Importantly, conveying information on off-label drugs to doctors is illegal even if the information is entirely truthful and has been corroborated by independent scientists and doctors.

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One provision restricts the ability of drug makers to use sales and marketing personnel to distribute peer reviewed reprints of journal articles that contain off-label information.

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No longer content with label information on daily allowances of vitamins and minerals, U.S. consumers are following the lead of their counterparts in many other countries by demanding more disclosure about where and how their food is grown and whether it is safe.

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