A federal district judge in Wilmington, Del., ruled this morning that six hospital groups cannot participate as third parties in drug manufacturer AstraZeneca’s lawsuit against the government over its 340B contract pharmacy requirements.
In a ruling delivered from the bench,
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UPDATE Thursday, April 22, 2021, 1:00 p.m. EDT—U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Chair Frank Pallone this morning introduced a significantly slimmed-down version of H.R. 3, the drug pricing bill that the House passed during the last session of Congress
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U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) lawyers asked federal district courts in Indiana and New Jersey this week to condemn, not condone, drugmakers Eli Lilly and Sanofi’s “extra-statutory self-help efforts to rewrite” the 340B statute “under the guise of ‘program integrity’” and
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Six hospital groups asked U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday to state “immediately and definitively” that six drug manufacturers’ refusals to offer 340B discounts on drugs dispensed by contract pharmacies are illegal.
They also asked
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The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) can “move forward with implementing” the stalled 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process, and it is “actively considering additional options for agency enforcement of the 340B statute” against drug manufacturers denying 340B
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Congress never intended for safety-net health care providers to make money by buying prescriptions drugs at a discount through the 340B program and billing payers at above the drugs’ acquisition cost, drug manufacturer AstraZeneca (AZN) told a federal district court
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Twenty four large health systems with hospitals in the 340B program yesterday sent U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra eight recommendations “to stabilize this program for the long-term” that he could implement without involving Congress.
The coalition,
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Andrea Palm, President Biden’s pick to be the number two official at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS), pledged during her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing this morning to make sure that the 340B program “is working as it
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The bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee and its Health Subcommittee wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra this week asking him to enforce “full compliance” with the Trump administration’s hospital
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