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Exploring Critical Business and Legal Issues across the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industries

This Week in 340B: July 23 – 29, 2024

Posted In 340B

Find this 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, a subscription product from McDermott+.

Issues at Stake: Contract Pharmacy; Other

  • A drug manufacturer filed suit against the Kansas attorney general to challenge a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements.
  • In an appealed qui tam action arguing that private parties can bring suits to enforce the 340B Statute, the appellant-relator filed its opening brief, and four amicis filed briefs in support of the appellant-relator.
  • In four cases challenging separate state laws governing contract pharmacy arrangements:
    1. The defendants filed a reply brief in support of their motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint, and the plaintiff filed a response to defendants’ motion to consolidate this case with three other similarly situated cases;
    2. The defendants filed a memorandum in support of their motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint;
    3. The parties filed a joint motion to stay proceedings; and
    4. The defendant filed a motion to stay proceedings.
Emily Jane Cook
Emily Cook is a practice area leader for McDermott's Healthcare Regulatory & Compliance practice. She is a national authority on the 340B drug pricing program, and also helps clients navigate the full suite of federal and state regulations that are essential to healthcare operations. Learn more about Emily's practice here.


Bryan Frederick
Bryan Frederick is an associate in McDermott's Healthcare Practice Group. While earning graduate degrees in law and public health, Bryan served as a legal intern at the Los Angeles LGBT Center Immigration Law Project and senior editor of the Michigan Law Review at University of Michigan Law School.Learn more about Bryan's practice here.


Margaret Houtz
Margaret (Maggie) Houtz is a member of the Healthcare Practice Group, where she works on a range of transactional and regulatory matters affecting the healthcare industry.Learn more about Maggie's practice here.


Deepika Raj
Deepika Raj advises a broad range of healthcare industry clients on regulatory, compliance and transactional matters. She offers multifaceted advice on state and federal fraud and abuse statutes, licensure rules, cannabis laws and due diligence matters. Learn more about Deepika's practice here.


Kelsey Reinhardt
Kelsey R. Reinhardt focuses her practice on regulatory and transactional matters affecting a wide range of clients across the healthcare industry. Learn more about Kelsey's practice here.

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