Foundation Consumer Healthcare (FCH), a maker of popular over-the-counter drugs including Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive, is leaving the 340B program at the end of this year.
In a Nov. 3 letter to customers, FCH did not say
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Category: Pharma Industry
UPDATED Wednesday Dec. 1, 2021, 1:15 p.m. EST—Includes comments from Amgen, HRSA, and hospital group 340B Health.
Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen this morning became the 10th pharmaceutical company to announce conditions on 340B pricing when contract pharmacies dispense medicines to
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Drug manufacturer Clovis Oncology has decided for now not to implement drug discount management company Kalderos’ 340B Pay service to let drug companies pay 340B ceiling prices as back-end rebates instead of as front-end discounts, Kalderos said late yesterday.
“We
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Belgian-based pharmaceutical manufacturer UCB this morning became the ninth drug company to impose limits on 340B pricing involving contract pharmacies.
Hospitals reported getting letters and an FAQ from UCB today by email announcing that, effective Dec. 13 and with
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Drug distributor AmerisourceBergen’s business consulting unit Xcenda has written an issue brief for drug industry-led group AIR340B saying Congress and the executive branch should revise 340B eligibility standards to keep 340B “from being used solely as a profit center for
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Makers of seven of 10 top drugs in the U.S. hiked those drugs’ prices substantially in 2020 with no new evidence of improved safety or effectiveness, led by AbbVie’s anti-inflammatory blockbuster Humira, an influential drug pricing watchdog group says.
The
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Kaiser Health News (KHN), a nonprofit health care news organization whose stories are widely and freely republished and rebroadcast, released an in-depth article and news video today about the 340B program and the fight over 340B contract pharmacy.
According to
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Drug discount management company Kalderos sent email messages to 340B hospitals this week once again announcing the launch of its 340B Pay service to let drug companies pay 340B ceiling prices as back-end rebates instead of as front-end discounts on
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The U.S. Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) has ordered two drug manufacturers that it audited—Akorn Inc. and BioComp Pharma—to repay 340B covered entities for overcharges.
HRSA updated its fiscal year 2021 audit results on its website last week.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Celgene subsidiary has removed purchasing limits due to demand-related supply constraints on its injectable acute myeloid leukemia (AML) drug Vidaza that have been in place since May 2020.
BMS announced the switch back to normal sales in
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