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Drugs Companies Buy NHS Patient Data, Register Reveals

James Edgar | The Telegraph | April 3, 2014

Some of world's biggest pharmaceutical companies have bought NHS patient data, a new register has revealed.  Drugs corporations including Bayer, Baxter, AstraZeneca and Roche are among dozens of private firms sold information, as well as Bupa, the healthcare provider.

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U.K. Health Service Sold Patient Data To Drug Companies

Staff Writer | iHealth Beat | April 7, 2014

Some of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies have purchased patient data from the United Kingdom's National Health Service, according to a new registry, the London Telegraph reports.  The registry comes shortly after the Telegraph reported that the NHS Information Centre improperly sold hospital data covering 47 million patients over 13 years to the insurance industry.

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UKs Tax Authority To Sell Taxpayers' Financial Data

Rowena Mason | The Guardian | April 18, 2014

The personal financial data of millions of [British] taxpayers could be sold to private firms under laws being drawn up by [His Majesty's (HM)] Revenue & Customs in a move branded "dangerous" by tax professionals and "borderline insane" by a senior Conservative MP.  

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