Vermont Law Banning Drug Data Mining Struck Down by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court struck down a Vermont law that prohibited drug manufacturers and data mining companies from selling and using physicians’ prescription information.

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The majority stated the Vermont law violated the First Amendment’s protection of free speech by targeting particular speakers and specific information, while the dissent said too high of a regard was placed on commercial speech.

Click here to read the full story in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Supreme Court decision on the Vermont law prohibiting drug data mining.

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