Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is pushing for passage of a package of 13 “Less for Rx” bills to control prescription drug costs, including one to eliminate payer and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against certain 340B covered entities.
The
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The clerk of the federal district court in Wilmington, Del., confirmed this morning that a judge did not rule that drug manufacturer AstraZeneca is not required to deliver 340B discounts drugs to an unlimited number of contract pharmacies. There were
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CORRECTION Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, 8:15 p.m.—Earlier today, we misdescribed Novo Nordisk’s 340B contract pharmacy policy. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2021, Novo Nordisk stopped facilitating bill to/ship to distribution of 340B product to hospital contract pharmacies. We incorrectly said Novo
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U.S. Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Abigail Spanberger’s (D-Va.) bipartisan PROTECT 340B Act (H.R. 4390) can “resolve two of the most intractable challenges in the 340B program in one fell swoop” while satisfying both covered entities and drug manufacturers, 340B
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Biopharmaceutical company Apellis has announced a limited distribution plan for Empaveli (pegcetacoplan), a newly approved treatment for adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare, chronic, life-threatening blood disorder.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Empaveli on
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An upstate New York health center has sued the nation’s four major insulin manufacturers for allegedly conspiring to stop offering 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
Mosaic Health’s July 30 lawsuit claims that insulin manufacturers’ Sanofi, Eli
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Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) on Sunday became the seventh drug manufacturer to deny 340B pricing on its products when hospitals contract with pharmacies to dispense the medicines, hospitals reported yesterday.
BI this morning confirmed that it has begun denying 340B pricing
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340B covered entities dodged a bullet Sunday when U.S. Senate negotiators released the text of a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure-spending bill. It did not contain Medicaid managed care “spread pricing” language that entities have been fending off since 2019. Entities
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