U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told members of Congress on Thursday that his department is doing all it can with the tools it has to address drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B pricing involving contract pharmacies.
If lawmakers
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Drug manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) said on Friday that health centers will be subject to its limits on 340B pricing involving contract pharmacies starting Sept. 1. The restrictions previously applied to hospitals only. “At this time, for all other federal
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James today sued CVS Health for allegedly forcing the state’s 340B covered entities to use CVS’s 340B third party administrator Wellpartner as a condition for letting the entities contract with CVS retail and specialty
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One hundred eighty-one U.S. House members—144 Democrats and 37 Republicans—urged the Biden administration on Friday to quickly impose civil monetary penalties against all drug manufacturers that restrict access to 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
“Manufacturers have received
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The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) strongly urged the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra yesterday “to swiftly impose” fines on drug manufacturers that restrict shipments of 340B-purchased drugs to contract pharmacies and “hold manufacturers accountable
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340B contract pharmacy grew in affluent and White neighborhoods from 2011 to 2019 but declined in impoverished, Black, and Latino neighborhoods, raising questions about “the degree to which 340B program growth serves vulnerable communities,” according to research published this morning
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The National Association of Community Health Centers urged Congress and the Biden administration this afternoon to force drug companies to ship 340B drugs to contract pharmacies unconditionally and stop pharmacy benefit managers from siphoning off health centers’ 340B savings.
NACHC
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Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Exelixis yesterday became the 17th drug maker to impose conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals use contract pharmacies.
The company, a specialty manufacturer with two high-priced drug products on the market, announced its policy in email notices to covered
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Twenty-five states are backing the federal government in litigation before two federal appeals courts over drug manufacturers’ denials of 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general filed friend of the court briefs this
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Drug manufacturer Merck today extended its restrictions on 340B pricing involving contract pharmacies to community health centers. The restrictions have applied only to hospital covered entities until now.
Other grantee covered entities remain exempt “at this time,” Merck said, adding
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