Month: January 2022

News Alert: Pfizer Becomes the 13th Drug Maker to Limit 340B Contract Pharmacies

In Pharma IndustryJanuary 28, 20222107 Views

Pfizer is the 13th drug manufacturer to impose conditions on 340B sales of prescription drugs involving contract pharmacies.

UPDATE Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, 3:25 p.m.—The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) said this afternoon it is reviewing Pfizer’s policy and will evaluate next steps as needed.

Pfizer today became the 13^th drug manufacturer to impose

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Exclusive: Nearly Five Years Before BMS Voluntarily Opened Up Myeloma Drug Network, HRSA Told Celgene it “Must Ensure” Entities Could Buy at 340B Price

In Federal, Pharma Industry, RegulatoryJanuary 27, 2022893 Views

Tom Mirga

Bristol Myers Squibb said Jan. 14 it voluntarily will let 340B covered entities buy Revlimid, Pomalyst, and Thalomid at the 340B ceiling price through specialty pharmacies in the company's limited distribution network for the drugs. BMS acquired the drugs in 2019 when it acquired Celgene. In 2017, HRSA told Celgene it had to ensure that 340B entities could buy the drugs at 340B price through the same limited distribution network.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) told drug manufacturer Celgene nearly five years ago the company “must ensure” that covered entities could buy its cancer drugs Revlimid, Pomalyst, and Thalomid at the 340B ceiling price through

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Novo Nordisk Will Let Hospitals Designate Two 340B Contract Pharmacies—one Retail and one Specialty

In Pharma IndustryJanuary 27, 2022806 Views

Tom Mirga

Novo Nordisk has amended its policy restrictions on 340B drug sales to hospitals. Starting Feb. 1, it will let those lacking wholly owned contract pharmacies to designate two contract pharmacy locations—one retail and one specialty.

Drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk has amended its policy restrictions on 340B drug sales to hospitals involving shipments to contract pharmacies.

In a notice to covered entities dated Jan. 24, Novo Nordisk said if a 340B hospital covered

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Explaining 340B to My Nephew

In Sponsored ContentJanuary 27, 2022582 Views

In a Relief to Rural Providers, Gilead Is Waiving 340B Orphan Drug Exclusion for its COVID-19 Drug Veklury

In Pharma IndustryJanuary 27, 2022400 Views

Tom Mirga

Gilead says it will voluntarily extend 340B pricing to critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals, and rural referral centers on Veklury (remdesivir), its injectable antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

Drug manufacturer Gilead will voluntarily extend 340B pricing to critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals, and rural referral centers on Veklury (remdesivir), its injectable antiviral treatment for COVID-19, the company said late Tuesday.

The U.S. Food and Drug

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Hospitals Taking Heavy Losses Due to Drug Company Limits on 340B Pricing, Survey Says

In Pharma Industry, Research/Reports, Trade AssociationJanuary 27, 2022377 Views

Tom Mirga

340B Health says a new survey of its members shows 340B hospitals “are losing significant resources” due to drug companies’ conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

UPDATE Friday, Jan. 28, 2022—This story was updated to include comments by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA.)

340B hospitals “are losing significant resources” due to drug companies’ conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract

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Vizient Asks Congress to Pass Senate Version of Bill to Protect Hospitals from Losing 340B Eligibility During Pandemic

In Federal, Legislative, Other IndustryJanuary 27, 2022189 Views

Tom Mirga

Vizient asked Congress to pass the U.S. Senate version of bipartisan legislation to protect hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health care services and group purchasing company Vizient asked Congress on Monday to pass the U.S. Senate version of bipartisan legislation to protect hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused

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340B PROVIDER LEADER SPOTLIGHT

Julie Valdes, Clinical Pharmacist & 340B Program Coordinator, Zufall Health Centers Inc.

In Provider Leader Spotlight, Sponsored ContentJanuary 27, 2022774 Views

Diane Slafsky

Q: Where did you go to college/graduate school?

For college, I went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, California and majored in Biochemistry. For graduate school, I went to The Ohio

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Bipartisan U.S. House Group Wants HHS to Start Punishing Drug Makers Over 340B Pricing Denials

In Federal, LegislativeJanuary 25, 2022853 Views

Tom Mirga

Clockwise from top left, U.S. Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), Cindy Axne (D-Iowa), David McKinley (R-W.Va.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), John Katko (R-N.Y.), and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) asked HHS “to move quickly to enforce the law and begin assessing civil monetary penalties on manufacturers that have denied 340B pricing to providers.”

Three Democratic and three Republican U.S. House members asked the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) on Friday “to move quickly to enforce the law and begin assessing civil monetary penalties on manufacturers that have denied 340B

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Health Center Opposes AstraZeneca’s Motion to Pause 340B Dispute Resolution Proceedings Over Company’s Contract Pharmacy Policy

In Federal, RegulatoryJanuary 25, 2022305 Views

Tom Mirga

A Vermont health center asked a 340B dispute resolution panel to reject AstraZeneca's motion to stay the proceedings.

A Vermont community health center that co-initiated 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings against AstraZeneca over its conditions on 340B contract pharmacy yesterday asked the panel hearing its claim to deny the drug company’s motion to stay the

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