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HHS and HRSA Defend 340B Discount Model Against Pharma Rebate Plan

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Summary of Changes - In the fall of 2024, several pharmaceutical companies – specifically, Eli Lilly and Company, Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation – reacted to...more

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Express Scripts Sues FTC Over Report on Pharmacy Benefit Management Industry

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​​​​​​​On September 17, Express Scripts, Inc. (“Express Scripts”), one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the United States, brought suit against the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) over its July 2024 interim...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Finding Calm During the PBM Storm: What Health Plans Can Do As FTC Litigation Intensifies

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Tensions between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) continue to mount, bringing PBM practices and calls for reform back into the spotlight. On September 17, 2024, one of the largest PBMs,...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Delaware District Court Determines that HRSA Enforcement Letter Targeting 340B Program Restrictions Violates the APA

A federal court in Delaware recently determined that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – the federal agency responsible for administering the 340B drug pricing program – did not comply with the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Government Appeals Decisions in 340B Contract Pharmacy Litigation

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On December 28, 2021, the federal government submitted notices to appeal three federal district court decisions related to the use of contract pharmacies under the federal 340B drug pricing program. The appeals are the latest...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act

While the pandemic put many things on hold, it did not do the same for the False Claims Act (FCA). To find out what is happening in FCA activity we spoke with Patrick Hooper, Jordan Kearney and Alicia Macklin, partners at the...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Federal court sides with Eli Lilly challenge to HHS expansion of 340B discounts

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On March 16, 2021, the United States District Court in Indiana granted plaintiff Eli Lilly’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt implementation of a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule published in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Contract Pharmacies and the 340B Drug Discount Program: New Litigation and an Advisory Opinion Point to Ongoing Skirmishes on the...

On December 11, 2020, five hospital groups, including the American Hospital Association (“AHA”), and an organization of hospital pharmacists representing participants in the 340B drug pricing program (“340B Program”), filed a...more

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340B Entities Sue HHS Over Lack of Dispute Resolution Process

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Three organizations serving primarily HIV and AIDS patients and who each are also considered “Covered Entities” under the 340B Drug Pricing Program (the Plaintiffs) filed a lawsuit against Department of Health and Human...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly Roundup - Q4 2019

In this installment of the Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly Roundup we cover several topics that have persisted over the past few years and identify new issues that will shape the scope of enforcement efforts in 2020. In this...more

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