UPDATED Wednesday Dec. 1, 2021, 1:15 p.m. EST—Includes comments from Amgen, HRSA, and hospital group 340B Health.
Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen this morning became the 10th pharmaceutical company to announce conditions on 340B pricing when contract pharmacies dispense medicines to
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A federal district judge last night issued the second court ruling of the day involving drug manufacturers’ denials of and limitations on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies. Like the day’s earlier ruling, this one too was mixed,
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A federal district judge this afternoon upheld the federal government’s finding that drug manufacturers Sanofi and Novo Nordisk cannot unilaterally impose restrictions on offers of 340B pricing to covered entities and that their policies must cease.
U.S. Chief District Judge
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A federal district judge in Indianapolis late this afternoon set aside and vacated the federal government’s May 17 finding that drug manufacturer Eli Lilly’s denials of 340B ceiling prices when covered entities use contract pharmacies violate the 340B statute.
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A senior federal health official informed drug manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) today its restrictions on 340B pricing when hospitals use contract pharmacies are illegal and must end immediately, or BI could face civil monetary penalties.
U.S. Health Resources and Services
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The U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) today referred six drug manufacturers to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department of the Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) regarding their refusal to offer 340B discounts to 340B covered
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The 340B drug pricing program has a new, higher profile home within the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and likely is getting a new director due to its current director’s promotion.
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary
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Drug manufacturer Merck has begun informing 340B covered entities that, effective Sept. 1, it will stop providing 340B pricing to hospitals that partner with 340B contract pharmacies unless the hospitals share 340B claims data with its vendor 340B ESP.
Hospitals
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The Biden administration said today it proposes to continue a nearly 30% reduction in Medicare Part B reimbursement for hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs.
The Trump administration implemented the payment reduction in January 2018. Hospital groups say it costs affected 340B hospitals
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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning agreed to review a federal appeals court’s July 2020 ruling upholding a nearly 30% reduction in Medicare Part B drug reimbursement for hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs.
The court’s decision to hear American Hospital Association (AHA)
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