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In Important Ruling, Federal Appeals Court Says Health Center May Challenge 340B Patient Definition’s Legality

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A federal appeals court says South Carolina health center Genesis Healthcare has the right to challenge the 340B patient definition's legality in a lower federal court.

A federal appeals court ruled unanimously this morning that a South Carolina health center has the right to challenge the legality of the government’s 340B patient definition in a lower federal court. The case ultimately could have profound implications for

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Bausch Health Announces 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions on All Covered Entities

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Bausch Health has imposed conditions on 340B pricing when all covered entity types—hospitals and grantees alike—use contract pharmacies.

Bausch Health this afternoon became the 18th drug manufacturer to impose conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies. The restrictions apply to all entities; there is no exemption for federal grantees.

According to Bausch’s announcement, effective Aug.

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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Medicare Part B Drug Payment Cuts for 340B Hospitals in 2018 and 2019

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The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down deep Medicare Part B drug reimbursement cuts for many 340B hospitals during 2018 and 2019. The decision does not affect continuation of the cuts in 2020 through this year, however.

UPDATE, June 15, 2022, 12:45 p.m. EDT—The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said, “We are aware and reviewing the decision.”


The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously this morning that the federal government unlawfully slashed Medicare Part

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HRSA Sends Merck 340B Contract Pharmacy Cease and Desist Letter, Agency’s First in Seven Months

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HRSA told Merck today the company's conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals and health centers use contract pharmacies are illegal and must stop or Merck could face civil monetary penalties.

The federal government told drug manufacturer Merck today its conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals and health centers use contract pharmacies are illegal and must stop, or the company could face penalties of up to $6,323 per each instance of

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HRSA Picks Federal HIV/AIDS Policy Specialist Emeka Egwim To Be its Next 340B Program Director

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PHS Lt. Cmdr. Emeka Edwim is the new Director of HRSA's Office of Pharmacy Affairs, the HRSA unit that runs the 340B drug pricing program.

Emeka Egwim, a federal government HIV/AIDS policy specialist who also has served in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, is the new head of the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.

In a letter this morning to its staff, the U.S. Health

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Federal Judge Vacates HRSA’s Finding that AstraZeneca’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Policy Is Illegal

A federal district judge today struck down and vacated HRSA's May 2021 finding that AstraZeneca's 340B contract pharmacy policy violates the 340B statute.

A federal district judge in Wilmington, Del., today struck down and vacated the federal government’s finding that drug maker AstraZeneca’s conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies violates the 340B statute.

U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark of

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Hospital Group Leader Says “We’re Prepared to Go” in Direction of Federal 340B Contract Pharmacy Legislation

If the path to solving the 340B contract pharmacy dispute runs through Congress, "we're prepared to go in that direction,” 340B Health President and CEO Maureen Testoni said today.

For the first time since the 340B contract pharmacy impasse started over a year and a half ago, the leader of an influential hospital group said publicly today her association is prepared to move in the direction of a federal

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BMS Clamps Down on 340B Contract Pharmacy for Most of its Drugs but Expands 340B Access to its Controversial Myeloma Meds Program

BMS yesterday imposed restrictions on 340B pricing on most of its covered outpatient drugs, while liberalizing its policy on access to 340B pricing on its expensive cancer drugs Revlimid, Pomalyst, and Thalomid.

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) yesterday became the 12th drug manufacturer to impose restrictions on 340B pricing when hospitals and grantee covered entities contract with pharmacies to dispense drugs to patients.

According to late-day email messages from BMS to 340B

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Breaking News: AbbVie Becomes 11th Drug Maker to Restrict 340B Contract Pharmacy. Feds Appeal Rulings in Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi Cases.

AbbVie will no longer offer voluntary 340B pricing on any of its orphan-designated drugs to covered entities subject to such exclusions.

Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie—maker of the expensive and widely prescribed immunosuppressive medication Humira—today became the 11th drug manufacturer to announce conditions on 340B pricing when contract pharmacies dispense medicines to patients.

Starting Feb. 1, AbbVie will require hospitals to submit claims

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Breaking News: Feds Appeal Rulings in Novartis and United Therapeutics 340B Contract Pharmacy Cases

The federal government yesterday asked the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., to review a lower court's Nov. 5 joint ruling in Novartis and United Therapeutics' 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits.

The federal government late yesterday filed notice that it is appealing a federal judge’s joint ruling in two cases last month that halted enforcement actions against two drug companies that deny 340B pricing when hospitals and other health care providers

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