Drug manufacturers AstraZeneca and Sanofi have asked a 340B administrative dispute resolution panel to dismiss the National Association of Community Health Centers’ claims that its members are being overcharged due to the companies’ denied or restricted 340B sales when health
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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