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WebMD Ordered to Supply Data to Quintiles

WebMD, an online medical information web site, has been temporarily ordered by a federal judge to resume sending user data to Quintiles. WebMD had withheld the data over concerns that patients could be personally identified. Quintiles uses the data for marketing to drug companies.

Judge Orders WebMD to Supply Data to Quintiles, Siliconvalley.com (Reuters), March 13, 2001.
WebMD Struggles With Privacy Rules, Computerworld, March 26, 2001.
WebMD says to seek ruling in dispute with Quintiles, Siliconvalley (Reuters), October 9, 2001.