WebMD Seeks to End Medical Data-Sharing Agreement
WebMD is seeking to end its agreement to provide medical information to Quintiles. Since May 2000, WebMD has amassed data from its health care information site and sold it to Quintiles. Quintiles uses the data for marketing to drug companies. WebMD claims that the data could identify individuals if combined with other available databases.WebMD Asks Court to Back It In Denying Data to Quintiles, Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2001.
WebMD Curbs Quintiles's Access To Health Data on Privacy Issues, Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2001 (subscription required).
