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More Drugmakers Exempt New States from 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

August 6, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Sanofi was one of three drug manufacturers to recently update its contract pharmacy restrictions in response to new state laws.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Viatris are fully or partially exempting additional states from their 340B contract pharmacy restrictions. [...]

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Third Drugmaker Sues Kansas Over Its 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

August 6, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Novartis became the third pharmaceutical manufacturer to sue Kansas over its 340B contract pharmacy access law.

Novartis is now the third drug manufacturer to challenge Kansas’ new law prohibiting drug manufacturers from restricting contract pharmacy access [...]

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U.S. Government, 340B Provider Groups Urge Appeals Court to Reverse Dismissal of Health System’s 340B Whistleblower Lawsuit

August 1, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Adventist Health System/West's 340B whistleblower lawsuit received four amicus briefs in support of its appeal to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The U.S. government is urging a federal appeals court to dismiss a lower court’s “erroneous” decision to dismiss a California [...]

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PhRMA Petitions Supreme Court to Overturn Arkansas’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

August 1, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

PhRMA petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take a case on the constitutionality of Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy access law.

A powerful drug industry trade group has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court’s decision to [...]

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Two Hospitals Sue HRSA to Block ‘Unlawfully Authorized’ Drugmaker 340B Program Audits

July 26, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Oregon Health & Science University Hospital is one of two 340B hospitals to sue HRSA over approving a drugmaker audit. (Photo by M.O. Stevens)

Two 340B hospitals urged a federal district court to block drugmaker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) from conducting “unlawfully authorized” audits [...]

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Merck, Wisconsin Health System Join 340B Working Table; 300+ Firms Lobbied on 340B in Q2

July 25, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Merck and Marshfield Clinic Health System have joined the growing list of organizations in the 340B Working Table.

New Jersey-based drug manufacturing giant Merck and a large Wisconsin-based health system are the latest to join the 340B Working [...]

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Health System Urges Federal Appeals Court to Revive 340B Overcharge Lawsuit Against Major Drugmakers

July 23, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Adventist Health System/West alleged in a lawsuit that four major drugmakers defrauded the federal government by overcharging for 340B drugs.

A California health system has urged a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court’s decision to dismiss its lawsuit [...]

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First Drugmaker Sues Missouri Over its 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

July 23, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

AbbVie asked a federal district court to declare unconstitutional Missouri's 340B contract pharmacy access law.

Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie yesterday became the first drugmaker to file suit against Missouri’s new law prohibiting 340B contract pharmacy restrictions [...]

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Merck, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Exempt States from 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions — Including First for Missouri

July 23, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Merck became the first drugmaker to announce it would loosen its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in Missouri in response to a new state law.

Merck will loosen its 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in Minnesota and Missouri, becoming the first drugmaker to officially update its [...]

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Massachusetts 340B Measures Addressing PBM Discrimination and Medicaid Drug Coverage Fall Short in Senate, Sponsor Plans to Refile Bill Next Session

July 19, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A contract pharmacy access bill could still pass in Massachusetts despite the end of the formal legislative session.

The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday failed to adopt legislation that would have prohibited pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from imposing discriminatory [...]

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More Drugmakers Exempt New States from 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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Third Drugmaker Sues Kansas Over Its 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

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U.S. Government, 340B Provider Groups Urge Appeals Court to Reverse Dismissal of Health System’s 340B Whistleblower Lawsuit

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PhRMA Petitions Supreme Court to Overturn Arkansas’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

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Two Hospitals Sue HRSA to Block ‘Unlawfully Authorized’ Drugmaker 340B Program Audits

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Merck, Wisconsin Health System Join 340B Working Table; 300+ Firms Lobbied on 340B in Q2

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Health System Urges Federal Appeals Court to Revive 340B Overcharge Lawsuit Against Major Drugmakers

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First Drugmaker Sues Missouri Over its 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Law

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Merck, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Exempt States from 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions — Including First for Missouri

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