Despite a busy 2022, drug pricing remains a hot topic at the federal and state levels, with a number of recent developments and trends worth monitoring heading into 2023. In the past year, the FTC increasingly focused on the...more
1/10/2023
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Regulatory Agenda
Among the drug pricing developments to watch in 2022, those at the top include legislation that would allow Medicare price negotiation and alter antitrust rules for the pharmaceutical industry, Federal Trade Commission...more
1/31/2022
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Section 340B
On September 9, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") released its widely anticipated "Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Prices." The HHS report supports far-reaching legislative and...more
9/20/2021
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Medicare ,
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Pay-For-Delay ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Transparency ,
Proposed Legislation
On September 13, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order seeking to establish most favored nation ("MFN") pricing for Medicare drug payments. The Trump Administration's Order, 'Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America...more
9/16/2020
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Trump Administration
On July 24 2020, President Trump signed three Executive Orders targeting prescription drug prices and proposed a fourth. The Orders represent the Trump Administration's latest effort to implement previously outlined...more
8/1/2020
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Medicaid ,
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Trump Administration
On March 27, 2020, the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. The purpose of the CARES Act is to provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and...more
4/6/2020
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