Massachusetts Senate to Vote on 340B PBM Nondiscrimination Measure; Status of Contract Pharmacy Bill Uncertain

Massachusetts lawmakers are expected to vote on Sen. Pavel Payano's (D) 340B PBM nondiscrimination bill Thursday.
Beacon Hill lawmakers are expected to vote Thursday on a proposal that would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from imposing [...]

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Missouri Become Eighth State to Enact 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law After Governor Declines to Act on Bill

Missouri will become the eighth state to enact a 340B contract pharmacy access law when S.B.751 officially takes effect Aug. 28.
Missouri will become the eighth state to prohibit drug manufacturer 340B contract pharmacy restrictions after Gov. Mike Parson (R) announced [...]

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Matsui’s 340B PATIENTS Act Gains 5 Democratic Co-Sponsors Ahead of 340B Health Lobby Days

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Five congressional Democrats signed on as co-sponsors to a bill that would bar drugmaker restrictions on 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.
As hospital advocates prepared to begin their annual summer visits to Capitol Hill this week, five congressional Democrats signed on [...]

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Astellas Suspends its Contract Pharmacy Restrictions in More States; BMS and Sanofi Also Announce State Exemptions

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Astellas Pharma announced the suspension of its contract pharmacy policy in Maryland and Mississippi.
A Japanese drug manufacturer has ended its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in Maryland and Mississippi in conjunction with new contract [...]

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Texas Hospitals Ask Judge to Block HHS’ DSH Calculation Rule That Impacts 340B Eligibility

A group of Texas hospitals urged a federal court to grant their request for a summary judgement—or at minimum preliminary relief—in a case challenging an HHS rule.
A group of Texas hospitals urged a federal court last week to grant their request for a summary judgement—or at [...]

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AbbVie, AstraZeneca Challenge Kansas’ New Contract Pharmacy Access Law

AbbVie will no longer offer voluntary 340B pricing on any of its orphan-designated drugs to covered entities subject to such exclusions.
Two major drug manufacturers this week sued Kansas in an effort to block the state’s new contract pharmacy access law, [...]

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Delaware Legislature Passes Anti-Discrimination Protections for 340B Providers from PBMs but Drug Manufacturer Restrictions Remain

Delaware’s legislature passed a slimmed-down version of a 340B anti-discrimination bill in the eleventh hour of its legislative session Sunday.
Delaware’s legislature passed a slimmed-down version of a 340B anti-discrimination bill in the eleventh hour of its legislative session Sunday, [...]

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Hospital Groups Urge Federal Court to Uphold Maryland’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

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AHA officials penned a Medical Economics op-ed on “the truth behind growth of the 340B prescription drug program.”
Groups representing Maryland providers along with national advocacy groups recently urged a federal judge to reject Novartis’ attempt to block [...]

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Just Days Before New Laws Go Into Effect, GSK, Pfizer Exempt Additional States from Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer announced updates to their 340B contract pharmacy policies to comply with new state laws that will take effect in July.
Correction, Thursday, July 27, 2024, 7:00 p.m. EDT—The original version of this article mistakenly said Minnesota’s contract pharmacy access law [...]

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Despite Unanimously Passing Senate, Rhode Island Fails to Pass Contract Pharmacy Protection Bill 

The U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday evening to streamline Medicaid enrollment for pediatric providers that would also increase reporting requirements for certain 340B providers.
A state Senate-endorsed bill that would have prohibited 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in Rhode Island failed to clear the legislature [...]

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