Wyeth v. Levine’s Unintended Consequences: Prescription Data-Mining Banned in Vermont

BNET -- A federal court in Vermont has upheld a law preventing drug companies from “data-mining” prescription information from pharmacies. The court cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s Wyeth v. Levine anti-preemption ruling as one of its reasons in doing so, suggesting that the Wyeth decision will consequences far beyond personal injury class-actions.

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