Major Drug Company Sues Louisiana Over 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

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AstraZeneca will discontinue a certain bottle dosage of its breast cancer drug Truqap (capiversatib) by the end of the year but allow 340B covered entities to replenish their supply with an equivalent dose in blister pack package form.
Drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, one of the first companies to place restrictions on 340B discounts in the contract pharmacy setting, has [...]

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340B Program Does Not Improve Hospital Inpatient Care for Medically Underserved Patients, HHS-Funded Study Finds

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A Health Services Research study with funding from a government agency suggested the 340B program does not improve hospital inpatient care quality.
The 340B drug pricing program does not improve inpatient care quality for underserved patients, a recent government-funded analysis concluded. A [...]

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GSK Giving 340B Entities Refunds Again for Asthma Medicine Purchases

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Senderra Rx will no longer dispense GlaxoSmithKline’s asthma drug, Nucala.
GlaxoSmithKline is sending 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges totaling $100 or more for purchases of two dosage forms of [...]

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Enforceability of State Contract Pharmacy Laws Uncertain Amid Legal Challenges

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PhRMA has asked a federal district judge to block Louisiana's 340B contract pharmacy law, Act 358, which took effect Aug. 1.
While two drug manufacturers have recently relaxed or suspended their 340B contract pharmacy restrictions as a result of state laws [...]

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AHA Warns of “Legal Consequences” from Proposed Cuts to Fund 340B Lump Sum Payments

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AHA officials penned a Medical Economics op-ed on “the truth behind growth of the 340B prescription drug program.”
The lead plaintiff in the legal battle that resulted in Medicare proposing an unusual lump sum payback for hospitals’ lost [...]

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Let For-Profit Hospitals Into 340B, Trade Association Tells Senators

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The Federation of American Hospitals has asked six U.S. senators to let for-profit hospitals join the 340B program.
Congress should let for-profit hospitals into the 340B drug pricing program as “a long overdue evolutionary step” that will advance [...]

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Five Major Drug Makers Oppose Health Center’s Legal Challenge to 340B Patient Definition

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AbbVie, BMS, Lilly, and Merck jointly asked a federal district court to dismiss a health center’s challenge to the 340B patient definition. Drug maker Janssen asked the same separately.
Drug makers AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen, Lilly, and Merck asked a federal district court in South Carolina on Friday [...]

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Medicare DSH Changes Will Cut 340B Access, Draw Legal Challenge, Say Attorneys

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CMS issued the final rule to implement a $9 billion lump sum payment to 340B hospitals for previous illegal cuts between 2018 and 2021.
Changes in the ways Medicare calculates hospitals’ shares of low-income patients that were finalized in a recent payment rule will [...]

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Government Watchdog Reissues Controversial Finding on Adverse Incentives in 340B Program

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GAO restated its controversial 2015 finding that 340B covered entities prescribe more drugs or more expensive drugs than necessary.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office late last month restated its controversial recommendation that Congress take actions to reduce incentives for [...]

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