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Merck Extends its Conditions on 340B Pricing Involving Contract Pharmacies to Health Centers

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Merck extended its restrictions on 340B pricing involving contract pharmacies to community health centers.

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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340B Report Holding May 18 Webinar on Implementing Drug Makers’ New 340B Contract Pharmacy Rules

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Multiple 340B covered entities and consultants say they have hit roadblocks trying to navigate drug manufacturers restrictions on 340B pricing when entities contract with outside pharmacies to dispense 340B drugs.

340B Report, an independent news organization covering the 340B drug pricing program, is holding its first event—a May 18 webinar about implementing drug manufacturers’ controversial new rules on 340B contract pharmacies. It is an exclusive and free

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Providers Alarmed About 45-Day Lookback Clauses in Drug Makers’ 340B Contract Pharmacy Policies

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Covered entities are concerned about 45-day time limits for claims submissions and replenishment orders in drug manufacturers' 340B contract pharmacy policies.

Drug manufacturer Sanofi drew attention this month when it added 45-day time limits for replenishment orders and claims submissions to its conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

Pfizer and Amgen also recently added similar 45-day lookback requirements

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Influential HIV/AIDS Group Asks Gilead to Exempt Ryan White Clinics from Company’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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Gilead Sciences will expand its data reporting requirements for 340B pricing on branded hepatitis C products to contract pharmacies wholly owned by covered entities.

Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access (RWC-340B) has asked drug manufacturer Gilead to exempt all Ryan White clinics from the company’s conditions on 340B pricing on its branded hepatitis C treatments when covered entities use contract pharmacies.

RWC-340B made the

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Six Groups Slam Drug Makers’ 340B Pricing Conditions on Hepatitis C Medicines

Six HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis advocacy groups issued a joint statement criticizing AbbVie, Gilead, and Merck’s conditions on 340B pricing on hepatitis C medications.

UPDATE Thursday, April 21, 2022, 5:00 p.m. EDT—AbbVie issued this statement: AbbVie supports the 340B program and is committed to the program’s goal of improving access to medicines for uninsured and vulnerable patients. Our 340B initiative does not block access

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Sanofi Makes Two Big Changes to its 340B Contract Pharmacy Policy

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Changes to Sanofi's 340B drug pricing conditions may eliminate 340B discounts for health centers using multiple contract pharmacies within a chain.

Drug manufacturer Sanofi has made two major changes to its conditions on 340B pricing when health centers and certain hospitals and use contract pharmacies, a company spokesperson confirms. One is raising flags among 340B providers and the other appears to

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BMS Fleshes Out How It Will Use Claims Data for 340B Myeloma Drug Purchases

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BMS has released its terms of use for the claims data providers must give it in exchange for access to 340B pricing on Revlimid, Pomalyst, and Thalomid.

Bristol Myers Squibb has disclosed its terms of use for the drug claims data that providers must give it in exchange for access to 340B pricing on BMS’s oral oncology drugs Revlimid, Pomalyst, and Thalomid.

BMS acquired the three drugs

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Astellas Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges from Q3 2020 Through Q2 2021

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Astellas Pharma announced the suspension of its contract pharmacy policy in Maryland and Mississippi.

Astellas Pharma is issuing 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on three NDCs for its prostate cancer treatment Xtandi and on four NDCs for its overactive bladder medication Myrbetriq for the period from Q3 2020 through Q2 2021.

Astellas posted 

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Lilly Providing Refunds for 340B Overcharges During Q3 2019

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Drug company Lilly is providing refunds for 340B overcharges on 14 NDCs during 3Q 2019.

Drug manufacturer Lilly is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on 14 NDCs during Q3 2019 after restating Medicaid average manufacturer prices and best prices “to account for lagged transactional data,” the company says on a notice on the

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340B Sales Growth Rate Slowed in 2021, the First Year of 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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340B drug sales grew at a slower rate in 2021, the first year of 340B contract pharmacy restrictions, IQVIA reports.

Prescription drug sales at 340B-discounted prices grew 15.9% year-on-year from 2020 to 2021, drug industry consulting and contract research firm IQVIA reports, an annual growth rate below that for the two preceding years.

Last year, IQVIA reported that 340B sales

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