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House E&C Panel Republicans Push Back on Drug Transparency Bills
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on improving drug pricing transparency and lowering prices for…
CMS Announces Medicare Part B Final Rule Permitting Step Therapy on New…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a final rule permitting Medicare Part B plans, including those…
Nevada Releases Diabetes Drug Transparency Report and Passes SB262 Adding…
We have previously written about the law in Nevada requiring reporting for pharmaceutical representatives and the law that…
MedPAC Provides Congress Policy Options to Reigning-In Specialty Drug…
On April 4-5, 2019, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (“MedPAC”) held a public meeting in Washington, DC to discuss issues…
HRSA Launches New Website to Identify Ceiling Prices for 340B Covered Drugs
The Health Resources & Services Administration (“HRSA”) Office of Pharmacy Affairs recently launched an online tool that…
Massachusetts & Drug Coupons: To Ban, or Not to Ban, that is the…
The Massachusetts law that permits the use of pharmaceutical manufacturer drug coupons is on life support. The law was set to…
FTC Finds Impax-Endo “No Approved Generic” Agreement to be Anticompetitive…
On March 28, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an Opinion and Final Order against Impax Laboratories LLC…
New Canadian Drug Agency Established to Address Soaring Drug Prices and…
Here in the US, there has been a tremendous amount of discussion in recent years about the soaring cost of prescription drugs, and…
Increased Oversight and Penalties for Drug Misclassifications under the…
On April 18, 2019, President Trump signed H.R. 1839—Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019—into law. The new…
Oklahoma Medicaid Payment Reform: Success or Bust?
Oklahoma’s experimental Medicaid program is increasingly seen as a warning for the proponents of value-based pharmaceutical…