It’s Official: Biden Administration Rescinds Trump’s 340B Insulin/EpiPen Final Rule

The Biden administration announced this morning it is rescinding the Trump administration’s regulatory requirement that community health centers pass along all their 340B savings on insulin and EpiPen-like devices to low-income patients with high-cost or no health insurance.

The Biden administration this morning, as widely expected, announced it is rescinding the Trump administration’s regulatory requirement that community health centers pass along all their 340B savings on insulin and EpiPen-like devices to low-income patients with high-cost or no health

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PhRMA Asks Federal Court to Strike Down Arkansas’ Novel 340B Nondiscrimination Law

PhRMA recently urged CMS to establish a neutral clearinghouse and require accurate use of 340B claim modifiers to address nonduplication in its final guidance for Medicare drug price negotiations under the IRA.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) asked a federal district court yesterday to rule that Arkansas’s 340B nondiscrimination act does not require drug manufacturers “to offer price discounts under the 340B program to contract pharmacies in Arkansas.”

PhRMA also

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340B Dispute Resolution Process is Constitutional, Feds Tell Court

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling confirms that the 340B administrative dispute resolution process is constitutional, government lawyers told a federal district judge this month.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling about administrative law judges who hear patent disputes confirms that rules establishing the 340B program’s administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process are constitutional, government lawyers told a federal district judge this month.

Under the 340B

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Hospital Groups and Drug Industry Vendor File Briefs in Sanofi’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Suit

A federal district judge this week let six hospitals groups and a drug industry vendor file amicus briefs in Sanofi's 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit.

A federal district judge this week gave six hospital groups and a drug industry services provider permission to separately offer their expert advice in drug manufacturer Sanofi’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit.

In a friend-of-the-court brief, the hospital groups accused

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Rough Sailing for Drug Pricing Reform in Congress

It is unclear whether congressional Democrats will meet their self-appointed deadline to pass and send to President Biden this week a $3.5 trillion economic and social welfare bill including major drug pricing reforms.

340B covered entities worry that language that

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GOP Senator Files Bill to Preserve Trump’s 340B Insulin/EpiPen Mandate

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has introduced legislation to preserve the Trump administration’s controversial requirement that community health centers pass along all their 340B savings on insulin and EpiPen-like devices to low-income, uninsured, and/or underinsured patients.

A Republican U.S. senator on an important health care spending committee wants Congress to pass a law preserving the Trump administration’s controversial requirement that community health centers pass along all their 340B savings on insulin and EpiPen-like devices to low-income,

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Hospitals Ask Hill Leaders to Shield 340B, as Vote Nears on Drug Pricing Reform

Hospital groups urged congressional leaders in a Sept. 24 letter to exclude language “that would negatively impact 340B” from major drug pricing reforms that could be voted on this week.

Six national hospital groups late last week urged Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to exclude language “that would negatively impact 340B” from major drug pricing reforms that could be voted on this week.

The American Hospital Association, 340B Health, America’s

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Janssen Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges Including Diabetes Drug

Janssen Pharmaceuticals is providing refunds for 340B overcharges on 14 widely used products during the first and second quarters of 2021.

Drug manufacturer Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson company, has notified 340B covered entities they are or might be owed refunds for overcharges on 14 widely used products during the first and second quarters of 2021.

Janssen asked the U.S. Health

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Seven-Term Senator Grassley, Often Attuned to 340B, Will Run Again in 2022

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), one of the most-engaged members of Congress on 340B matters, is seeking an eighth Senate term.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)—one of the most-engaged members of Congress on 340B matters—has announced he will seek an eighth Senate term in next year’s congressional elections.

Grassley, 88, is the Senate’s second-oldest member. (California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, also 88,

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Cancer Drug Reimbursement Study Could Ramp Up Pressure on 340B Hospitals

A new study in Health Affairs could add to the squeeze on 340B hospitals’ margins on infused cancer drugs.

A new study in Health Affairs could add to the squeeze on 340B hospitals’ margins on infused cancer drugs.

The study by health economics and public health researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that prices paid

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