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RFK Jr. Tells Senate Panel 340B Program ‘Controversial’ But Important to Rural Hospitals; HHS Releases MFN Targets for Drugmakers

May 20, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that the 340B program plays an important role for rural hospitals despite being “very controversial."

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday that the 340B program [...]

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Providers Applaud Federal Judge’s 340B Rebate Ruling as Drugmakers Mull Next Steps

May 20, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B stakeholders are reacting to U.S District Judge Dabney Friedrich's May 15 ruling on a series of controversial drugmaker 340B rebate lawsuits.

A federal judge’s decision to uphold the government’s authority to pre-approve drugmaker 340B rebate models has drawn praise from providers, [...]

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Federal Judges Allows 340B Hospital Advocacy Group to Intervene in J&J Rebate Lawsuit

May 20, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

A federal district judge in Washington, D.C. will allow a hospital advocacy group to intervene in another drugmaker 340B rebate lawsuit.

A federal district judge last Friday allowed a key hospital trade group to intervene in Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) lawsuit [...]

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California Assembly Passes 340B Contract Pharmacy Protections for Grantees, Sends Bills to Senate

May 20, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

California state assembly members voted by a 44-6 margin to pass a 340B contract pharmacy access bill on May 19.

The California Assembly yesterday approved a bill to prohibit manufacturers from placing 340B contract pharmacy restrictions on grantee covered entities, [...]

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Drug Industry-Backed AIDS Group Targets 340B in New Ad Campaign

May 20, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

ADAP Advocacy, a drug industry funded group, recently released a minute-long ad that argues 340B unduly benefits providers and could be rife with “fraud, waste and abuse.”

A pharmaceutical industry-funded HIV/AIDS advocacy group is taking aim at the 340B program—questioning if it’s “too big to fail”—in a [...]

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Viatris, Amgen, GSK Announce 340B Refunds; Amgen Issues NDC Change

May 20, 2025 Bella Czajkowski, National Correspondent Views

Viatris and two other drugmakers recently issued notices to 340B covered entities.

Three drugmakers recently announced refunds for 340B covered entities that were overcharged when buying certain drugs. Viatris, Amgen and GSK [...]

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Oklahoma Governor Vetoes 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bill Despite Near-Unanimous Legislative Support

May 19, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) on May 17 vetoed a 340B contract pharmacy access bill that had passed the state legislature by wide margins.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) on Saturday vetoed a 340B contract pharmacy access despite it passing the Republican-controlled state legislature [...]

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Federal Judge Upholds HHS’ Right to Pre-Approve 340B Rebates, Tosses Four of Five Drugmaker Lawsuits

May 16, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia largely sided with HHS and against the drug industry in multiple 340B rebate lawsuits.

A federal district judge has upheld the federal government’s authority to require agency approval of drugmaker 340B rebate models, dealing [...]

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Mixed Responses So Far to RFK Jr.’s Comments on 340B Program from 340B Provider Groups

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B advocates offered tepid responses to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first public remarks on the 340B program on Wednesday.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first public remarks on the 340B program—which 340B Report broke [...]

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AHA Urges RFK Jr. to Reject 340B Rebate Models as HHS Prepares Guidance

May 15, 2025 Shannon Young and William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The American Hospital Association urged HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a May 9 letter to reject drugmakers’ efforts to impose 340B rebate models.

A key hospital group recently urged Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reject drugmaker 340B [...]

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