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Vermont 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 may toughen pharma regulations; Study says tight privacy laws slow EMR adoption;
> Vermont already requires drugmakers to list payments made to physicians, by dollar amounts. Now, lawmakers are looking to close a loophole that allows pharmas to keep some payments private by... Read more...
Supreme Court to consider 'pre-emption' for drug companies
Diane Levine, who lost part of her right arm after a medical mistake, was awarded $6 million by a Vermont jury in her suit against Wyeth. In her case, she contended that the catastrophe that took... Read more...
