The U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s latest drug pricing legislation includes language, not seen before in earlier House and Senate versions, about denying 340B covered entities’ access to government-negotiated lower prices on drugs covered under Medicare.
The committee released the
A federal district judge in Washington, D.C., has paused Boehringer Ingelheim’s (BI) 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit while the federal government decides whether to appeal the same judge’s Nov. 5 joint ruling in Novartis and United Therapeutics’ (UT) contract pharmacy suits.
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Drug manufacturer Lilly said this morning it looks forward to reviewing the Biden administration’s proposed new 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) regulation when it becomes available “and hope[s] that it addresses the serious shortcomings of the current rule.”
“As Lilly
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The Biden administration plans to replace its 340B administrative dispute resolution (ADR) regulation with an entirely new rule that “better aligns with the president’s priorities on drug pricing [and] better reflects the current state of the 340B program.”
The administration
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The ban on 340B pricing on orphan drugs for over 1,000 hospitals may give companies that make drugs used primarily for common diseases or conditions a strong financial incentive to get an orphan designation for those drugs, a federal watchdog
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“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli’s former company and former business partner agreed Tuesday to settle legal claims brought against them by the U.S. and seven state governments arising from the company’s purchase of and 4,000% price increase on the drug Daraprim,
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The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) has filed suit challenging the continuation in 2021 of a nearly 30% cut in Medicare Part B reimbursement for hospitals’ 340B-purchased physician-administered drugs.
KUMC filed the suit Nov. 24 in U.S. District Court
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Drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson’s decision to end voluntary 340B drug discounts on orphan drugs to more than 1,000 rural hospitals at the end of this year “will make it even harder for patients to access drugs they desperately need,”
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The Democratic-led U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee is holding a hearing this Thursday to review the findings of its nearly three-year investigation into drug industry pricing and business practices.
The Dec. 9 hearing starts at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. It’s
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The federal government on Wednesday told the judge that ruled against it in drug makers Novartis and United Therapeutics’ (UT) 340B contract pharmacy lawsuits it needs more “time to decide whether to file appeals.”
The government’s Dec. 1 statement about
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