Category: Contract Pharmacy Protection Bills

Merck is First to Exempt South Dakota from 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions but Reinstates in Kansas, Novartis Exempts Missouri

March 25, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

Merck announced it will exempt South Dakota from its contract pharmacy restrictions and reinstate them in Kansas. Novartis will exempt Missouri from its contract pharmacy restrictions.

Drugmakers Merck and Novartis recently updated their 340B contract pharmacy restrictions, modifying what states are exempt from such policies following [...]

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340B Advocate Slams Federal ‘No 340B Savings for Transgender Care Act’ Proposal

March 20, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Peggy Tighe, a principal at Powers Law, told 340B Report that U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson’s (R-S.D.) bill "appears to be an attempt to thwart attacks against the 340B program, perhaps to protect GOP state and federal legislators, but it is anti-states' rights and an overreaction to a false and incendiary campaign.”

A 340B program advocate this week condemned a new GOP U.S. House bill that would prohibit covered entities from using [...]

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340B Misinformation Makes Up Small Part of 340B Conversations Online, But Garners Outsized Attention, Analysis Finds

March 11, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Storyful Rx analyzed more than 6,000 social media posts and articles mentioning the 340B program between Aug. 11, 2024 and Feb. 11, 2025.

Although misinformation accounts for just 2% of the overall 340B conversations taking place online, “conspiratorial narratives” driven by conservative influencers—and [...]

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Recap of Recent Webinar: A Closer Look at Battles Over State 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bills and Laws

March 11, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

340B Report's latest webinar overviewed contract pharmacy developments in state legislatures and the courts, plus how a dark money group has ramped up anti-340B ads.

As state legislatures ramp up efforts to protect contract pharmacy access, drug industry lawsuits against existing state laws continue to [...]

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Dark Money Group Labels Five GOP State Lawmakers As ‘Trump Underminers,’ But Efforts Appear to be Backfiring

March 6, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Building America’s Future targeted five GOP state lawmakers backing contract pharmacy access bills in a new ad.

A Washington D.C. dark money group with White House ties recently upped its attacks on 340B contract pharmacy access bills [...]

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Dark-Money 340B Attacks, Rebate Model Among Key Concerns at 340B Coalition Winter Conference

February 25, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B Health leader Maureen Testoni criticizes a dark-money group's misleading ads during her talk at the 2025 340B Coalition Winter Conference in San Diego.

Concerns over a highly charged and misleading dark-money campaign targeting state contract pharmacy access bills and the legal fight surrounding [...]

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Drug Industry-Funded Study Finds 340B Contract Pharmacy Bills Costly to Employer Health Plans and States; Critics Slam Its Methodology and Funding Source

February 21, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

IQVIA examined how state 340B contract pharmacy access bills could affect state and local governments in a Feb. 4 white paper funded by the National Pharmaceutical Council.

340B contract pharmacy access bills could cost states millions and employer health plans more, according to a new study funded [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Weekly Roundup: Updates in Mississippi

February 21, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

Key motions were recently filed in litigation over state contract pharmacy access laws in Mississippi.

Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B [...]

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Conservative Groups Ramp up Misleading Attacks on 340B Over Gender-Affirming Care

February 19, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

A recent article in conservative website Townhall criticized state contract pharmacy bills and falsely tied them to gender-affirming care for transgender youth at health centers, including Rochester, N.Y. based Trillium Health.

Conservative groups and advocates have recently ramped up efforts to combat the growing number of state 340B contract pharmacy access [...]

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Alkermes to Become Third Drugmaker to Reinstitute Contract Pharmacy Restrictions in West Virginia and Kansas, Providers Condemn Move

February 11, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

A third drugmaker announced Monday that it would reinstate its contract pharmacy restrictions in Kansas and West Virginia effective March 3.

Ireland-based Alkermes announced this week that it will become the third drugmaker to reinstate contract pharmacy restrictions in Kansas and [...]

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