Vermont to require drug makers to explain price increases

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont is poised to become the first state requiring drug companies to explain their price increases, and Bob and Deborah Messing think that's a good idea.

The Messings live in Montpelier and are in their early 70s. She's on Orencia, a Bristol-Myers Squibb product, for rheumatoid arthritis.

Vermont to require drug makers to explain price increases