“The 340B contract pharmacy program has seemingly fractured into 17 programs, one governed by the federal government and 16 others with their own standards determined by pharmaceutical manufacturers,” 340B Publisher and CEO Ted Slafsky observes in his latest column for
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Second Sight Solutions, the drug industry contractor that collects 340B contract pharmacy claims data on manufacturers’ behalf through its 340B ESP portal, has revised the terms of use that covered entities must accept when they register to use the portal.
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Drug manufacturer Gilead told the National Association of Community Health Centers yesterday that NACHC’s condemnation last month of Gilead’s new conditions on 340B contract pharmacy pricing on its branded hepatitis C treatments “seem to represent a misunderstanding of this integrity
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Drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson’s new conditions on 340B-purchased drugs when hospitals use contract pharmacies apparently apply also to hospitals’ non-340B-purchased “own use” drugs, the group Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access has told its members.
J&J has not responded
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Federal actuaries predict retail prescription drug spending in the United States will grow 4.3% this year, with growth accelerating to 4.7% next year and to 5.1% in 2024.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary
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The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today turned the screws tighter on Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) over its “continued failure to provide the 340B price to covered entities utilizing contract pharmacies.”
HRSA told BI in a March 29
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Arkansas health centers asked a federal court yesterday to let them intervene in the drug industry lawsuit challenging the state’s one-of-a-kind law protecting 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.
Community Health Centers of Arkansas (CHCA) filed the motion yesterday along with
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Generic-drug manufacturer BioComp is offering covered entities refunds for lower 340B prices that it did not pay on six NDCs for periods over eight years, starting in Q3 2013 and ending in Q2 2021.
BioComp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of San
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UPDATE Thursday, March 24, 2022, 2:10 p.m.—A Gilead spokesperson disputed AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s statement that, under Gilead’s new conditions on 340B contract pharmacy pricing on its branded hepatitis C treatments, the company will give 340B discounts to covered entities only
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Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is providing 340B covered entities wholesaler credits for overcharges during Q3 2021 on one new NDC of its flagship cancer drug Opdivo.
BMS posted the refund notice on the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
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