Adam Wilson reports:
One of the more intensive lobbying battles last year was over “data mining” by drug companies, which use lists of prescriptions from pharmacies to find doctors who weren’t prescribing what they were selling. Then they’d pay the doctor a visit and suggest Brand X. The bill died, but its successor has broader support.
Notably, House Republican Leader Richard DeBolt and Rep. Bill Hinkle, R-Cle Elum are co-sponsors on this year’s attempt. Instead of shielding doctors from unwanted salesmen, it’s aimed at keeping drug companies from calling individual patients to remind them to refill their prescriptions.
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