Vermont Governor James Douglas (R) signed into law Monday the strongest ban in the country on pharmaceutical company marketing to doctors and other medical professionals.
The new law, which takes effect July 1, restricts nearly all forms of financial contributions and gifts between the companies that make prescription drugs and the medical professionals in Vermont who prescribe them.
This is a sad day for doctors in the state of Vermont, with impending healthcare reform, the access to up to date medical information will be more important now than ever. Doctors and other practitioners in Vermont will be left behind in
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