Bebtelovimab
A screen shot from an HHS video about the monoclonal antibody betelovimab used to treat COVID-19 infection.

340B Law Should Be Amended to Include Emergency-Use COVID-19 Drugs, Health Affairs Opinion Article Says

The 340B statute should be amended to extend discounts to emergency-use drugs to treat COVID-19 as a first step in rebuilding the COVID-19 safety net, an opinion piece published yesterday in the medical journal Health Affairs says.

The Nov. 14 article was sounding an alarm as federal health officials begin to transition currently cost-free COVID-19 treatments, starting with Eli Lilly’s monoclonal antibody (mAb) bebtelovimab, out of a federally funded program begun at the start of the pandemic and into the commercial marketplace. The move is due to a lack of funding, the article said.

The 340B statute should be amended to extend discounts to emergency-use drugs to treat COVID-19 as a first step in rebuilding the COVID-19 safety net, an opinion piece published yesterday in the medical journal Health Affairs says.

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