Drug manufacturer Merck today stiffened its conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals and community health centers use contract pharmacies to dispense most Merck drugs to patients.
Merck told covered entities about the changes in a letter delivered by email
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Drug manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals said last week it would pay refunds for overcharges on 340B drugs purchased in the second quarter of 2020, including top-selling psoriasis drug Stelara.
Janssen, part of Johnson & Johnson, said it owes or may owe
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Generic drug manufacturers Lifestar Pharma and Chartwell Pharmaceuticals may owe refunds to 340B covered entities for overcharges on drugs purchased from the companies in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to recent notices posted on the U.S. Health Resources and
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Prescription drug sales at 340B prices grew 12.2% year-on-year from 2021 to 2022, drug industry consulting and research firm IQVIA says in a new white paper. That is down 3.7 percentage points compared with 340B sales growth from 2020
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Starting May 15, biopharmaceutical manufacturer Exelixis will require 340B covered entities that want past drug purchases that were not made at the 340B ceiling price to be reclassified as 340B sales to do so within 45 days of the date
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Drug maker Astellas will let 340B covered entities count accumulations of an injectable form of its antifungal drug Cresemba under its old National Drug Code toward replenishment of equal quantities under the product’s corresponding new NDC, provided the entities use
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Drug manufacturer Bayer this morning significantly tightened its limits on 340B pricing when hospital covered entities contract with pharmacies to dispense drugs to patients. Grantee entities remain exempt from Bayer’s restrictions.
Covered entities reported receiving letters from Bayer about
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Drug manufacturer Daiichi-Sankyo is offering 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on metastatic breast cancer treatment Enhertu during Q1 2020 and on cholesterol medication Welchol for Oral Suspension during Q1 2022 and Q4 2022.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services
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Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly asked a 340B covered entity last week to promptly repay it for “duplicate 340B/Medicaid discounts” and evaluate all Lilly prescriptions that it or its contract pharmacies dispensed for the last three years.
Consultants and attorneys with
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said yesterday it has no comment on the status of referrals from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to fine eight drug manufacturers for failing to offer
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