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2024 Election - Implications on Life Sciences

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As the 2024 election cycle unfolds, the landscape of U.S. policy is poised for potential shifts that could significantly impact various sectors. With the Biden-Harris administration's focus on lowering the cost of...more

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M+ Check-Up (Special Regulatory Edition): August 16, 2024

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CMS Finalizes New TCET Pathway. The final procedural notice, effective immediately, creates a new pathway that uses existing national coverage determination and coverage with evidence development (CED) processes to expedite...more

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Cozen Currents: Is Harris the Answer?

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The Cozen Lens - While it’s becoming ever clearer Vice President Harris is likely to be the Democratic nominee following President Biden’s decision to step aside, it’s less clear what the impact will be on the presidential...more

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This Week in 340B: July 2 – 8, 2024

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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

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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

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Oregon Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act in Limbo

On February 16, the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon struck down the state’s drug price transparency law—The Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act (the “Act”)—ruling that the Act’s annual price increase...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: March 8, 2024

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Appropriations Update. On March 3, Congress released bill text for the CAA, 2024, which includes funding for six of the 12 appropriations bills: Agriculture-FDA, Military Construction-VA, Energy-Water, Transportation-HUD,...more

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Health Care AI and Drug Prices: Highlights From Two Senate Hearings

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Health Care was a hot topic in the U.S. Senate on February 8, as two important Senate Committees – the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) – held hearings, respectively, on...more

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This Week in 340B: January 31 – February 7, 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

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Gang of Six Introduces Historic 340B “Discussion Draft” Legislation

On February 2, 2024, the “gang of six”—a bipartisan group of six senators who have traditionally championed reforms to the 340B program1 —introduced a discussion draft of a bill that would modify the program that provides...more

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5 Questions with Sayeh Nikpay: The 340B Drug Pricing Program

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A periodic feature by Cornerstone Research, in which our affiliated experts, senior advisors, and professionals, talk about their research and findings. We interview Professor Sayeh Nikpay of the School of Public Health,...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 6, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: December 15, 2023

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House Passes Healthcare Legislation. The House brought two key bipartisan healthcare bills to the floor this week. The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) was approved by a vote of 320–71, and the Support for...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: September 8, 2023

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CONGRESS - House Republicans Release Healthcare Package. On September 6, House Republicans unveiled the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, a draft package of healthcare transparency provisions, pharmacy benefit manager...more

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Senate Once Again Tries to Address Drug Pricing

Over the past several years Congress has tried to address high drug prices, with variable success  (see "FTC to the Rescue Regarding High Drug Prices and Patents"; "Even More Ill-Conceived Remedies from Congress Regarding...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 31, 2023

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector.  This week's topics include:...more

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Five Drug Pricing Issues to Watch in 2023

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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

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

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Inflation Reduction Act Implementation: On Dec. 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) distributed an invitation addressed to “All Drug Manufacturers” announcing that CMS “will host monthly one-hour calls...more

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Senate Bill and FTC 6(b) Study Turn the Heat on Pharmacy Benefit Managers Amid Drug Pricing Concerns

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Introduction Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are the healthcare system players most patients have never heard of. Yet, PBMs represent a multibillion-dollar industry that touches the majority of Americans’ lives. Known as...more

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Drug Pricing Issues to Watch in 2022

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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

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U.S. panel rips drug prices as ‘unsustainable, unjustifiable, unfair’

Regular folks have known it, chapter and verse, forever. They experience it every time they pay for their prescription drugs. But Democrats in the U.S. House report in a 269-page study that they have spent three years on,...more

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[Webinar] Health Care Antitrust Under President Biden 2.0 - Almost One Year In: What Have We Learned About The Democrats’ Approach...

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In March 2021, our experienced intellectual property, antitrust, and health care litigation lawyers shared some predictions on antitrust policy and enforcement in the health care sector. In “Health Care Antitrust under...more

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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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States Remain the Drivers of New Drug Pricing Legislation As Washington Weighs In

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State legislatures continue to push forward on drug pricing with legislation designed to reduce the cost of prescription drugs. Recent steps across a number of states include laying the groundwork for effective...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest

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Welcome to the first issue of the Latham & Watkins Drug Pricing Digest. Here, Latham’s government price reporting team provides a digest of recent developments, as reported in the trade press or published directly by...more

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