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NewsVermont enacts tough rules on physician gifts from pharmas
Backed by the state's medical society, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R) has signed a bill that gives the state some of the toughest controls in the country on financial relationships between doctors and Read more...
VT passes stiffer ban on industry gifts to providers
Vermont legislators have passed a bill that would require medical products companies to share information on payments they make to providers and other groups. The bill would expand an existing ban Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Pharma influence goes beyond gifts
Of late, medical institutions and legislatures have been paying a great deal of attention to the gifts physicians receive from pharmaceutical companies, right down to branded pens and notepads. But Read more...
Senators file bill requiring disclosure of MD gifts above $100 per year
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) have filed a bill requiring pharmas and medical device firms to publicly disclose either gifts or payments valued at $100 or more once per calendar Read more...
PhRMA imposes voluntary guidelines on pharma giving
These days everyone wants to know exactly what's passing between pharmaceutical companies and doctors: Down to the cheapest pen, they want to know how doctors might be influenced by pharma. So, to Read more...
MA proposes strictest rules yet on pharma, devicemaker payments
Once again on the forefront, the Massachusetts Public Health Council has issued a draft of some of nation's most aggressive regulation on the subject of gifts to physicians. The regulation would not Read more...
Doctor gifts banned by WI Medical Society
In a move similar to one made last year by the University of Pittsburgh, providers of Read more...
MA gov. signs pharma gift reporting law
Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick (D) has signed legislation that, in addition to promoting electronic medical records and boosting primary care training, imposes one of the country's toughest Read more...
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