340B Stakeholders Clash on Patient Definition, 340B Spending Requirements in Comments on Senate ‘Group of Six’ Draft Overhaul

Advocacy groups for providers and drugmakers had diverging views in their comments on a draft Senate 340B overhaul.
Stakeholders disagreed on whether Congress should codify a new 340B patient definition or restrict how providers use 340B savings, in [...]

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Four More Drugmakers to End 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions in Arkansas Following Appeals Court Decision

At least nine drugmakers have modified their contract pharmacy restrictions in Arkansas after the state said it planned to enforce its 340B law following an appeals court decision. An additional nine manufacturers loosened restrictions prior to the court decision.
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Amgen, and Bayer became the latest drugmakers to formally exempt Arkansas providers from their 340B contract [...]

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Astellas Adds Second Drug to 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Astellas recently added a second medication to its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.
Japanese drugmaker Astellas will soon extend its limits on 340B pricing to hospitals for its medication to treat overreactive bladder, [...]

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West Virginia Providers Praise Newly Passed State 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Law

West Virginia providers said they strongly support the 340B contract pharmacy protection bill that Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed into law on March 27.
West Virginia provider groups are applauding a newly passed law to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state [...]

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Mississippi Senate Committee Approves State House’s 340B Contract Pharmacy, PBM Bill

Chad Netterville, director of the MHA Center for Rural Health, said Mississippi's 340B contract pharmacy bill is "seeing more opposition" as it advances in the state legislature but he remains optimistic about its passage.
Two weeks after the Mississippi House passed a bill to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions and certain 340B-specific pharmacy [...]

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As Deadline Approaches, First Stakeholders Respond to Senate Group of Six Draft 340B Overhaul

The deadline for stakeholders to respond to the bipartisan senate "group of six" 340B draft 340B overhaul is April 1.
Less than four days remain for stakeholders to comment on the highly anticipated bipartisan senate draft 340B program overhaul, and [...]

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Gaps in Hospital Financial Data Limit 340B Transparency, Analysis Says

A KFF issue brief examined gaps in available data on hospitals and health systems' finances and use of the 340B program.
Significant gaps in hospital and health system’s financial data, including 340B program use, “limit transparency for policymakers, researchers, and consumers,” [...]

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West Virginia Becomes Third State to Enact 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Law

W.Va. Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed a bill prohibiting drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions, which will take effect on June 6.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed into law today a bill to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions, making [...]

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Kansas State Lawmakers Pass 340B Contract Pharmacy Protections in Separate Budget Bills But Face Resistance from House Speaker and Certain Advocacy Groups

Both Kansas state legislative chambers passed budget bills that included amendments to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.
The Kansas state house and senate have passed separate budget bills with late added amendments to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract [...]

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As Arkansas Prepares to Enforce 340B Contract Pharmacy Law, Major Drugmaker Files Suit and PhRMA Plans to Seek 8th Circuit Rehearing

Drugmaker AstraZeneca filed suit against Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy law, shortly after it was upheld by a federal appeals court.
After a federal appeals court upheld Arkansas’ 340B contract pharmacy access law, a major drug manufacturer has asked a federal [...]

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