AstraZeneca and Feds Keep Sparring over 340B While Waiting for Judge to Rule

AstraZeneca and the federal government are awaiting the federal district court in Delaware's decision in the company’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit.

Drug manufacturer’s AstraZeneca and the federal government continue to joust in court as they await a crucial decision in the company’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit.

The two sides on Friday filed a joint status report in Astra’s lawsuit to

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Insulin and Diabetes Drug Makers Ask Judge to Dismiss 340B-Related Antitrust Charges

Insulin and diabetes drug manufacturers want a federal district judge to dismiss 340B-related antitrust changes against them.

U.S. manufacturers of insulin and diabetes-related treatments asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss two health centers’ antitrust class action over the companies’ denials of 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

In a Nov. 11 joint

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Kaiser Health News Story on 340B Likely to be Read and Seen Widely

Kaiser Health News and InvestigateTV released an in-depth news article and news segment today about the 340B program and the fight over 340B contract pharmacy.

Kaiser Health News (KHN), a nonprofit health care news organization whose stories are widely and freely republished and rebroadcast, released an in-depth article and news video today about the 340B program and the fight over 340B contract pharmacy.

According to

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In What Could be the First of Many Challenges, Lilly Appealing U.S. District Court’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Ruling

Lilly yesterday filed notice that it is appealing a federal district judge's decision in its 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit.

Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly late yesterday filed notice that it is appealing a federal district judge’s Oct. 29 ruling partially in Lilly’s favor and partially for the federal government on the legality of Lilly’s denials of 340B ceiling prices when

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In Pursuit of New 340B Leader, HRSA Expands Its Search Beyond Pharmacists

In a major shift, HRSA has dropped its requirement that the Director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) must have a pharmacy degree and be a licensed pharmacist.

In a major organizational change, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has redefined the job of Director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA), the HRSA unit that runs the 340B program.

For the first time in 340B

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Attention Turns to Merck and AstraZeneca After Courts’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Rulings

The timing of the government’s forthcoming decision on the legality of Merck’s 340B contract pharmacy policy, and the grounds for its decision, are two big questions hovering over the 340B program.

The smoke is still clearing from three federal district judges’ recent decisions in drug manufacturers Lilly, Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, and United Therapeutics’ 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits. In the rulings’ wake, we are keeping close tabs on what happens next

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Hospitals, Drug Manufacturers, and Lawyers Give their Takes on 340B Contract Pharmacy Rulings

A hospital group, drug manufacturers, and health care lawyers gave 340B Report their views on recent court rulings in five 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits.

A hospital group says two federal district judges got it right, but one got it wrong, on whether drug manufacturers are legally bound to provide 340B drug discounts for drugs dispensed at contract pharmacies.

In a Nov. 6 statement, 340B

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Two New Studies on Hospital and Health Center Participation in 340B

Rush University Medical Center was included in a JAMA Internal Medicine study of what top hospitals charge commercial insurers for clinician-administered drugs.

A new research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine found substantial variation among 17 “top-performing” hospitals—14 of them enrolled in 340B—in what they charge commercial insurers for clinician-administered drugs.

Meanwhile, new research published in Journal of Healthcare Quality found that

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Breaking: Another Federal Judge Issues a Mixed Opinion in 340B Contract Pharmacy Litigation, this Time in Novartis and United Therapeutics’ Cases

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich last night issued the second court ruling of the day involving drug manufacturers’ denials of and limitations on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

A federal district judge last night issued the second court ruling of the day involving drug manufacturers’ denials of and limitations on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies. Like the day’s earlier ruling, this one too was mixed,

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Breaking: Federal Judge Hands Down Mixed Opinion in Sanofi and Novo Nordisk’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuits

U.S. Chief District Judge Freda Wolfson ruled today that Sanofi and Novo Nordisk's 340B contract pharmacy policies violate the 340B statute. But she declined to decide whether the 340B statute permits covered entities to use multiple or unlimited contract pharmacies.

A federal district judge this afternoon upheld the federal government’s finding that drug manufacturers Sanofi and Novo Nordisk cannot unilaterally impose restrictions on offers of 340B pricing to covered entities and that their policies must cease.

U.S. Chief District Judge

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