Data Laws Overturned by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court came down on the side of data firms, overturning a Vermont law banning the sale of prescription data to pharmas because it violates First Amendment speech protections.
“Today’s ruling is clear and unmistakable,” said Harvey Ashman of IMS Health, which fought the law, together with SDI, Wolters Kluwer’s Source Healthcare Analytics and PhRMA. “These types of laws violate the Constitution and do nothing to improve healthcare, reduce costs or protect privacy as proponents had claimed.
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