August 27, 2014
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday rejected requests from Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America to invalidate a new interpretive rule involving so-called orphan drugs in the 340B drug discount program, saying the trade group must bring a new lawsuit to proceed.
July 21, 2014
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday released a new regulation requiring drugmakers to discount so-called orphan drugs when hospitals use them for conditions that aren't rare, hoping to skirt a recent court decision that called the 340B program policy into question.
June 16, 2014
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday said it's looking for ways around a significant D.C. federal court defeat that restricted its ability to require drug discounts in the controversial 340B program.
May 27, 2014
A D.C. federal judge voided a new requirement that drugmakers offer discounts when hospitals in the 340B drug discount program use orphan medications to treat relatively common conditions, saying Friday that federal regulators had a worthy goal but no authority for such policymaking.
October 01, 2013
A pharmaceutical trade group on Monday urged a Washington federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from implementing a final rule that details how hospitals participating in the 340B drug-discount program can acquire so-called orphan drugs for cheaper prices.