Arkansas and 340B Providers Ask Appeals Court to Back State’s Novel 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

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The state of Arkansas and Arkansas 340B covered entities asked a federal appeals court yesterday to uphold the state's novel 340B anti-discrimination law.

The state of Arkansas and Arkansas 340B covered entities separately asked a federal appeals court yesterday to back a judge’s decision in December that the state’s novel 340B anti-discrimination law is not preempted by the 340B statute nor by the

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Novartis to Appeals Court: Our New 340B Contract Pharmacy Policy Doesn’t Affect Our Case Before You

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Drugmaker Novartis is offering refunds to 340B covered entities on certain purchases of two radiopharmaceuticals.

Drug maker Novartis told a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. Tuesday its revised 340B contract pharmacy policy “does not impact the legal arguments at issue” in its 340B contract pharmacy case awaiting the court’s decision.

If the court disagrees,

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340B Prime Vendor Apexus Asks Court to Dismiss AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Breach of Contract Suit

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The 340B prime vendor Apexus asked the federal district court in Los Angeles to dismiss AIDS Healthcare Foundation's claims that Apexus failed and refused to negotiate sub-ceiling discounts on HIV/AIDS drugs.

Apexus, the federally contracted 340B prime vendor, asked a federal district judge in Los Angeles on Friday to dismiss AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s lawsuit alleging that Apexus has failed and refused to negotiate sub-ceiling 340B discounts on HIV/AIDS prescription drugs pursuant

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N.Y. State Judge Dismisses 340B-Related Antitrust Suit Against CVS

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A New York State judge dismissed the state attorney general's 340B-related antitrust lawsuit against CVS Health.

A New York State judge has dismissed the state’s antitrust lawsuit alleging that CVS Health illegally makes 340B covered entities use its 340B third party administrator Wellpartner in order to contract with CVS retail and specialty pharmacies to dispense 340B-purchased

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Feds Considering Asking Full Appeals Court to Rehear Case Over AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Policies

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HHS might ask the full U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a a lawsuit over AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s 340B contract pharmacy policies.

The federal government may ask all 14 judges on the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel’s unanimous January opinion upholding AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi’s restrictions on 340B pricing when their drugs are shipped to

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Arkansas 340B Contract Pharmacy Law “Trespassed on Exclusively Federal Turf,” PhRMA Tells Appeals Court

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A decision upholding Arkansas' state contract pharmacy law from the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals could cause more states to push similar laws, attorneys and lobbyists said.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America asked a U.S. appeals court in St. Louis, Mo. last week to strike down Arkansas’s first-of-its-kind 340B contract pharmacy law, arguing that it intrudes on the 340B statute and frustrates Congress’ intent to limit

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Judge Pauses PhRMA’s 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution Lawsuit

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A federal district judge in Baltimore has paused PhRMA's lawsuit challenging the current 340B program administrative dispute resolution process.

A federal district judge in Baltimore, Md., yesterday stayed the brand drug industry’s lawsuit challenging the December 2020 340B program administrative dispute resolution final rule.

Lawyers for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary

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Calif. Medicaid Drug Benefit Transfer Will Harm Care at 340B Health Centers, National and State Groups Tell Court

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The National Association of Community Health Centers and the California Primary Care Association filed briefs in federal district court in Sacramento in a case that seeks to reverse California’s shift of Medicaid pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

National and state health center associations have filed amicus briefs in a lawsuit over California’s shift of Medicaid pharmacy benefits to Medicaid fee for service. They say the move will cost 340B providers in the state millions in savings needed

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Drugmakers Urge Appeals Courts to Follow Third Circuit Ruling and Uphold 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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Lilly, Novartis, and United Therapeutics want the appeals courts hearing their 340B contract pharmacy cases to follow the lead of the appeals court in AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk’s cases and uphold their 340B policies.

Drugmakers Lilly, Novartis, and United Therapeutics this week urged federal appeals courts in Chicago and Washington, D.C., to follow the lead of the appeals court in Philadelphia and uphold their restrictions on 340B providers’ use of contract pharmacies.   

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AHA Seeks Meeting with HHS About Repaying 340B Hospitals for Illegal Medicare Drug Reimbursement Cuts

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The AHA wants to meet with HHS to hear how the government will repay 340B hospitals for five years’ worth of illegal Medicare Part B drug reimbursement cuts.

The American Hospital Association yesterday asked to meet with the team of federal officials that will decide how the government will repay 340B hospitals for five years’ worth of illegal Medicare Part B drug reimbursement cuts. The amount of refunds

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