The Vermont House has given preliminary approval to
legislation that calls for greater disclosure of the financial relationship
between pharmaceutical companies and physicians.
Attorney General William Sorrell
enforces a state law that requires the pharmaceutical industry to report how
much they spend to market their products. But
the law also allows the companies to keep secret the names of the providers who
got paid.
The proposed legislation has the support of the state’s medical society, which says the public needs confidence that doctors are not improperly influenced by drug company payments.
Record rains and storm damage have been THE story of this summer’s weather. We talk with weather watchers about the storms and rainfall we’ve experienced, and the impact of that rain on farms and crops.
The
sudden closing of a central Vermont property management company has triggered an
investigation by local police and the FBI. It’s
also created concern on the part of area tenants and landlords who did business
with the company.
Rutland is reeling with the news today that MetroGroup – a direct mail company that employs nearly 250 people – will close its Rutland plant in mid- December.
International Paper says it’s still looking at the possibility of burning tires for fuel at its Ticonderoga plant.
But the company says first it wants to determine which air pollution control technology it needs to reduce emissions.