Category: Judicial

Hospitals, health centers, and clinics are losing a projected $3.2 billion a year in 340B program savings due to six drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B pricing on drugs shipped to contract pharmacies, the federal government said in a court filing

Drug manufacturer AstraZeneca and the federal government are miles apart on what a federal judge should do next after ruling last week that the government had no basis for stating in December that the 340B statute unambiguously requires manufacturers to

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has submitted a blistering motion asking that a lawsuit filed by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) to strike down the new 340B program administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process be tossed out of court.

The federal government notified drug makers Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi in court papers on Friday about its withdrawal of its 340B contract pharmacy legal advisory opinion, in connection with AstraZeneca’s contract pharmacy lawsuit. It said the withdrawal does not

Groups representing 340B covered entities are emphasizing the positives in what they say was a federal judge’s otherwise disappointing opinion Wednesday on whether drug makers must offer 340B ceiling prices when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

The groups’ message is,

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 this morning that Texas and a dozen other Republican-led states lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

In addition to expanding health insurance to 21 million Americans, the ACA included

A federal district judge ruled today that the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) position that the 340B statute requires drug manufacturers that participate in the 340B program to offer discounts on drugs dispensed by contract pharmacies “is not

In a 53-44 vote, the U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed President Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the federal district judge who has been assigned to two closely watched 340B-related lawsuits, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for