Drugmakers Urge Appeals Courts to Follow Third Circuit Ruling and Uphold 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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Lilly, Novartis, and United Therapeutics want the appeals courts hearing their 340B contract pharmacy cases to follow the lead of the appeals court in AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk’s cases and uphold their 340B policies.

Drugmakers Lilly, Novartis, and United Therapeutics this week urged federal appeals courts in Chicago and Washington, D.C., to follow the lead of the appeals court in Philadelphia and uphold their restrictions on 340B providers’ use of contract pharmacies.   

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Bayer: 340B “Is Enriching Middlemen Versus Benefitting Patients”

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The 340B program has “strayed far from its original purpose, creating a profit stream that is enriching middlemen versus benefiting patients,” Bayer says.

While the 340B program “has merit when used as intended,” it has “strayed far from its original purpose, creating a profit stream that is enriching middlemen versus benefitting patients,” drug manufacturer Bayer told 340B Report yesterday.

Bayer gave the statement

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Upcoming End of COVID-19 Emergency Could Prompt HRSA to End or Scale Back 340B Flexibilities

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The Biden administration plans to end the nationwide COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11.

The Biden administration said on Monday that it plans to end the nationwide COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11. When the PHE ends, COVID-related 340B program flexibilities announced in March 2020 could end too.

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AHA Seeks Meeting with HHS About Repaying 340B Hospitals for Illegal Medicare Drug Reimbursement Cuts

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The AHA wants to meet with HHS to hear how the government will repay 340B hospitals for five years’ worth of illegal Medicare Part B drug reimbursement cuts.

The American Hospital Association yesterday asked to meet with the team of federal officials that will decide how the government will repay 340B hospitals for five years’ worth of illegal Medicare Part B drug reimbursement cuts. The amount of refunds

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EMD Serono Is the Second Drug Maker Today to Impose Conditions on 340B Contract Pharmacy, and the 21st Overall

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EMD Serono announced extended 340B contract pharmacy restrictions for hospitals in a manufacturer notice on Sept. 1.

EMD Serono today became the 21st pharmaceutical manufacturer to impose conditions on 340B pricing involving drug shipments to contract pharmacies.

Bayer announced conditions on 340B sales involving contract pharmacies earlier today. The companies’ announcements came two days after

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Bayer Is the 20th Drug Maker to Impose Conditions on 340B Contract Pharmacy

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Bayer's limits on 340B drug sales involving shipments to contract pharmacies apply to hospitals only, the company said.

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals starting March 1 is imposing limits on hospitals’ replenishment orders of 340B-priced drugs shipped to contract pharmacies. It said it is voluntarily letting 340B grantee covered entities continue to use multiple contract pharmacies to dispense 340B drugs.

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