House GOP Task Force Apparently Takes a Pass on Making 340B Recommendations

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A House GOP task force subcommittee chaired by Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) apparently has decided not to recommend 340B policies the party can advance if its takes control of the House following the November elections.

A U.S. House Republican task force assigned to develop proposals the party can advance if the GOP takes the majority in the November elections apparently chose not to make recommendations for the 340B program.

The Healthy Future Task Force’s affordability

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Senate Democratic Drug Pricing Bill Buoyed by Large Savings Estimate

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Spending on pharmaceuticals in the 340B drug discount program went from nearly $7 billion in 2010 to $44 billion by 2021—a 19% annual increase—according to preliminary Congressional Budget Office estimates released this week.

U.S. Senate Democrats’ revamped drug pricing legislation would lower the federal deficit by $287 billion over 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said late last week.

Last November, CBO estimated that drug pricing language in the House-passed Build Back

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Analysts Still Digesting Senate Democratic Drug Pricing Bill’s 340B Changes

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Covered entities are studying how a new drug pricing bill would affect access to 340B pricing on drugs subject to Medicare price negotiation.

If Congress votes to gives Medicare the power to negotiate some drug prices, drug manufacturers would not have to provide price concessions that exceed the lower of a drug’s 340B price or the Medicare negotiated price, according to a summary

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Appropriations Committee Passes Spending Bill with Increase in OPA Funding and Call to Action on Manufacturer Restrictions

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HRSA's Office of Pharmacy Affairs would get $13.2 million in fiscal year 2023 under a bill the House Appropriations Committee passed last week.

The U.S. Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA), the department within the U.S Health and Resources Administration that oversees the 340B program, would receive a $2 million increase in funding under a bill that passed through a major House committee last

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100 Congressional Democrats Urge HHS to Use Existing Power to Lower Drug Prices

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Congressional Democrats want HHS to use march-in rights and other existing authority to lower drug prices.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should swiftly use its existing statutory authority—including forcing drug patent owners to license their products to others—to lower drug prices, 100 Democratic members of Congress urged HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra late last

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Drug Makers’ 340B Overcharging Must Be Addressed, House E&C Democrat Dingell Says During Hearing

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Drug manufacturers’ conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies “need to be addressed moving forward,” U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said during a recent hearing.

Drug manufacturers’ decisions to impose conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies “need to be addressed moving forward,” U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said last week during an Energy & Commerce (E&C) health subcommittee hearing last week.

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House Appropriators Ask Feds to Use “Any Available Measures” to Curb Pharma’s 340B Pricing Denials

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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee says HRSA should use "any available means" to hold drug makers accountable for curtailing "use of 340B drugs in contract pharmacies."

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee said this week it is concerned about the growing number of drug manufacturers “that curtail the use of 340B drugs in contract pharmacies.” It encouraged the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to use “any

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As UCB Reviews HRSA’s 340B Enforcement Letter, Grassley Presses OIG for Answers

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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), after meeting with 340B hospital employees in his home state, tweeted that he needs answers about drug company 340B violations and actions HHS may take.

Drug manufacturer UCB says it is reviewing Monday’s letter from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration telling the company its restrictions on 340B pricing to covered entities that use contract pharmacies break federal law and must end immediately.

“At

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Sponsor Halts California Bill to Shield 340B Providers from Manufacturers and PBMs’ Actions

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California state Sen. Richard Pan (D) asked a state Assembly committee to cancel a hearing on his Senate-approved bill to prohibit drug manufacturer conditions on 340B pricing and pharmacy benefit manager discrimination against 340B covered entities.

A bill in California to prohibit drug manufacturer conditions on 340B pricing and pharmacy benefit manager discrimination against 340B covered entities died in a state Assembly committee on Tuesday.

The state Senate voted 24-9 to pass the bill, SB-939, on

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Schumer Pledges to Hold Senate Vote Soon on New Bill to Make Insulin More Affordable

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U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), left, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation to make insulin more affordable.

A new bipartisan bill to make insulin more affordable for patients could be up for a U.S. Senate vote as early as next month. There are doubts the bill will get enough Republican support to pass, however, dooming it to

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