A federal district judge was right to rule last November that drug makers Novo Nordisk and Sanofi may not tie strings to 340B pricing when providers use contract pharmacies, the federal government told a federal appeals court in Philadelphia last
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to retail pharmacies yesterday about their “unique role … in ensuring access to comprehensive reproductive health care services”—including filling prescriptions for drugs that can end or prevent pregnancy.
Mifepristone and
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Drug manufacturer Merck sued the federal government on Friday over the government’s May 6 letter telling the company its conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals and health centers use contract pharmacies are illegal. The government warned Merck it could be
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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and drug maker Johnson & Johnson each filed a friend of the court brief in June backing Novartis and United Therapeutics in those two companies’ appeals of a federal district judge’s November decision that
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Five groups that represent 340B hospitals have filed briefs in two federal appeals courts backing the federal government in its fight to force drug manufacturers Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca to end restrictions on 340B drug discounts when covered entities use
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Drug manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Sanofi last month urged a federal appeals court to reverse a district judge’s ruling that the companies’ conditions on 340B pricing when providers use multiple contract pharmacies violate the 340B statute.
Meanwhile, the federal government
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In Important Ruling, Federal Appeals Court Says Health Center May Challenge 340B Patient Definition’s Legality
A federal appeals court ruled unanimously this morning that a South Carolina health center has the right to challenge the legality of the government’s 340B patient definition in a lower federal court. The case ultimately could have profound implications for
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The American Hospital Association wants to discuss with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra how 340B hospitals should be promptly repaid “for all of the years (2018-2022) in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) illegally
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A federal district judge was right to decide that drug manufacturer Lilly cannot tie strings to 340B pricing on its drugs, the U.S. Justice Department told a federal appeals court in Chicago on Friday. But, DOJ said, the judge was
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One of two groups of Florida health care providers that drug maker Gilead accused of making fraudulent 340B-related transactions involving the company’s HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drugs agreed last week to settle Gilead’s claims against it for $33 million.
A mediation
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