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

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 proceedings.

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FDA OKs COVID-19 Drug Veklury (remdesivir) for Outpatients, Opening the Way for 340B Pricing

Hospitals are expressing relief over being able to administer the COVID-19 drug Veklury in outpatient settings and to be able to buy it finally at a 340B price.

Hospitals caring for patients infected with the highly infectious omicron variant of COVID-19 say they are very relieved to be getting 340B pricing finally on Gilead’s injectable antiviral medication Veklury (remdesivir).

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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PhRMA and Arkansas Seek Faster Court Ruling on State’s Novel 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

PhRMA and the state of Arkansas have agreed on a plan that could lead the federal district court in Little Rock to rule sooner than now anticipated on the state’s law protecting 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.

The brand name drug industry and the state of Arkansas have agreed on a litigation plan that could lead to a quicker federal court decision than now anticipated on the state’s one-of-a-kind law protecting 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.

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AHA Asks Congress to Attach 340B Hospital Protections to Must-Pass Spending Bill

A GOP bill expected to be introduced in the U.S. House contains provisions on Medicaid managed care 340B payments.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) yesterday asked U.S. House and Senate party leaders to ensure that a must-pass spending bill next month protects hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility due to changes in patient and payer mix caused by the

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Three Drug Makers, Including Two with Contract Pharmacy Restrictions, Post 340B Refund Notices

Bristol Myers Squibb, Novo Nordisk, and Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals notified 340B covered entities this week about refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices.

Three drug manufacturers—including two that have imposed conditions on 340B contract pharmacy—posted public notices this week to 340B covered entities about refunds for charges above 340B ceiling prices.

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Novo Nordisk’s notices came to light yesterday

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Democrats Weigh Passing Build Back Better Act—Possibly Including Drug Pricing Reforms—in “Chunks”

New CBO findings on brand drug price increases “drive home the urgent need to pass robust drug pricing reforms," U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said this week.

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said this week that new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) findings on brand drug price increases “drive home the urgent need to pass robust drug pricing reforms.”

“The average net price for brand-name

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View from Capitol Hill Breakfast: Get the Latest Developments in the Ever-Changing 340B Program

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Omnicell 340B will be hosting a panel discussion with some of the most respected long-term experts on the 340B program at the upcoming 340B Coalition Winter Conference. Join us for a morning bite to eat and an up-to-the-minute status report on hot button topics related to the legislative, compliance, and regulatory aspects of the 340B program.

The breakfast will provide insights into:

  • What to expect for the 340B program in the new year
  • The battle over access to 340B pricing in the contract pharmacy setting
  • The latest developments on Capitol Hill and the Administration
  • How covered entities are responding and taking action to impact the program

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Groups and Individual Health Care Providers Grapple with BMS’s New 340B Contract Pharmacy Policy

Individual 340B covered entities are deciding how to respond to the multi-point 340B contract pharmacy policy that Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) released last Friday.

Groups that represent 340B hospitals yesterday slammed the multi-point 340B contract pharmacy policy that Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) released last Friday.

Representatives of grantee covered entities, which BMS exempted from its contract pharmacy restrictions involving most of its products, overwhelmingly

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With Judge in Astra 340B Case About to Get Promotion, What Will Happen to the Highly Anticipated Case?

The U.S. Senate could elevate Leonard Stark, the federal judge who has presided over AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit, to a federal appeals court as soon as the end of this week.

Leonard Stark, the federal judge who presided over AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit from its start last year, is on the verge of being elevated to a higher court, possibly by the end of this week. If that happens before

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“Pharma Bro” Who Drew Ire of 340B Providers and Drug Industry Alike Barred from Pharmaceutical Industry for Life

A federal district judge imposed a lifetime ban against Martin Shkreli participating in the pharmaceutical industry and ordered him to pay $64.6 million to offset ill-gotten gains, stemming from his company's purchase of and huge price hike on the drug Daraprim.

A federal district judge on Friday held “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli liable for antitrust claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and seven states.

U.S. Senior District Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York imposed a

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