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Dark-Money 340B Attacks, Rebate Model Among Key Concerns at 340B Coalition Winter Conference

February 25, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B Health leader Maureen Testoni criticizes a dark-money group's misleading ads during her talk at the 2025 340B Coalition Winter Conference in San Diego.

Concerns over a highly charged and misleading dark-money campaign targeting state contract pharmacy access bills and the legal fight surrounding [...]

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Federal Judge Denies Novartis’ Bid to Block Missouri’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

February 25, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

U.S. District Judge Douglas Harpool of the Western District of Missouri denied Novartis’ motion for preliminary injunction against Missouri’s contract pharmacy access law.

A federal judge yesterday rejected Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis’ bid to block Missouri’s law prohibiting drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions [...]

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Two State Legislative Chambers Overwhelmingly Pass 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bills

February 24, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

North Dakota Rep. Dick Anderson (R) said the state's 340B contract pharmacy access bill was "critical for rural healthcare" shortly before the House voted overwhelmingly to pass that legislation on Feb. 21.

The North Dakota House and the South Dakota Senate have each overwhelmingly voted to pass bills that would prohibit drugmakers [...]

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Kentucky Senate Overwhelming Passes 340B Contract Pharmacy Bill; Federal Judge Partially Dismisses Novartis’ Case Against Missouri Law

February 14, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Kentucky state Senate voted, by a 33-4 margin, to pass 340B contract pharmacy access legislation on Feb. 13.

The Kentucky Senate late yesterday overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill prohibiting drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state—the [...]

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Engels Again Takes the Helm at Key 340B Agency

February 11, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Former HRSA administrator Tom Engels has returned to lead the agency tasked with overseeing the 340B program.

Tom Engels, who served as Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) administrator during the last two years of President Donald [...]

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HELP Committee Questions RFK Jr. on Drug Pricing, Medicare and Medicaid but Not 340B

January 30, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), fielded [...]

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Novartis is Fifth Drugmaker to Sue HRSA to Implement Controversial 340B Rebate Model

January 17, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Novartis is suing HRSA to impose a controversial 340B rebate model that the agency has not authorized.

Novartis this week became the fifth manufacturer to sue the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to implement a 340B [...]

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Fed. Court Rejects AstraZeneca’s Request to Halt Mississippi’s Contract Pharmacy Law, Dealing Another Blow to Drug Industry

December 27, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A Mississippi federal court has denied AstraZeneca’s request for a preliminary injunction against that state's contract pharmacy access law.

A federal judge this week denied AstraZeneca’s request for a preliminary injunction against Mississippi’s contract pharmacy access law, marking the [...]

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Rep. Buddy Carter, 340B Critic, to Chair Key Subcommittee That Oversees Program

December 20, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.) will lead the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee in the 119th Congress.

U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.), a pharmacist who has advocated for major changes to the 340B program which many [...]

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Federal Judge Blocks West Virginia from Enforcing Contract Pharmacy Access Law While Challenges Play Out

December 18, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston of the Southern District of West Virginia granted motions for preliminary injunction against West Virginia’s contract pharmacy access law.

In the first major legal setback for states pursuing contract pharmacy protections, a federal district judge ruled yesterday that West Virginia officials cannot enforce the state’s contract pharmacy access law while three drug industry legal challenges play out.

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