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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

Vermont Prescription Drug Data Mining Law Struck Down
Posted on 24 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) States cannot stop drug manufacturers and data-mining companies from using information about the prescription drugs individual doctors like to prescribe, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court voted 6-3 to strike down a Vermont... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , health care , Sorrell v. IMS Health , Vermont , Privacy , Litigation , First Amendment , prescription drugs , data mining , free speech , prescriptions