Gift ban: Mass. House votes to repeal law regulating companies' gifts to doctors
April 27, 2011 by MassDevice staff
The Massachusetts House of Representatives votes to repeal a law requiring medical device and pharmaceutical companies to disclose certain gifts to physicians while banning other gifts altogether.
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Gift ban: Mass. House votes to repeal law regulating company's gifts to doctors. The Mass. House of Representatives voted to overturn a law that requires that medical device and pharmaceutical companies disclose certain gifts to physicians while banning other gifts altogether.
Commonwealth lawmakers yesterday voted 128-22 in their state budget debate to end the law.
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