Senate Finance Committee ranking Republican Chuck Grassley (Iowa) yesterday asked the U.S. Health and Human Services Department of Inspector General (OIG) if it plans to punish seven drug companies over their denials of 340B pricing when hospitals, health centers, and
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A federal appeals court in Philadelphia, as expected, has decided to consider and rule on AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit in tandem with Sanofi and Novo Nordisk’s 340B contract pharmacy cases.
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals announced the
…Conservative Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) has endorsed and appeared in a campaign advertisement for Republican Rep. David McKinley (W.Va.), a moderate being challenged for re-election by a candidate endorsed by ex-President Donald Trump.
The GOP primary between McKinley
…Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) should be stopped from usurping 340B drug discounts from HIV/AIDS clinics and other safety-net providers, Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access (RWC-340B) told the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week.
RWC-340B asked the commission for
…Retired U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a conservative Republican icon who helped create and shape the 340B drug pricing program, has died. He was 88.
Hatch personally was responsible for choosing one of the 340B program’s most important covered
…A federal appeals court in Chicago is satisfied with the final judgement it ordered a lower court to issue in Lilly’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit, clearing the way the lawsuit’s next stage to get rolling.
The U.S. Seventh Court of
…More than 70 groups representing patients, healthcare professionals, consumers, retirees, employers, and unions launched a campaign this morning to get comprehensive Democratic drug pricing legislation signed into law by Memorial Day.
It is premature to guess how the final version
…At least 48 hospitals lost their eligibility for 340B drug discounts for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic and are seeking reinstatement to the 340B program, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) said this week.
…A nationally prominent drug policy expert and two colleagues at Harvard Medical School have written in JAMA how Congress could end the fight over 340B contract pharmacy and enhance 340B program integrity.
“First, Congress could explicitly allow the participation of
…A federal district judge in Indianapolis last week responded to a higher court’s directive and entered an amended partial final judgement in drug manufacturer Lilly’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit. It is not clear whether the judge did enough to satisfy
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