On August 7, 2022, the Senate passed the proposed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes a number of significant drug pricing-related provisions. The bill generally revives many of the drug pricing provisions...more
This morning, the U.S. House passed drug pricing legislation as part of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) (specifically the Rules Committee version available here and the manager’s amendments available here). In prelude to...more
Yesterday, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) issued a Final Rule (Final Rule) that accelerates the effective and implementation date of the 340B Ceiling Price and Civil Monetary Penalties final rule...more
This week, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) issued a Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) to cease any further delay of the 340B Ceiling Price and Civil Monetary Penalties regulation (CMP Final Rule) and...more
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed (85-7) the fiscal year 2019 minibus appropriations bill (H.R.6157) that would fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education, attaching to it a large...more
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On May 11, 2018, President Trump and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar delivered highly anticipated speeches regarding the administration's plan to reduce drug prices.
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