In a new study published in Health Affairs, researchers find that drug manufacturers are likely to profit from donations they make to patient assistance charities that help patients cover out-of-pocket costs associated with expensive treatments for serious and often rare
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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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A federal jury in Illinois last week ordered drug manufacturer Lilly to pay more than $61 million in damages for misstating its average manufacturer prices (AMP) and underpaying Medicaid drug rebates.
AMP is a key component used to determine 340B
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CivicaScript, a unit of hospital-owned nonprofit drug company Civica Rx, has launched its first low-cost generic drug available in the outpatient pharmacy setting: abiraterone acetate (brand name Zytiga) used to treat metastatic prostate cancer. The company will sell abiraterone to
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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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Patients receiving inpatient care at 340B disproportionate share hospitals are significantly more likely to be low income than those receiving outpatient care, according to a new study funded by the brand name drug trade group PhRMA.
Hospital eligibility in the
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Purdue Pharma’s Avrio Health subsidiary is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on Betasept antiseptic surgical scrub for purchases spanning 16 years—from Q2 2005 through Q2 2021. That period covers more than half of the 340B program’s existence.
During
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The brand drug industry’s recent full-page ad in The Washington Post saying the 340B program helps big hospitals and chain pharmacies but not patients is “hypocritical slander,” AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein said last week.
“PhRMA calling for drug price
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