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Manufacturer Rebate Models: The Next 340B Program Battleground

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The 340B Drug Pricing Program (“340B Program”) space continues to be a hive of activity. While 340B stakeholders continue to litigate ongoing manufacturer contract pharmacy restrictions, states legislatures are enacting...more

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Healthcare Life Sciences Drug Pricing Digest - June 2025 #2

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Some commentators are expecting that further details regarding the so-called most favored nation (MFN) pricing policy will be released in the coming days, while other sources indicate that no further information beyond a...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | June 2024 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for June 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including guidance regarding hospital...more

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HHS selects the first drugs for Medicare drug price negotiation

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\On August 29, 2023, Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the first ten drugs covered by Medicare Part D selected for negotiation under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”), which was signed into...more

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This Week in 340B: August 2023 #2

This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

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Legal Battles Continue Over Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Measures

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In recent months, six different lawsuits have been filed challenging the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)’s Drug Price Negotiation Program (the “Program”), with a flurry of activity likely in the coming months before the...more

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Health Care Week in Review: CMMI Model and IRA Part B Drug List

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Three New Prescription Drug Innovation Models Latest Action on Drug Pricing

As the Biden administration moves ahead to implement provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including those related to drug negotiation and inflationary rebate, the administration announced three Medicare and...more

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Health Care Week in Review: Congress Passes Omnibus, HHS Releases Hospital Data

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - October 2022 #2

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2022 Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit Concludes: The annual Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit took place Oct. 12-14 in Chicago. Latham partner Christopher H. Schott spoke at two sessions: the panel “Ask the Attorneys:...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - September 2022

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Inflation Reduction Act: Stakeholders and commentators continue to review H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), which became law on Aug. 16, 2022. Republican leaders on the House Energy & Commerce and...more

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Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act) includes prescription drug provisions that have significant implications for the pharmaceutical industry and Medicare beneficiaries, such as allowing the U.S. Department of Health...more

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Summary of Medicare Drug Negotiation Program in Inflation Reduction Act and Impact on Pharmacies and Providers

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The U.S. House of Representatives is expected today to pass legislation passed by the U.S. Senate that will significantly alter the landscape for pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement under the Medicare program for certain...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - April 2022

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Biden Administration Releases FY 2023 Budget - The Biden Administration’s proposed Budget of the U.S. Government for FY 2023 (see also the accompanying fact sheet) includes proposals relevant to drug manufacturers....more

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MDRP multiple best prices option and territory exclusion update plus Part B discarded drug refund

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While Congress continues to consider significant drug pricing legislation, separate regulatory and statutory changes have been finalized this week with potential implications for manufacturers that report prices into the...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - October 2021 #2

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2021 Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Conference Concludes: The conference took place in New Brunswick, N.J., Oct. 11-13 and virtually Oct. 18-20. Christopher H. Schott spoke in person as part of the “Fireside Chat: External...more

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MDRP and 340B: Updates from last week

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On October 13, 2021, the in-person portion of the annual informaconnect Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) Conference concluded in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A day earlier, on October 12, 2021, a joint hearing was held in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act: The Long and Winding Road to Drug Pricing Reform

As reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6) on April 22, 2021 after originally being introduced on September 19, 2019, H.R. 3, also known as known as the Elijah E. Cummings Lower...more

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Biden Administration’s Drug Pricing Plan Calls for Bold Action by Congress

It’s finally here – the Drug Pricing Plan that President Biden ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce by the end of August (the “Plan”) was released publicly by the Administration on September 9,...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - July 2021

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Drug Pricing Initiatives: Debate continues regarding the drug pricing measures pending in Congress. On June 22, 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden released legislative principles that, among other things, would...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - June 2021

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Biden Releases Federal Budget Proposal for 2022: On May 28, 2021, President Biden released the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022, which would increase health spending by 23%. The proposal urges Congress to enact drug...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - May 2021 #2

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PhRMA Suit Challenges Co-Pay/Accumulator Portion of December 2020 Medicaid Rule - On May 21, 2021, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) filed suit in the US District Court for the District of...more

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Status of MFN drug pricing program remains uncertain

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with comment period on November 27, 2020, that attempted to initiate a new drug-pricing methodology on separately-payable Medicare Part B drugs...more

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AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - December 2020

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Friday Evening Health Care Regulatory Blitz!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. In a pre-holiday flurry, the Trump Administration has released four long-awaited health care policies impacting a wide range of health industry participants. On the drug pricing front, the...more

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