Rosen Introduces Bill to Boost Nonprofit Drug Makers’ Competitiveness

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen's (D-Nev.) bill, S. 2257, is aimed at boosting nonprofit drug companies' competitiveness.

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) has introduced legislation to help nonprofit drug companies compete in the market with their for-profit counterparts.

Rosen’s bill S. 2257, the Expanding Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices Act, would make it simpler

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News Alert: Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Protect 340B Providers From Reimbursement Cuts and Address Duplicate Discount Challenge

Reps. David McKinley (R-WV) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced legislation today to address so called pickpocketing of 340B provider savings and establish a clearinghouse to address duplicate discounts.

Reps. David McKinley (R-WV) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced the PROTECT 340B Act today, which would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and other third-party payers from paying 340B providers below-market rates or engaging in other perceived discriminatory contracting practices. While

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Hospital Groups Outraged at Boehringer Ingelheim, Company Defends Its Plans and Calls for 340B Overhaul

Hospitals call Boehringer Ingelheim’s contract pharmacy plans “appalling” while company calls for “substantial reform” of the 340B program.

Hospital trade group 340B Health has asked pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) to withdraw its plan to cut off discounts for drugs that are distributed by contract pharmacies. However, BI does not appear to be backing down and the German-based company

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Will Take Up Case Involving Medicare Part B Cuts to 340B Hospitals

The U.S. Supreme Court this morning agreed to take up a case regarding Medicare Part B cuts to 340B hospitals. | Shutterstock

The U.S. Supreme Court this morning agreed to review a federal appeals court’s July 2020 ruling upholding a nearly 30% reduction in Medicare Part B drug reimbursement for hospitals’ 340B-purchased drugs.

The court’s decision to hear American Hospital Association (AHA)

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Judge Rejects Government’s Contention that AstraZeneca’s 340B Lawsuit Is Moot

A federal judge yesterday, acting in a lawsuit filed by AstraZeneca, vacated HHS's December 2020 advisory opinion that the 340B statute compels drug manufacturers to offer 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies to dispense covered drugs to patients.

A federal district judge in Delaware yesterday rejected the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) position that its withdrawal of its December 2020 advisory opinion on 340B contract pharmacy rendered drug manufacturer AstraZeneca’s claims against the opinion moot.

In

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Hospitals File New Suit To Reverse Steep Part B Payment Cuts for 340B Drugs

More than 150 hospitals have sued HHS to reverse CMS's steep payment cut for 340B-purchased drugs covered under Medicare Part B. | Shutterstock

More than 150 hospitals have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the latest attempt by providers to end steep cuts in 340B reimbursement at their off-campus outpatient sites.

Filed in district court in Washington, D.C.,

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Pfizer Invokes 340B Contract Pharmacy Ruling in its Lawsuit Over Copay Assistance

Pfizer has cited a federal judge’s opinion in AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit in Pfizer’s own lawsuit aimed at striking down federal restrictions on manufacturer copay assistance to Medicare beneficiaries

Drug manufacturer Pfizer last week cited a federal judge’s June 16 opinion in AstraZeneca’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit in Pfizer’s own lawsuit aimed at striking down federal restrictions on manufacturer copay assistance to Medicare beneficiaries.

Pfizer sued the U.S. Health

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HRSA Makes Tweaks to 340B Program Database

HRSA yesterday announced changes to the covered entity registration and manufacturer pricing components of 340B OPAIS, the 340B program database.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) posted a notice yesterday about changes to the covered entity registration and manufacturer pricing components of 340B OPAIS, the 340B program database.

Today is the first day

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Three Drug Makers Answer HRSA’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Letters Defiantly

Lilly, Novartis, and Sanofi sent HRSA defiant responses to its May 17 letters telling the companies that their 340B contract pharmacy policies were illegal.

On May 17, the federal government told six drug companies that their 340B contract pharmacy policies were illegal, and it asked them to provide updates by June 1 on their plans to comply with the law.

At least three of

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DOJ Says Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s 340B Actions Cost Providers Over $125 Million a Month and Hurt Patients

A federal court sided with a group of Texas hospitals’ efforts to block an HHS rule.

Drug manufacturers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s denials of 340B drug discounts when covered entities use contract pharmacies are causing entities to lose more than a combined total of $125 million per month in 340B program savings, federal filings in

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