Category: Judicial

HHS Asks Court to Deny Injunction Against Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

August 17, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

HHS asked the U.S. District Court in Dayton, Ohio to deny a preliminary injunction that would prevent Medicare drug price negotiations.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asked a federal court to deny a preliminary injunction sought by [...]

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Major Drug Company Sues Louisiana Over 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

August 15, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

AstraZeneca will discontinue a certain bottle dosage of its breast cancer drug Truqap (capiversatib) by the end of the year but allow 340B covered entities to replenish their supply with an equivalent dose in blister pack package form.

Drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, one of the first companies to place restrictions on 340B discounts in the contract pharmacy setting, has [...]

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Five Major Drug Makers Oppose Health Center’s Legal Challenge to 340B Patient Definition

August 8, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

AbbVie, BMS, Lilly, and Merck jointly asked a federal district court to dismiss a health center’s challenge to the 340B patient definition. Drug maker Janssen asked the same separately.

Drug makers AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen, Lilly, and Merck asked a federal district court in South Carolina on Friday [...]

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Louisiana’s New 340B Contract Pharmacy Law Goes Into Effect Today; PhRMA Sues and Teva Suspends its Restrictions in the State

August 1, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Brand drug trade group PhRMA is suing Louisiana over its law protecting 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.

Today is the first day of Louisiana’s new law protecting 340B program contract pharmacy arrangements and there have already been [...]

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HRSA Tells Federal Court it Still Stands by its 340B Patient Definition in Closely Watched Case

August 1, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

HRSA says it stands by its patient definition in Genesis' federal lawsuit seeking a far broader definition.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) still stands by its 340B program patient definition, the agency said in [...]

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Johnson & Johnson, Astellas Each Sue to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

July 20, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Johnson & Johnson and Astellas are the latest drugmakers to sue in federal court to stop Medicare drug price negotiation.

Drug manufacturers Johnson & Johnson and Astellas Pharma have each asked federal district courts to strike down parts of the [...]

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Judge Rejects 340B Provider Challenge to California Medicaid Drug Payment Shift

July 18, 2023 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

A federal district judge in Sacramento, Calif., dismissed a lawsuit on July 17 aimed at reversing the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care drugs benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

A federal district judge in Sacramento, Calif., recently dismissed a lawsuit aimed at reversing the state’s January 2022 transfer of [...]

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Asks Court to Pause Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

July 18, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked a federal district court last week for a preliminary injunction against Medicare drug price negotiation.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked a federal district court in Ohio last week to stop Medicare from implementing the [...]

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340B Prime Vendor Apexus and AIDS Healthcare Foundation Are Trying to Settle Lawsuit Over Sub-Ceiling Price Discounts

July 7, 2023 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

AHF has asked a federal appeals court to reverse an earlier court's decision to dismiss a case against Apexus over its provision of 340B sub-ceiling price discounts on drugs.

Apexus, the federally contracted 340B prime vendor, and AIDS Healthcare Foundation are meeting with a mediator to try to settle [...]

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Health Center Invokes 340B Contract Pharmacy Ruling in Key 340B Patient Definition Federal Lawsuit

June 23, 2023 Tom Mirga, Editor at Large Views

South Carolina health center Genesis Health Care told a federal court that HRSA lacks authority to enforce its 1996 340B patient definition and misinterpreted congressional intent about who is a 340B eligible patient.

Federal health care officials can’t make a South Carolina health center obey their reading of the 340B patient definition for the same reason a federal appeals court said in January that the officials can’t force drug manufacturers to deliver 340B

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