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Washington — A U.S. House lawmaker plans to introduce legislation to create a registry in which pharmaceutical manufacturers would have to report any gifts that are given to physicians.

The measure by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D, Ore.) would be similar to legislation that already was offered in the Senate. But the House bill might apply to companies with less than $100 million in revenues, the threshold set by the Senate bill, said Ed Hill, a legislative assistant for DeFazio. The House and Senate bills would require manufacturers to list both gifts of $25 or more and the physicians who received them.

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Thirteen states this year have seen legislative proposals aimed at limiting financial relationships between physicians and drugmakers. Most bills failed to pass, due to heavy pressure from pharmaceutical lobbyists, experts said, but new efforts are afoot.

The latest proposals include a Michigan bill that would make that state the second in the nation after Minnesota to place a limit — $100 — on the total value of gifts a drugmaker can give a physician in a year. Michigan and Massachusetts are considering so-called sunshine laws requiring drug companies to publicly disclose any gifts, payments, subsidies or incentives worth more than $25.

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Washington — Gifts to physicians such as free lunches from drug and medical device reps soon could be listed on a national database so patients can evaluate whether money might be affecting their doctors’ prescribing.

The bipartisan Physician Payments Sunshine Act, introduced Sept. 6 in the Senate, would require drug and medical device manufacturers with $100 million or more in annual gross revenues to disclose names and office addresses of every doctor who gets a gift valued at more than $25. Drug samples and funding for clinical trials would be exempt. Failure to comply would trigger fines of up to $100,000 per violation.

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