Part 4 of 6—How Do Celgene’s Revlimid Policies Affect 340B Hospitals and Patient Care?
The impact on health care providers of being unable to access Revlimid at the 340B price is significant, financially and in terms of patient care, according
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Articles by : Tom Mirga, Editor at Large
Part 3 of 6—The Path From Thalidomide, to Revlimid, to a 340B Whistleblower Lawsuit
The myeloma drugs Revlimid and Pomalyst are analogues of Thalomid, aka thalidomide—a drug that still haunts those who remember the late 1950s and early 1960s. Marketed
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Part 2 of 6—A Pharmaceutical Industry Insider’s Claims of Massive Fraud Against 340B Providers
Editor’s note: We invited Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), which bought Celgene in November 2019, to respond to allegations of illegal or
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Part 1 of 6—Why Can So Few 340B Hospitals Buy and Dispense the Highly Profitable Cancer Drug Revlimid?
Possibly more than a thousand hospitals in the 340B drug discount program can’t buy or dispense Revlimid, a widely-used oral drug
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Drug manufacturer Novartis told a judge last week that the government’s May 17 public statement that the company’s actions have resulted in overcharges and are in direct violation of the 340B statute has injured Novartis’ reputation among its customers and
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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed its review of a key regulatory step toward rescinding the Trump administration’s final rule to require health centers to provide insulin and injectable epinephrine to low-income patients at the
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Community health center leaders have created a new membership organization—Advocates for Community Health (ACH)—to influence federal health care policy and “drive a new vision for the role health centers can and should play in an evolving 21st century health care
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Lynn Barr, the founder and executive chair of a company that helps health systems implement value-based payment models and maximize 340B savings, has been appointed to the Medicaid Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro announced Barr’s appointment
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A federal district judge in Trenton, N.J., this week denied drug makers’ Novo Nordisk and Sanofi’s motions to temporarily stop federal health officials from forcing the companies to immediately resume offering 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies. If
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340B disproportionate share (DSH) hospital outpatient departments are more likely than other hospital outpatient departments and independent physician offices to treat Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions who are Black, disabled, or who have low incomes, a new 340B hospital-funded study
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