AstraZeneca, Lilly, and Sanofi Sue HHS to Block Requirement To Give 340B Discounts To Contract Pharmacies

AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Co., and Sanofi sued HHS in defense of their 340B contract actions just hours before covered entities could begin challenging those actions in a new 340B administrative dispute resolution process. | Source: Shutterstock

In a major escalation of the fight over 340B contract pharmacy, drug manufacturer AstraZeneca late yesterday asked a federal court to declare that it “is not required to offer 340B discounts to contract pharmacies.”

As we went to press, we

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HRSA Releases Details and FAQs About New 340B Dispute Resolution System

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) headquarters building in Rockville, Md.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Tuesday afternoon posted a new webpage describing the steps health care providers and drug manufacturers must follow to invoke the 340B program’s new administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process. It simultaneously posted 11

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340B Providers Blindsided by Bausch Health’s Decision to Drop AmerisourceBergen as Distributor

340B covered entities are scrambling to respond to the fallout from Bausch Health's surprise announcement that it ended its relationship with AmerisourceBergen to distribute its 340B-priced branded products. | Source: Shutterstock

Drug manufacturer Bausch Health blindsided 340B covered entities on New Year’s Eve, announcing that starting the very next day, Jan. 1, more than 200 of its branded products and future branded products would no longer be available through distributor AmerisourceBergen

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Senate Democratic Chairs-in-Waiting Waste No Time Going to Bat for 340B Providers

The incoming Democratic chairs of two key U.S. Senate committees want the federal agency in charge of the 340B program “to take immediate action to clarify that implementation of a rebate model by [drug] manufacturers would violate a material condition

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Nevada Ryan White Clinics Furious About State ADAP’s 340B Policy Change

A screen shot of AHF Las Vegas Pharmacy's home page. AHF is leading opposition to a Nevada Medication Assistance Program (NMAP) 340B policy change that it is says will deprive HIV/AIDS clinics of desperately needed 340B savings.

Nevada Ryan White CARES Act grantees enrolled in 340B are strongly protesting a state AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) policy change that the clinics say will deprive them of 340B savings on drugs that pay for housing, transportation, and

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340B Providers Welcome Democratic Control of Congress and White House

Although groups representing 340B providers will be measured in any public statements, they are elated by the Democratic sweep of the two U.S. Senate races in Georgia on Tuesday. With Raphael Warnock (D) and Jon Ossoff’s (D) victories, Democrats have

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Chicago Tribune’s 340B Article Grabs Senior U.S. Senator’s and Governor’s Attention (Updated)

Chicago Tribune’s front page article yesterday about drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B pricing on medications dispensed by contract pharmacies got the attention of U.S. Senate Democratic Whip *** Durbin (Ill.) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D).

UPDATE Jan. 5, 2021 2:30 p.m. EST—Shortly after we published today’s issue, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) responded to our request for comment on the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) General Counsel’s Dec. 30 advisory opinion on

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BREAKING: HHS’s Top Lawyer Says Pharma’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Actions Are at Odds with the Law

“Certain manufacturers’ newfound and unilateral refusal to sell [340B] drugs through contract pharmacies is at odds with the structure and intended operation of the [340B] statute,” HHS General Counsel Robert Charrow said in an advisory opinion late today. | Source:
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