The U.S. House Appropriations Committee said this week it is concerned about the growing number of drug manufacturers “that curtail the use of 340B drugs in contract pharmacies.” It encouraged the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to use
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Drug manufacturer UCB says it is reviewing Monday’s letter from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration telling the company its restrictions on 340B pricing to covered entities that use contract pharmacies break federal law and must end immediately.
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A bill in California to prohibit drug manufacturer conditions on 340B pricing and pharmacy benefit manager discrimination against 340B covered entities died in a state Assembly committee on Tuesday.
The state Senate voted 24-9 to pass the bill,
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The American Hospital Association wants to discuss with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra how 340B hospitals should be promptly repaid “for all of the years (2018-2022) in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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Federal healthcare officials told drug manufacturer UCB yesterday its restrictions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies are illegal and must stop or the company could face civil monetary penalties of up to $6,323.00 for each instance
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A new bipartisan bill to make insulin more affordable for patients could be up for a U.S. Senate vote as early as next month. There are doubts the bill will get enough Republican support to pass, however, dooming it
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The White House office that oversees issuance of federal healthcare regulations now says that this is the target month for releasing a long delayed proposed rule to replace 340B program dispute resolution regulations. But the administration has not given
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The federal government told a federal appeals court in Philadelphia yesterday it should use “the familiar tools of statutory interpretation” to hold that drug manufacturer AstraZeneca may not unilaterally dictate how many contract pharmacies a 340B covered entity may
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Growth in 340B covered entities’ use of contract pharmacies to dispense 340B drugs, coupled with growth in pharmacy benefit managers’ control over these pharmacies, has given PBMs an outsized, profit-driven role in the 340B program that does not benefit
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The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) strongly urged the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra yesterday “to swiftly impose” fines on drug manufacturers that restrict shipments of 340B-purchased drugs to contract pharmacies and “hold manufacturers
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