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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

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In June 2019, Pfizer sought an OIG advisory opinion to ensure that its proposal would not run afoul of federal law. The Court found that there is at best little utility in interpreting the AKS by reference to the BIS. The Medicare program would pay most of the remaining $225,000 in annual cost. Pfizer’s Petition to SCOTUS.

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CMS Publishes Grab Bag of Proposed Changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

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Kirschenbaum — Last Friday, May 26, CMS published in the Federal Register an assortment of proposals to change the regulations governing the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Most are new or revised definitions and administrative changes, but several proposals represent new policies that should be of concern to drug manufacturers. See 42 U.S.C.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 1): White House Drug Pricing Plan Offers Laundry List of Existing Democrat Priorities

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A May 2019 CMS final rule that would have required drug TV advertisements to disclose the WAC of the drug was challenged by a group of pharmaceutical companies and vacated on statutory grounds by the D.C. Medicare negotiation authority; encourage biosimilars and generic drug utilization).