CORRECTION Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, 8:15 p.m.—Earlier today, we misdescribed Novo Nordisk’s 340B contract pharmacy policy. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2021, Novo Nordisk stopped facilitating bill to/ship to distribution of 340B product to hospital contract pharmacies. We incorrectly said Novo
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U.S. Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Abigail Spanberger’s (D-Va.) bipartisan PROTECT 340B Act (H.R. 4390) can “resolve two of the most intractable challenges in the 340B program in one fell swoop” while satisfying both covered entities and drug manufacturers, 340B
…An upstate New York health center has sued the nation’s four major insulin manufacturers for allegedly conspiring to stop offering 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
Mosaic Health’s July 30 lawsuit claims that insulin manufacturers’ Sanofi, Eli
…340B covered entities dodged a bullet Sunday when U.S. Senate negotiators released the text of a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure-spending bill. It did not contain Medicaid managed care “spread pricing” language that entities have been fending off since 2019. Entities
…A new federal law to help financially distressed rural hospitals stay open in a reduced capacity would not preserve the hospitals’ eligibility for 340B drug discounts.
Federal spending legislation that President Trump signed into law last Dec. 27 included a
…Attorneys for the government and drug manufacturer Eli Lilly dueled over the legality of 340B contract pharmacy requirements during a hearing before a federal district judge in Indianapolis today.
Stakeholders are watching the Lilly case closely because, given how far
…An influential Republican congressman on Monday cautioned against amending federal spending legislation to rebuke six drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
During a July 26 U.S. House Rules Committee hearing, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas)
…AstraZeneca and the federal government have filed a new round of briefs in the drug manufacturer’s 340B contract pharmacy lawsuit, this round focused on the government’s May 17 letter telling the company its contract pharmacy actions are illegal.
In a
…The 340B program “will not be overlooked” if the drug industry strikes a grand bargain with Congress and the Biden administration on lowering drug prices, biopharma policy analyst Michael McCaughan predicted this week during a talk on drug pricing reform
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