Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly late yesterday filed notice that it is appealing a federal district judge’s Oct. 29 ruling partially in Lilly’s favor and partially for the federal government on the legality of Lilly’s denials of 340B ceiling prices when
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In a major organizational change, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has redefined the job of Director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA), the HRSA unit that runs the 340B program.
For the first time in 340B
…Although Congress was able to pass a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package last week, the nearly $1.8 trillion Build Back Better bill remains bogged down by infighting among Democrats. Its numerous drug pricing provisions will likely undergo changes prior to
…The smoke is still clearing from three federal district judges’ recent decisions in drug manufacturers Lilly, Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, and United Therapeutics’ 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits. In the rulings’ wake, we are keeping close tabs on what happens next
…A hospital group says two federal district judges got it right, but one got it wrong, on whether drug manufacturers are legally bound to provide 340B drug discounts for drugs dispensed at contract pharmacies.
In a Nov. 6 statement, 340B
…A federal district judge last night issued the second court ruling of the day involving drug manufacturers’ denials of and limitations on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies. Like the day’s earlier ruling, this one too was mixed,
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Breaking: Federal Judge Hands Down Mixed Opinion in Sanofi and Novo Nordisk’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Lawsuits
A federal district judge this afternoon upheld the federal government’s finding that drug manufacturers Sanofi and Novo Nordisk cannot unilaterally impose restrictions on offers of 340B pricing to covered entities and that their policies must cease.
U.S. Chief District Judge
…The federal government on Tuesday urged the judges in AstraZeneca, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, and United Therapeutics’ separate 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits to follow the lead of the judge in Lilly’s case and hold that these five companies’ contract pharmacy
…President Biden yesterday nominated the federal district judge assigned to AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit to fill a vacancy on a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.
The White House announced U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark’s nomination to be a
…Democratic lawmakers have come to an agreement for placing a limited drug price negotiation plan for the Medicare program into the Build Back Better bill, but how it will impact the 340B program remains to be seen.
“By empowering Medicare
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