State Policy

Last week, the Maryland House of Delegates Government Operations Subcommittee held a hearing on HB 818, known as the Manufacturers…

 This Thursday Maryland lawmakers are holding a hearing to consider legislation to ban "gifts" and most payments for services from…

The Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), published the last ½ of 2009 data on industry payments from…

In politics it is rare for politicians running for the same off office to agree on anything.  But this week a unique agreement…

 This weekend the Massachusetts legislature passed an economic stimulus package that failed to include a repeal of the…

Last night, I read an interesting account by a local Massachusetts physician Kate Atkinson, MD on the effect the Massachusetts…

The Boston Globe reported that “pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., will shut a five-year-old Cambridge research lab as part of…

The Boston Business Journal recently highlighted the “Collaboration Gap” that is being caused by the gift ban in Massachusetts,…

The medical device industry was pleased last week when the Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 145-4 to repeal the “gift…

In July 2009, the Massachusetts state legislature enacted the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Code…