HHS Policy Changes, Supreme Court Rulings, and the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care & Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 239: Understanding the 340B Pricing Program with Chuck Melendi of Disruptive Dialogue
Podcast — Drug Pricing: 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Takeaways and Outlook
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 220: Healthcare Regulation Under the Trump Administration with Bob Coble of Maynard Nexsen
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Might the Trump Administration Transform FDA Enforcement Activities?
Podcast — Drug Pricing: What’s in the New CMS Medicaid Final Rule?
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 3 - State AG Oversight in the Health Care Industry — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 216: Patient Advocacy and Healthcare Policy Change with Melissa Horn of the Arthritis Foundation
Podcast — Drug Pricing: Takeaways From the Chicago Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How the Demise of Chevron Deference and Other Litigation May Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry
Understanding Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The PBM Landscape Explained
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Are Payers Responding to the IRA?
340B Drug Pricing Program Compliance
Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Provisions – What Now? – Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Podcast: Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Provisions – What’s Next? - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Chevron Deference: Is It Time for Change? - Diagnosing Health Care
Part Two: The MFN Drug Pricing Rule and the Rebate Rule: Where Do We Go From Here?
Part One: Two new Medicare Drug Pricing Rules in One Day: What are the MFN and the Rebate Drug Pricing Rules?
On the Ballot 2020: Health Care Policy Outlook - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Podcast: IP(DC): Drug Prices, Political Pressures & Patents
The Health Resources and Services Administration ("HRSA") plans to implement a limited pilot program that will allow approved manufacturers to issue post-purchase rebates for 340B covered outpatient drugs rather than upfront...more
On August 1, 2025, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) issued a Notice announcing the launch of the 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”), that would dramatically change the way in which...more
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
On July 31, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a much-anticipated 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program (Pilot Program) via guidance (Guidance) that will be formally published on August 1, 2025. The...more
Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation 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
President Trump’s May 5, 2025, executive order titled “Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines” sets out the administration’s goals to increase the domestic manufacture of critical...more
On April 15, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) aimed at addressing the cost of prescription drugs. This EO, titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First,” outlines specific directives...more
On April 16, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law HB1150 and HB1531, two significant pieces of legislation affecting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and pharmaceutical manufacturers operating within the...more
On April 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes Final Rule which amends the regulations governing various Medicare programs, including the...more
This chart tracks the date, drug, reference-listed company, applicant, and indications of publicly available drug launches resulting from Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications....more
On Dec 24, 2024, Bio-Thera Solutions Inc. announced that it has partnered with Tabuk Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company to commercialize BAT2206, a proposed ustekinumab biosimilar to Jansen’s STELARA, in Saudi Arabia....more
The 340B Program has continued to undergo significant upheaval in 2024 that has the potential to bring about impactful changes to how the 340B Program operates moving forward. These developments have left 340B stakeholders in...more
This article is part of a monthly column that considers the significance of recent Federal Trade Commission announcements about antitrust issues. In this installment, we discuss the FTC's complaint on PBMs' conduct around...more
On August 15, 2024, CMS announced the results of the first round of the negotiated prices between CMS and participating drug manufacturers for the 10 selected drugs under the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Medicare Drug...more
On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted Advisory Opinion 24-04, a favorable opinion analyzing a refund and discount program designed to alleviate the...more
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
On May 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a unanimous decision in favor of drug manufacturers, finding that certain manufacturer restrictions on the use of contract pharmacies under the 340B drug...more
In a move long anticipated by 340B Program participants, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published its finalized 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) rule, establishing formal processes for...more
On April 18, 2024, HRSA released its 2024 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Final Rule (2024 ADR Final Rule) and it is largely favorable to covered entities (CEs) with pending ADR claims against drug manufacturers....more
ANDA litigation is a high-stakes niche of pharmaceutical law that presents unique challenges not only for lawyers, but also for eDiscovery practitioners. Here’s why: under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term...more
Although we are only two and a half months in, 2024 has already seen its fair share of impactful 340B developments on both the litigation and legislative fronts....more
The Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2023, passed by the House 320-71 on Monday, December 11, 2023, would institute new transparency and pricing rules on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and hospitals. The bill would...more