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D.C. Circuit Sides with Manufacturers in Latest 340B Contract Pharmacy Case

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Kirschenbaum — Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act does not prohibit pharmaceutical manufacturers from imposing conditions on the distribution of discounted drugs to covered entities in the program. In United Therapeutics Corporation v.

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Minnesota Proposes to Reduce Opioid Product Registration Fees Related to Hospitals

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Richardson — A recent proposed amendment to Minnesota’s Opiate Product Registration Fee appears intended to ensure continued availability of certain opiate products at hospitals. Whether HF33 is enacted or not, state legislative initiatives aimed at combatting the opioid epidemic continue to be a moving target for opioid manufacturers.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

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Regulating LDTs: A Long and Winding Road In what might sound to some like protesting too much, the PR invokes FDA’s longstanding assertion that IVDs “manufactured” by laboratories are medical devices and that clinical laboratories that develop tests are acting as manufacturers.

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CMS Proposes Rule to Implement Mandatory Medicare Part B Discarded Drug Rebates

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Kirschenbaum — Last November, we blogged about a provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that requires new rebates for discarded amounts of drugs that are covered under Medicare Part B, and that are packaged in a single-dose container or single-use package.

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I Hear You Knockin’… Preparing for and Managing DEA Inspections (Part 1)

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We thought this would be a good time to post a series of blog posts focusing on DEA inspections and how registrants should prepare for and manage them, with a list of registrant do’s and don’ts. We will discuss these actions in more detail in later blog. On Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade of the H. 21 U.S.C. §

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The 340B Showdown: HRSA Proceeds Towards Enforcement Despite Litigation

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The 340B program, authorized under Section 340B of the Public Health Services Act and administered by HRSA, imposes a ceiling price on pharmaceutical manufacturer sales to “covered entities,” which are certain health clinics that receive federal funding and certain types of safety net hospitals to provide them drugs at lower prices.

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Congressional Hearing on LDTs: Split on FDA Regulation but Support for VALID

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The proposed rule extends far beyond the scope of any legislative proposals and would threaten access to reliable tests for children and patients with rare diseases.” He emphasized that FDA regulatory oversight should focus on those tests that pose the highest risk to patients. These are areas where “revenue is modest,” she said.