News Alert: Calif. 340B Health Centers Ask Judge to Stop Tomorrow’s “Devastating” State Medicaid Drug Payment Changes

California health centers asked U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez yesterday to stop a state Medicaid drug reimbursement change due to begin tomorrow that they say would strip away all their 340B drug discount savings.

California health centers asked a federal district judge yesterday to stop a major state Medicaid drug reimbursement change due to [...]

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Breaking News: AbbVie Becomes 11th Drug Maker to Restrict 340B Contract Pharmacy. Feds Appeal Rulings in Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi Cases.

AbbVie will no longer offer voluntary 340B pricing on any of its orphan-designated drugs to covered entities subject to such exclusions.

AbbVie today announced conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals' contract pharmacies dispense medicines to patients. The federal government has filed [...]

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Breaking News: Feds Appeal Rulings in Novartis and United Therapeutics 340B Contract Pharmacy Cases

The federal government yesterday asked the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., to review a lower court's Nov. 5 joint ruling in Novartis and United Therapeutics' 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits.

The federal government late yesterday filed notice that it is appealing a federal judge’s joint ruling in two cases last [...]

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John Thune, Senate’s No. 2 Republican and Strong 340B Provider Ally, Weighs Retirement

U.S. Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.), a strong 340B covered entity ally, is considering not running for re-election in 2022. | Gage Skidmore/Flickr

South Dakota U.S. Sen. John Thune, the second-ranking Senate Republican and a long-time 340B covered entity ally, might not run [...]

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Manchin’s Idea that VA Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices Could Adversely Impact 340B Program, Expert Suggests

Congress should let the VA negotiate drug prices on behalf of Medicare, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) reportedly told the Senate Democratic Caucus this week.

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has suggested that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) be empowered to negotiate drug [...]

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Citing Omicron Wave, 340B Coalition Weighs Making Winter Conference a Hybrid Live/Virtual Event

Citing concerns about COVID-19's Omicron variant, the 340B Coalition is considering turning its Jan. 31–Feb. 2 in-person winter conference into a hybrid in-person/virtual event.

The 340B Coalition said yesterday it is “actively exploring the potential for a hybrid [winter 2022] conference that would allow [...]

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N.Y. and Va. Health Centers Say Discovery Should Continue in their Novel 340B-Related Federal Lawsuit

The federal district court for western New York is hearing two 340B health centers' antitrust lawsuit against insulin and diabetes drug makers.

New York State and Virginia health centers asked a federal district judge on Monday to deny four insulin and diabetes [...]

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Novo Nordisk and Sanofi Have Jan. 26 Deadline to File Opening Briefs in 340B Contract Pharmacy Appeal

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals will hear Novo Nordisk and Sanofi's 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits in tandem, just as a lower court did.

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has given drug manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Sanofi a Jan. 26 deadline to file [...]

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Boehringer Ingelheim Extends 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions to Previously Exempt Specialty Drug Ofev

Boehringer Ingelheim extended its restrictions on 340B drug sales to hospitals to Ofev, its expensive specialty drug for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Drug manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) this month extended its restrictions on 340B drug sales to hospitals to Ofev, its expensive [...]

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