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HHS Unveils 340B Drug Rebate Pilot Program

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On July 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will conduct a pilot program testing out a rebate model for 340B drug purchases. Under the program, drug manufacturers will be allowed...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

DOJ and HHS Launch New False Claims Act Working Group to Target Healthcare Fraud

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have jointly announced the launch of a reinvigorated DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group aimed at enhancing interagency...more

Baker Donelson

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

Foley & Lardner LLP

GLP-1 Drugs: FDA “Re-Confirms” Decision Removing Tirzepatide from the Drug Shortage List

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On December 19, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Declaratory Order reevaluating and re-confirming that the tirzepatide drug shortage has been resolved. This order revoked and replaced FDA’s October...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

This Week in 340B: August 20 – 26, 2024

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

McDermott Will & Schulte

This Week in 340B: July 2 – 8, 2024

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

Epstein Becker & Green

Last Call for Comments on Bipartisan Discussion Draft SUSTAIN Act: Shaping 340B for the Future

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Only a few days remain for stakeholders—which includes drug manufacturers, patients, health care providers, pharmacies and others— to take advantage of a rare opportunity to influence the statutory contours of the 340B Drug...more

White & Case LLP

2022 Drug Pricing Update: States Continue Legislative Push Even As Congress Passes Long Sought Changes

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States remain at the forefront of legislative efforts on a range of issues relating to drug pricing, such as increasing price transparency, capping out-of-pocket costs for insulin, and limiting certain PBM practices. These...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

340B in 2021: What Covered Entities and Their Partners Need to Know Now

Since March 2010, increased growth in the 340B Program has been accompanied by increased scrutiny from state and federal governments and conflicts between various 340B Program stakeholders. A transition in U.S. Department of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] 340B in 2021: What Covered Entities and Their Partners Need to Know Now - March 18th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

This must-attend webinar will give 340B covered entities and their partners up-to-the-minute insights into the most pressing issues affecting their business today and the trends that will shape the market tomorrow. Our...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

The 340B Contract Pharmacy Saga Continues

Donald Trump extended two directives restricting the admission of certain immigrants and nonimmigrants to the U.S. Specifically, Presidential Proclamation (PP) 10014 restricting the admission of first-time immigrants and PP...more

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HHS Confirms Providers’ Right to 340B Discount Pricing for Contract Pharmacies

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As a holiday gift to providers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) General Counsel recently issued a strongly worded Advisory Opinion indicating that federal law requires drug manufacturers to deliver...more

K&L Gates LLP

340B Update: HRSA Moves Forward with 340B ADR Rule as Covered Entities Challenge Contract Pharmacy Actions

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In this episode of Triage, Andrew Ruskin and Victoria Hamscho provide an update on recent developments in the 340B Program and, in particular, on two recent legal challenges covered entities brought in response to drug...more

Smart & Biggar

Special Access Program and Emergency Drug Release Program amendments in force

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On September 28, 2020, the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made under the Food and Drugs Act (Sale of a New Drug for Emergency Treatment) (Regulations) came into force. Health Canada subsequently published a Notice,...more

K&L Gates LLP

340B Update: Congress and the Administration Respond to Drug Manufacturers' 340B Contract Pharmacy Actions

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In recent weeks, several drug manufacturers have taken actions that impact covered entities participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program) and their contract pharmacies....more

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Health Canada amends Drug Sampling Laws and issues Guidance (effective July 1, 2020)

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Health Canada has recognized for many years that the current regulatory regime on drug sampling, which significantly restricts the distribution of drug samples to both consumers and health care professionals, is outdated. For...more

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Deputy Associate Attorney General Sheds Light on DOJ’s FCA Priorities at Annual False Claims Act Conference

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“Enforcing the False Claims Act is a top priority for the Department—not just for our office,” said Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox, the Keynote Speaker for the 2020 Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam...more

Baker Donelson

Medicare Spreads Sunshine Act Coverage to New Categories of Payments, Recipients

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On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") finalized changes to the Open Payments Program as part of the CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Battle Lines Drawn with Release of Speaker’s Drug Pricing Plan

[co-authors: Sean Feely, Senior Public Policy Specialist and Julie E. Nolan, Senior Policy Advisor] • On September 19, Speaker Pelosi released a drug pricing plan that includes proposals for Medicare direct price...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Recent Developments Impacting Drug Pricing and the 340B Program: Part 1

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In Part One of this two-part series on recent developments in pharmacy law and the 340B drug pricing program, Richard Church and Ryan Severson discuss several recent developments that may affect drug pricing and pharmacy...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

HHS Proposes Rule to Eliminate Safe Harbor for PBM Drug Rebates

On February 6, 2019, the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the “OIG”) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that, if made final in its...more

Epstein Becker & Green

HHS OIG Proposes Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor Amendments to Regulate and Restrict the Provision of Manufacturer Remuneration to Plan...

On January 31, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would restrict safe harbor protection under the federal Anti-Kickback...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Drug Rebates Threatened Under Proposed Anti-kickback Rule

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The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) released a proposed rule to eliminate safe harbor protection under the anti-kickback statute for drug price reductions that pharmaceutical...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Sweeping Changes Proposed to Safe Harbors for Drug Discounts to Health Plans

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a proposed rule that would make sweeping changes to the discount and rebate arrangements between drug manufacturers on the one hand and Medicare Part D plans and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OIG Proposed Rule Seeks to Address Drug Pricing Concerns – But Will It?

In an effort to respond to prescription drug pricing concerns, on January 31, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a highly anticipated, 123-page...more

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