Law Firm Sues HRSA Over FOIA Request for 340B Contract Pharmacy Documents

Law firm Latham & Watkins says HRSA is impeding its access to records it needs to represent United Therapeutics in its 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit against HRSA and HHS. | Shutterstock

The law firm representing United Therapeutics (UT) in its 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit against the federal government has filed its own related lawsuit against the government.

In a July 13 complaint filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C.,

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Feds, Novartis, and UT Weigh in on Consolidating 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuits

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich is expected to rule soon on whether to consolidate Novartis and United Therapeutics’ 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits.

The federal government told a federal district judge yesterday it consents to the judge’s proposal to speed up and simultaneously consider Novartis and United Therapeutics’ (UT) pending motions for preliminary injunctions in the two companies’ 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits. The

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Lilly Updates its Arguments in 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit

Drug maker Eli Lilly filed a brief in federal district court yesterday refreshing its arguments in its 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit.

Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly yesterday responded to the federal government’s June 25 motion to a federal judge in Indianapolis to dismiss the company’s case challenging the legality and constitutionality of the government’s 340B contract pharmacy requirements and 340B administrative dispute

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FQHCs Say Patients Will Suffer if Telehealth Flexibilities Aren’t Extended

NACHC says millions of health center patients could lose access to care if Congress and the Biden administration fail to extend telehealth flexibilities granted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Millions of community health center patients could lose access to care if Congress and the Biden administration fail to extend telehealth flexibilities granted during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for audio-only telehealth, a new survey report warns.

The National Association of

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Sixth Drug Manufacturer Sues HHS and HRSA Over 340B Contract Pharmacy

United Therapeutics sued HHS and HRSA on June 23 over 340B contract pharmacy requirements.

Drug manufacturer United Therapeutics (UT) has sued the federal government over its 340B contract pharmacy requirements, saying it is being forced “to engage in a program that enriches national pharmacy corporations at UT’s direct expense and at the expense of

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Multiple Developments in 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuits

There have been multiple recent developments in drug manufacturers' lawsuits challenging the legality of 340B contract pharmacy requirements.

Sanofi Slams Government’s Contention of Harm to Covered Entities

Drug maker Sanofi last week updated its lawsuit challenging federal 340B contract pharmacy requirements to poke holes in the government’s introduction of, in the government’s words, “over six thousand pages

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Biden Gives Becerra 45 Days to Deliver a Plan to Fight Excessive Drug Prices

President Biden has given HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra an Aug. 23 deadline for a plan “to combat excessive pricing of prescription drugs.”

President Biden last Friday gave U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra 45 days to deliver a plan “to combat excessive pricing of prescription drugs.” Becerra’s deadline is Aug. 23.

Biden included drug pricing directives in a far-ranging July

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Boehringer Ingelheim Will Stop Shipping 340B Drugs to Hospitals’ Contract Pharmacies on Aug. 1

Hospitals call Boehringer Ingelheim’s contract pharmacy plans “appalling” while company calls for “substantial reform” of the 340B program.

Drug manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) announced yesterday that it will stop shipping 340B-purchased drugs to hospitals’ contract pharmacies, effective Aug. 1.

Community health centers, HIV/AIDS clinics, and other federal grantee covered entities are exempt from BI’s new policy. It applies

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Judge Rejects Government’s Contention that AstraZeneca’s 340B Lawsuit Is Moot

A federal judge yesterday, acting in a lawsuit filed by AstraZeneca, vacated HHS's December 2020 advisory opinion that the 340B statute compels drug manufacturers to offer 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies to dispense covered drugs to patients.

A federal district judge in Delaware yesterday rejected the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) position that its withdrawal of its December 2020 advisory opinion on 340B contract pharmacy rendered drug manufacturer AstraZeneca’s claims against the opinion moot.

In

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Pfizer Invokes 340B Contract Pharmacy Ruling in its Lawsuit Over Copay Assistance

Pfizer has cited a federal judge’s opinion in AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit in Pfizer’s own lawsuit aimed at striking down federal restrictions on manufacturer copay assistance to Medicare beneficiaries

Drug manufacturer Pfizer last week cited a federal judge’s June 16 opinion in AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit in Pfizer’s own lawsuit aimed at striking down federal restrictions on manufacturer copay assistance to Medicare beneficiaries.

Pfizer sued the U.S. Health

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