Category: Pharma Industry

340B ESP New Data Request Raises Concerns About Overreach

February 23, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Courtney McFarland, partner at AAFCPAs, said 340B ESP was asking for types of data that she had not seen the vendor previously request.

The drugmaker vendor 340B ESP’s recent requests for additional claims data from some 340B hospitals has raised concerns from 340B [...]

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340B Contract Pharmacy Bills Introduced in Utah, Kansas, New York; Committees Approve Bills in Oregon, Oklahoma

February 21, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Utah state Sen. Evan Vickers (R), senate majority leader, this week introduced one of multiple new state 340B contract pharmacy bills.

The majority leader of the Utah state senate and a key committee in the Kansas state senate each introduced bills [...]

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AIDS Group Protests Health Center-Drug Industry Alliance Outside NACHC Policy Forum

February 21, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

AHF protested NACHC's partnership with drug industry advocates outside of a health center policy forum in Washington, D.C.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) staged a protest over the partnership between health centers and drug industry advocates outside a [...]

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Health System, Drugmakers Battle Over Dismissal Request in 340B Penny Pricing Fraud Suit

February 21, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Calif-based Adventist Health System/West and four drugmakers are clashing in federal district court over allegations of 340B overcharges.

A California health system and four drugmakers have filed dueling arguments over the pharmaceutical companies’ effort to dismiss a fraud [...]

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FTC, HHS Seek Comments on Role of GPOs, Wholesalers on Generic Drug Shortages

February 21, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

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The FTC and HHS asked for stakeholder feedback on generic drug shortages, which could have implications for the 340B program.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are requesting comments on how group [...]

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PhRMA Washington Post Advertorial Highlights Data Critical of 340B Program

February 21, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

A pharmaceutical industry advertorial in the Washington Post questioned whether the 340B program benefited hospital patients.

The leading advocacy group for pharmaceutical manufacturers recently published an advertorial in the Washington Post that highlights a range of [...]

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PhRMA Map Highlights State-Specific Extent of Hospitals’ Contract Pharmacy Usage

February 15, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

Nicole Longo, a spokesperson for PhRMA, said a new state-specific map of 340B contract pharmacy usage illuminates the "radical transformation" of the program.

The leading drugmaker advocacy group issued a data-linked map that aims to highlight the extent of contract pharmacy usage by [...]

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Virginia State Senate Unanimously Passes 340B Contract Pharmacy Protections

February 13, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

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The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate both overwhelmingly passed a bill to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state.

The Virginia state senate last Friday unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the [...]

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Oregon 340B Contract Pharmacy Bill Moves Toward Vote, Illinois Introduces Its Own Bill

February 13, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Oregon state lawmakers pulled a bill to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions shortly after a similar Utah bill died in committee.

A key committee in the Oregon state house could vote tomorrow on a bill that would prohibit drugmaker 340B contract [...]

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340B Arises Briefly in Much-Anticipated Senate Hearing on High Prescription Drug Prices

February 8, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Joaquin Duato, CEO of J&J, said 340B "is an important program" in response to questioning from Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.).

One influential Republican senator criticized 340B and another Republican senator expressed support for the program during today’s much-awaited Senate committee [...]

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