Find the week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation. Get more details on these 340B cases and all other material 340B cases pending in federal and state courts with the 340B Litigation Tracker.

Issues at Stake: Contract Pharmacy; Other

• In two cases brought by drug manufacturers challenging a New Mexico state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the plaintiffs filed notices of supplemental authority.
• In a case brought by a drug manufacturer challenging a Tennessee state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the court stayed the case pending resolution of two similar cases at the Sixth Circuit.
• In two cases challenging a Mississippi state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s denial of each plaintiff’s preliminary injunction.
• A drug manufacturer filed a complaint against the government, arguing that the government’s (1) refusal to enforce findings from its proposed audits of covered entities and (2) determination regarding what constitutes a “patient” is unlawful.
• A trade association of drug manufacturers filed a complaint to challenge a Washington state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements.
• In a case brought by a drug manufacturer against the government, an intervenor filed an unopposed motion to intervene, [...]
  
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Find the week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation. Get more details on these 340B cases and all other material 340B cases pending in federal and state courts with the 340B Litigation Tracker.

Issues at Stake: Contract Pharmacy

• In three consolidated cases brought by a trade association for drug manufacturers challenging a Louisiana state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the United States filed an Amicus Curiae brief in support of plaintiff appellant.
• In a case brought by a drug manufacturer challenging a Tennessee state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the plaintiff appealed the court’s order granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss, denying the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary Injunction as moot, and dismissing the case for failure to state a claim.
• In two cases challenging an Oregon state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, Intervenor Oregon Primary Care Association filed a cross-motion and response for summary judgment.
• In two cases challenging a Rhode Island state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the American Hospital Association, 340B Health, Health Association of Rhode Island, and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists filed an amicus brief in the First Circuit in support of defendant appellee.
• In a case brought by a drug manufacturer challenging a Rhode Island [...]
  
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Find the week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation. Get more details on these 340B cases and all other material 340B cases pending in federal and state courts with the 340B Litigation Tracker.

Issues at Stake: Contract Pharmacy

• Drug manufacturers filed two separate suits to challenge a Washington state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements.
• In one case brought by a drug manufacturer challenging a Tennessee state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the plaintiff appealed the court’s order granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss.
• In a second case brought by a drug manufacturer challenging a Tennessee state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss, denied the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary Injunction as moot, and dismissed the case for failure to state a claim, and the plaintiff filed an appeal.
• In four cases brought by drug manufacturers challenging a Utah law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the plaintiffs filed responses to the court’s order to show cause.