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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday struck down a state law that makes doctors' prescription-writing habits confidential, saying it violates the First Amendment.
Drug company sales representatives use the information to target particular doctors and tailor their sales pitches.
Signed last summer by Gov. John Lynch, the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block those pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers.
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