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AstraZeneca’s Challenge to Price Negotiation Fails in Federal District Court

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AstraZeneca also claimed that CMS’s revised guidance on the Negotiation Program for Price Applicability Year 2026 (“Guidance”) interpreted the IRA in two very faulty ways, which violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and harmed and will continue to harm the company. Opinion at 17. The court found numerous flaws with this argument.

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Small Change: FDA’s Final Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) Guidance Ditches ML and Adds Some Details, But Otherwise Sticks Closely to the Draft

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Modifications to previously authorized PCCPs can be submitted via a Special 510(k), and eSTAR recommends that the manufacturer submit a clean copy and redline of the PCCP as an attachment. Manufacturers should develop the Modification Protocol consistent with their quality system and should follow their risk management processes.

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Infrastructure Bill Set to Delay Trump-era Rebate Rule to Raise Cash

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Department of Health and Human Services in December 2020 to prevent Medicare Part D and Medicaid Managed Care plans from receiving rebates from manufacturers unless the rebates are passed through to pharmacies to reduce patient out-of-pocket expenses. The rule was estimated to cost the federal government around $196 billion over ten years.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 2)

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This bill, which addresses numerous areas of the economy, public health, and government regulation, includes Subtitle E, Drug Pricing. The MFP would be established through negotiations between HHS and the manufacturer and would incorporate foreign pricing benchmarks, as further described below. 3, the Elijah E.

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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 final OIG rule to change the structure of manufacturer rebates to Medicare Part D and Medicaid Managed Care plans and their PBMs is enmeshed in litigation and is likely to be at least postponed until 2026 (see our post ), and perhaps prevented from implementation altogether, by Congressional mandate.