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This Week in 340B: August 20 – 26, 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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This Week in 340B: August 2 - 7, 2023

This weekly series provides brief summaries 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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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

Gardner Law

Navigating HIPAA and State Privacy Laws for Drug and Device Manufacturers

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 as amended and implemented through regulations at 45 C.F.R. §§ 160 and 164 (“HIPAA”) regulates the privacy and security of health information. For drug and...more

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New Favorable OIG Advisory Opinion Allows Patient Assistant Programs Funded by Drug Manufacturers

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a new favorable advisory opinion regarding patient assistance programs (PAP) for 12 specific disease funds. PAPs help patients pay high cost-sharing obligations for...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

Quarles & Brady LLP

The Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2023

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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

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Connecticut Law Imposes New Requirements on Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Defined to Include Device and Cosmetic Manufacturers,...

Public Act No. 23-171: An Act Protecting Patients and Prohibiting Unnecessary Health Care Costs (Act) took effect in Connecticut on October 1, 2023. Under the Act, a pharmaceutical manufacturer (PM) that employs...more

Hogan Lovells

New Connecticut rules for drug makers employing sales reps take effect Oct. 1

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The state of Connecticut recently enacted HB6669, which requires registration of pharmaceutical manufacturers employing sales representatives who interact with health care professionals (HCPs) in Connecticut. The portions of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Podcast: The Legal Battle Over Mifepristone - Diagnosing Health Care

On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to preserve access to the prescription abortion drug mifepristone. However, while the case continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the future of...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

False Claims Act Settlements to Know from Q1 2023

On February 7, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release indicating that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) exceeded $2.2 billion in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. Of this...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OIG Advisory Opinion Alert: Medical Flights for Patient Access

On Thursday, February 23, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued its first Advisory Opinion (“AO”) of the new year – OIG AO No. 23-01 – permitting a drug...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Ongoing Program] Understanding the 340B Program: A Guide to the Newest Developments - November 9th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

Perspectives on Life Sciences Webinar Series: Explore Key Life Sciences Issues at the Intersection of Law, Policy & Business Strategy - The 340B discount program—which requires manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs to...more

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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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Implications Across the Health Care System of the New Federal Drug Price Regulation - September 22nd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) includes the most dramatic change to U.S. drug price regulation in history. The new law allows the federal government to “negotiate” the price of many drugs dispensed to Medicare...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January - April 2022 Recap

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This special inaugural issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights noticeable enforcement activity, OIG regulatory developments, CMS regulatory developments and other key developments for healthcare...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Delivering Breakthrough Treatments Affordably

Editor’s Note: In a recent webinar, Manatt Health’s Anthony Fiori, Senior Managing Director, and Alex Dworkowitz, Partner, hosted a panel of innovative thought leaders—including Dr. Sanjiv Shah, Chief Medical Officer of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

340B Drug Pricing Discount Program Update: HRSA Now Demands That Drug Manufacturers Provide 340B Discounts To Contract Pharmacies...

Now approaching a year-long battle, drug manufacturers and 340B covered entities, which include hospitals and community health centers, participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Discount Program (“340B Participants”) continue to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion (No. 21-01) on Free Drug Program

On March 18, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a favorable Advisory Opinion No. 21-01 (Opinion) regarding a free drug program sponsored by a pharmaceutical manufacturer of a personalized cell and gene therapy...more

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

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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

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

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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

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340B Providers Get Partial Relief from New Dispute Resolution Regulation

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1. 340B ADR Process Established - At long last, more than ten years after Congress directed it to do so, HHS has finalized an alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) process for both providers and pharmaceutical...more

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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

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