A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling about administrative law judges who hear patent disputes confirms that rules establishing the 340B program’s administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process are constitutional, government lawyers told a federal district judge this month.
Under the 340B
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A federal district judge this week gave six hospital groups and a drug industry services provider permission to separately offer their expert advice in drug manufacturer Sanofi’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit.
In a friend-of-the-court brief, the hospital groups accused
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It is unclear whether congressional Democrats will meet their self-appointed deadline to pass and send to President Biden this week a $3.5 trillion economic and social welfare bill including major drug pricing reforms.
340B covered entities worry that language that
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A Republican U.S. senator on an important health care spending committee wants Congress to pass a law preserving the Trump administration’s controversial requirement that community health centers pass along all their 340B savings on insulin and EpiPen-like devices to low-income,
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Six national hospital groups late last week urged Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to exclude language “that would negatively impact 340B” from major drug pricing reforms that could be voted on this week.
The American Hospital Association, 340B Health, America’s
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)—one of the most-engaged members of Congress on 340B matters—has announced he will seek an eighth Senate term in next year’s congressional elections.
Grassley, 88, is the Senate’s second-oldest member. (California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, also 88,
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A federal judge yesterday denied drug maker Novartis’ request to speed up a hearing on its request that the judge block the government from punishing the company over its denials of 340B pricing when health care providers use contract pharmacies.
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The decision by the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to refer six drug manufacturers to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department of the Office of The Inspector General (HHS OIG) for refusing to offer 340B discounts to
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The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) says it plans to resume some onsite 340B compliance audits of covered entities starting in October. This is sparking concern among 340B providers in light of crisis conditions in some states fueled
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