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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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
…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 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
…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
…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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Breaking: Federal Judge Hands Down Mixed Opinion in Sanofi and Novo Nordisk’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuits
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
…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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Breaking: HRSA Tells Boehringer Ingelheim its 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions Are Illegal
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
…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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