Drug manufacturer Amgen is providing refunds for overcharges during varying periods over three years on some of its top selling drugs including Enbrel ($4.8 billion in U.S. sales in 2020), Neulasta ($2 billion), Kyprolis ($710 million), Aranesp ($629 million), Epogen
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After a nine-year delay, federal officials in April 2019 did as Congress ordered and began posting 340B ceiling prices on a secure website. For the first time, providers enrolled in the 340B program had a tool to help them make
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HRSA Sends Merck 340B Contract Pharmacy Cease and Desist Letter, Agency’s First in Seven Months
The federal government told drug manufacturer Merck today its conditions on 340B pricing when hospitals and health centers use contract pharmacies are illegal and must stop, or the company could face penalties of up to $6,323 per each instance of
…Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) should be stopped from usurping 340B drug discounts from HIV/AIDS clinics and other safety-net providers, Ryan White Clinics for 340B Access (RWC-340B) told the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week.
RWC-340B asked the commission for
…At least 48 hospitals lost their eligibility for 340B drug discounts for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic and are seeking reinstatement to the 340B program, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) said this week.
…Today is the last day for hospitals that have lost their 340B eligibility due to the COVID-19 public health emergency to file paperwork to be reinstated to the drug discount program.
A federal spending bill signed on March 15 included …
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency for another 90 days, through July 15. It was due to end on Saturday, April 16.
Major hospital groups and group purchasing organizations asked Becerra
…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 …
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
…The next period for 340B registration of new covered entities, outpatient facilities, and contract pharmacies will begin tomorrow, April 1, and end on Friday, April 15.
Eligible hospitals, health centers, clinics, and their child sites and contract pharmacies registered during
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