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Latham & Watkins LLP

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

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CMS issues draft guidance on IRA 2028 Drug Price Negotiation Program, 2026-28 MFP Effectuation

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On May 12, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued draft guidance for initial price applicability year (IPAY) 2028 of the Drug Price Negotiation Program (DPNP) established by the Inflation Reduction...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

340B Drug Rebate Models: Status and Litigation Update

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Four drug manufacturers have announced plans to offer discounted drug prices to safety net providers under the federal 340B program via rebates instead of upfront discounts, despite the federal government’s position that...more

Morgan Lewis

How the US Election May Affect Drug Pricing, Medicare, and Medicaid Programs – Key Areas to Watch

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Heading into the new year, a Trump-Vance administration will control the White House and the Republicans will hold a narrow majority in both the House and Senate. This control trifecta is likely to impact both legislative and...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Mintz IRA Update — A Deeper Dive into Other Controversies of the IRA’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

The ability to directly negotiate drug prices has been a policy goal for Democrats for many years and was recently accomplished through the Inflation Reduction Act’s (“IRA”) Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Mintz IRA Update — Other Key IRA Programs and Developments: The Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program and Maximum...

Although most of the recent focus around the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) by the press and industry stakeholders has been on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, the IRA has several other...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Mintz IRA Update — Basics of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) was passed just over a year ago with a goal of lowering high drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries and reducing costs incurred by Medicare. A central piece to achieving the IRA’s goal of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Drug Price Negotiation Program Faces Pushback from Private and Public Industry Participants

This month, pharmaceutical manufacturer, Merck & Co., Inc. (“Merck”), as well as four chambers of commerce, have filed suits against the federal government, arguing that the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program introduced...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Releases First Set of Part B Rebatable Drugs for Coinsurance Adjustment Under IRA

The Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”) requires drug manufacturers to pay rebates to Medicare when the prices of their Part B and Part D prescription drug increase faster than the rate of inflation. We recently discussed the...more

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