State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: Maryland, Louisiana AGs Step Up Defense

Lawsuits challenging 340B contract pharmacy access laws recently heated up in Arkansas, Mississippi and Minnesota.
Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws this [...]

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PhRMA Petitions Supreme Court to Overturn Arkansas’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

PhRMA petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take a case on the constitutionality of Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy access law.
A powerful drug industry trade group has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court’s decision to [...]

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Federal Bill Introduced to Extend 340B Eligibility to Qualifying Hospitals in U.S. Territories

Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D), the at-large delegate for the Northern Mariana Islands, introduced a 340B eligibility bill for the U.S. territories.
New legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would extend 340B program eligibility to qualifying hospitals in all five [...]

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Bipartisan Federal Children’s Healthcare Bill with 340B Reporting Requirements Nears House Vote

A Medicaid pediatric provider enrollment bill with 340B provisions was recently placed on the U.S. House calendar for a vote.
Federal lawmakers may soon vote on a bipartisan bill to streamline Medicaid enrollment for pediatric providers that would also require [...]

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PhRMA-Backed Conservative Think Tank Tells State Lawmakers Not to Pass 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bills During Annual Meeting

Leah Vukmir, a former Republican Wisconsin state lawmaker, told legislators at ALEC's annual meeting not to support 340B contract pharmacy access legislation.
An industry-funded conservative policy group known for delivering model bills to Republican lawmakers recently urged an audience of state legislators [...]

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Two Hospitals Sue HRSA to Block ‘Unlawfully Authorized’ Drugmaker 340B Program Audits

Oregon Health & Science University Hospital is one of two 340B hospitals to sue HRSA over approving a drugmaker audit. (Photo by M.O. Stevens)
Two 340B hospitals urged a federal district court to block drugmaker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) from conducting “unlawfully authorized” audits [...]

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Missouri GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ashcroft Calls to ‘Repeal 340B’ as State Hospitals Back Competitor in Tight Primary

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Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Jay Ashcroft has opposed the state's new contract pharmacy access law while campaigning.
A well-known candidate in a tightly contested Missouri Republican gubernatorial primary has called to “repeal 340B in Missouri” after the [...]

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GOP Lawmaker Grills PBM Execs on 340B Profits During House Oversight Hearing

Rep. Diana Harshbarger said major PBMs “rigged the system” by misusing the 340B program during a recent House committee hearing.
A key Republican lawmaker accused executives of the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) of “abusing” the 340B program during [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: Mississippi, Maryland and Arkansas Cases Heat Up

Federal district courts in Mississippi, Maryland and Arkansa recently saw various legal actions related to state 340B contract pharmacy access laws.
Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws this [...]

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Health System Urges Federal Appeals Court to Revive 340B Overcharge Lawsuit Against Major Drugmakers

Adventist Health System/West alleged in a lawsuit that four major drugmakers defrauded the federal government by overcharging for 340B drugs.
A California health system has urged a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court’s decision to dismiss its lawsuit [...]

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