Questions Limits On Use Of Prescription Data
Posted on 27 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on efforts by states to limit drug manufacturers' use of information about the prescription drugs that doctors like to prescribe. The court took up a dispute between the state of Vermont... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , drugs , pharmaceutical companies , IMS Health , Sorrell v. IMS Health , drug manufacturers , prescription , Source Healthcare Analytics , Vermont , Justice Department , Litigation , SDI , Asay , Edwin Kneedler , First Amendment

Supreme Court Says Vermont Law Restricting Prescribing Data Is Unconstitutional
Posted on 23 Jun 2011 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Vermont's law restricting the sale of doctors' drug-prescribing information to data miners for use in marketing drugs to doctors is an unconstitutional, impermissible restriction on free speech content and on... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , drugs , pharmacies , data miners , Verispan , IMS Health , William H. Sorrell v. IMS Health , marketing drugs , Vermont Statutes , Source Healthcare Analytics , doctors , Vermont , Litigation , First Amendment , drug-prescribing information , free speech , Prescription Confidentiality Law

Supreme Court Justices Weigh Constitutionality Of Vermont Law Restricting Prescribing Data
Posted on 26 Apr 2011 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) U.S. Supreme Court justices on April 26 questioned why Vermont needs to hide doctors' prescribing habits from drug sales representatives or if the state has a sound public policy reason for doing so ( William H. Sorrell... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , drugs , pharmacies , drug sales representatives , data miners , Verispan , IMS Health , Food and Drug Administration , Source Healthcare Analytics , doctors , Vermont , Litigation , lawsuit , William H. Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.