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Major Drug Industry and Health Center Groups Unite to Reform 340B for Patients and “True” Safety-Net Providers

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PhRMA, NACHC, and and the National Hispanic Medical Association created a new group, ASAP 340B, and issued a 10-point plan to ensure that the 340B program “benefits patients and true safety-net providers, including rural hospitals.”

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the National Association of Community Health Centers, and the National Hispanic Medical Association this morning jointly issued a 10-point plan and created a nonprofit group to ensure that the 340B program “benefits patients and

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U.S. House Oversight Committee Launches PBM Investigation

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A U.S. House committee is investigating “anticompetitive tactics” by Express Scripts, CVS Caremark, and OptumRx.

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability last week launched an investigation into how “anticompetitive tactics” by the three largest pharmacy benefit managers—Express Scripts, CVS Caremark, and OptumRx—are driving up healthcare costs and hurting patient care within federal health

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Amneal Offering 340B Refunds on Long List of Drugs for Sales Between Q3 2019 and Q3 2022

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Amneal Pharmaceuticals is offering refunds for 340B overcharges on an 18-page-long list of products for purchases between Q3 2019 and Q3 2022.

Generic and specialty drug manufacturer Amneal Pharmaceuticals is offering refunds for 340B overcharges on an 18-page-long list of products for purchases between Q3 2019 and Q3 2022.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration posted New Jersey-based Amneal’s notice to

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NACHC Hill Day Document Calls for 340B Reform and Offers Guiding Principles, Key Hill Staffer Joins Organization

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“Health centers and their patients cannot afford more [contract pharmacy] restrictions or PBM discriminatory contracting," NACHC says in document urging Congress "to amend the 340B statute to protect access for the true safety-net providers.”

The National Association of Community Health Centers says in a new advocacy document “it’s time to reform the 340B program to recognize the complexities of today’s healthcare system and ensure that true safety-net providers continue to have access to critical

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Bottom Line, not Altruism, Could be the Main Driver of Lilly’s Insulin Price Cut, Drug Pricing Expert Says

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Lilly's decision to cut the price of its fast-acting insulin Humalog might have been driven by a desire to avoid exposure to Medicaid rebates, drug pricing expert Sean Dickson says.

Drug manufacturer Lilly’s announcement last week that it is slashing the price of Humalog, its most commonly prescribed insulin, may have been less about altruism and more about avoiding exposure to bigger Medicaid rebates, a prominent drug pricing expert says.

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Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Announces Refunds for 340B Overcharges During 2022

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Zydus Pharmaceuticals is providing refunds for 340B overcharges during 2022 on 83 NDCs.

Generic drug manufacturer Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA said in a recent public notice it will pay refunds for 340B overcharges that occurred mostly in the first two quarters of 2022. The products include Zydus’ equivalents of the widely prescribed antibiotic Zithromax,

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340B Raised Often During Senate Hearing on Community Health Centers

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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) asked a witness during a hearing if she was open to 340B reforms to ensure that 340B savings “are not going to build a chandelier in a hospital et cetera.”

The 340B program—and whether it needs change, protection, or both—came up often today during a U.S. Senate hearing on federal funding of community health centers.

The bulk of health centers’ federal grant funding—about $5.8 billion annually from the U.S. Health

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Health Centers and PhRMA Co-Developing 340B Policies, Hospital Group Says

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NACHC and PhRMA are jointly developing 340B policy proposals for Congress to consider, hospital group 340B Health says.

Associations representing community health centers and brand drug manufacturers are jointly developing 340B policy proposals for Congress to consider, hospital group 340B Health told its members yesterday.

The National Association of Community Health Centers said yesterday that it had no

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Exclusive: HRSA Asking Hospitals About 340B Patient Definition, 340B Savings, and Using 340B at Child Sites

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Hospital advocates said HRSA's recent decision to end a 340B program waiver for hospitals could draw legal challenges.

UPDATED Thursday March 2, 2023, 12:30 p.m. EDT to include comment from HRSA.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has asked multiple hospitals to explain how they determine patient eligibility for 340B drugs, how they define, track, and use

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Feds Considering Asking Full Appeals Court to Rehear Case Over AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Policies

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HHS might ask the full U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a a lawsuit over AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s 340B contract pharmacy policies.

The federal government may ask all 14 judges on the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel’s unanimous January opinion upholding AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s restrictions on 340B pricing when their drugs are shipped to

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