On May 21, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued its decision in United Therapeutics Corporation v. Carole Johnson, et al./Novartis Pharmaceuticals v. Carole...more
5/24/2024
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Section 340B
On February 2, 2024, the “gang of six”—a bipartisan group of six senators who have traditionally championed reforms to the 340B program1 —introduced a discussion draft of a bill that would modify the program that provides...more
On January 30, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its decision in Sanofi Aventis U.S. LLC v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, enjoining the United States Department of...more
On November 29, 2022, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”)[1] to implement an Administrative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) process for resolving...more
12/7/2022
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Section 340B
The 340B program requires drug manufacturers to offer outpatient pharmaceuticals to statutorily defined covered entities (including certain hospitals and certain federal grantees, such as federally qualified health centers)...more
On July 25, 2019 the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance their long-awaited drug pricing package to the Senate floor (we anticipate a Floor vote sometime this Fall). The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA)...more
8/15/2019
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Generic Drugs ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
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Rebates ,
Risk-Sharing ,
Senate Finance Committee