GlaxoSmithKline Ending Voluntary 340B Pricing on Two Orphan Drugs

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GlaxoSmithKline is ending voluntary 340B pricing for rural and cancer hospitals on its blockbuster severe asthma drug Nucala and first-line advanced ovarian cancer drug Zejula.

In a blow to rural and cancer hospitals, U.K. drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is ending voluntary 340B pricing for them on its blockbuster severe asthma drug Nucala and first-line advanced ovarian cancer drug Zejula.

Drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen recently posted a

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Generic-drug Maker e5 Pharma Offering Refunds for 340B Overcharges

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e5 Pharma is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on six NDCs of the barbiturate phenobarbital during Q1 2021.

Generic drug maker e5 Pharma is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on six NDCs of the barbiturate phenobarbital during Q1 2021, according to a public notice on the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) website.

Florida-based e5

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OptumRx Says Providers Can’t Share 340B Claims Data Without its Consent

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OptumRx is requiring 340B covered entities to get its consent before they share OptumRx contract pharmacy claims data with drug manufacturers.

Pharmacy care services company OptumRx is requiring 340B covered entities to get its consent before they share OptumRx contract pharmacy claims data with drug manufacturers to satisfy manufacturers’ conditions on 340B pricing.

OptumRx—a part of information and health services business

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PhRMA-funded Study Faults 340B Hospitals’ Financial Aid and Debt Collection Policies

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The AHA sharply criticized a new PhRMA-funded study that says many 340B hospitals “may not offer low-income patients financial assistance to access medicines and may use extraordinary collection actions."

Many 340B hospitals “may not offer low-income patients financial assistance to access medicines and may use extraordinary collection actions, including but not limited to, liens, foreclosures, and civil actions when patients fail to pay bills,” a pharmaceutical-industry funded study released

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NEJM Article Says HIV Prevention Should Rely Less on 340B Revenue

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An opinion article in the New England Journal of Medicine says overreliance on 340B drug discount revenues to fund HIV-prevention services incentivizes clinics to prescribe high-cost medicines instead of cheaper effective options. Some HIV/AIDS care providers say high drug prices are the problem, not 340B.

Overreliance on 340B drug discount revenues to fund HIV-prevention services incentivizes clinics to prescribe high-cost medicines instead of cheaper effective options, “with dire consequences for [preexposure prophylaxis] PrEP access, impact, and equity,” says an opinion article published last weekend in

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BMS Updates its Conditions on 340B Pricing Involving Contract Pharmacy

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BMS updated its 340B contract pharmacy pricing policy to address how it will handle 340B discounts on its new heart medicine Camzyos.

Drug manufacturer Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) yesterday updated its 340B contract pharmacy pricing policy to address how it will handle 340B discounts on its new heart medicine Camzyos, a potential blockbuster product.

Camzyos is a first-in-class treatment for symptomatic obstructive

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BMS and Merck Announce Refunds for 340B Overcharges

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BMS and Merck—both for the second time this year—are giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on select products.

Drug manufacturers Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Merck are giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on select products, according to public notices by the companies posted on the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) website.

BMS

For the

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The New Rules of 340B Contract Pharmacy—a Recap of 340B Report’s First-Ever Webinar

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340B Report's May 18 webinar panelists included (clockwise from top left) Aaron Vandervelde, Jason Atlas, Ashley Mains Espinosa, Tom Mirga, Ted Slafsky, and Sue Veer.

340B Report held a webinar for its subscribers last week on Second Sight Solutions’ 340B ESP platform that administers drug manufacturers’ conditions on 340B pricing when covered entities use contract pharmacies. More than 800 subscribers registered to attend—a clear sign

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Mallinckrodt Is the Third Drug Company This Month to Announce Refunds for 340B Overcharges

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Mallinckrodt's SpecGx subsidiary is providing refunds for 340B overcharges on 22 NDCs for purchases from Q3 2019 through Q2 2020.

Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt’s SpecGx generic pharmaceutical subsidiary is providing refunds for 340B overcharges on 22 NDCs for purchases from Q3 2019 through Q2 2020.

This is the third time this month that a drug manufacturer has announced 340B refunds for

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Drug Makers Ask Michigan Lawmakers to Erase Section from New 340B State Law

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Michigan 340B hospitals say drug manufacturers are lobbying state lawmakers to erase language from a new state law that the hospitals say stops the drug makers from imposing claims submission requirements as a condition for 340B pricing.

Drug manufacturers are asking Michigan state legislators to erase language in a new state law that Michigan hospitals say bars the companies from withholding 340B pricing if a covered entity refuses to hand over its contract pharmacy claims data, 340B

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