Jan. 8, 2018 – The New Jersey ban on “gifts” from the pharmaceutical industry, an administrative action finalized on Dec. 22, 2017, will go into effect on Jan. 15 of this year and will be “the first of its kind for any state” to link compliance with physician licensure and apply to physicians, not the […]
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Oct. 19, 2017 – A New Jersey proposal to both prohibit prescribers from accepting even moderate meals and cap compensation for speeches, consulting or other services from pharmaceutical companies – in an attempt to target the unnecessary prescription of opioids – actually could be counterproductive in meeting that goal, according to Coalition for Healthcare Communication […]
Read more Sept. 6, 2017 – In a first-of-its-kind move, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has issued a regulation capping physician incomes by limiting gifts from pharmaceutical companies to $10,000 per year and prohibiting gifts of entertainment and lavish meals, according to an article published today in Policy and Medicine. The article notes that although several other […]
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July 5, 2017 – While deregulation takes hold in the Trump administration in Washington, the states are predictably working to fill the void. For medical transparency and “sunshine,” California, Maine and Nevada are currently very active. All three states have taken legislative action in recent months to restrict the ability of pharmaceutical companies to furnish […]
Read moreDec. 9, 2013 – A recent report from Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell provides some insight into the impact a prescribed products gift ban in that state has had on pharmaceutical companies’ non-research spending, according to a recent article in Policy and Medicine. The Vermont AG’s report “reflects amendments made to the state’s gift […]
Read moreNov. 30, 2012 – The Massachusetts Public Health Council has approved final amendments to its 2008 Pharmaceutical and Device Manufacturer Code of Conduct, which now allows industry to provide “modest meals” to healthcare professionals for non-continuing medical education, according to an article posted today in Policy and Medicine. Emergency regulations to amend the state’s gift […]
Read moreOct. 22, 2012 – At a hearing held Friday in Boston by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, representatives from the Coalition for Healthcare Communication, the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) testified that the state’s emergency amendments making an exception to a 2008 gift ban to allow […]
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