Vt. sets pace in seeking transparency in drug company payments.

The article reports on the move by the legislators of Vermont to retain the state's decision to restrict or ban gifts to physicians from the pharmaceutical industry. State Senator Peter Shumlin has introduced a bill that would restrict most pharmaceutical company gifts to health care professionals and would require full disclosure of the payments. In addition, the bill aims to reduce the costs of marketing prescription drugs, medical devices and biological products to health care professionals.