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

This Week in 340B: September 3 – 9, 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: Medicare Payment; HRSA Audit Process; Contract Pharmacy

  • In a breach of contract claim filed by a 340B Covered Entity against several related party Medicare Advantage plans, the Medicare Advantage plans filed its answer to the Covered Entity’s first amended complaint.
  • A 340B Covered Entity filed a complaint against HRSA challenging HRSA’s decision to approve a manufacturer’s request to audit the Covered Entity.
  • In seven cases challenging a proposed state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Minnesota, Maryland, and Missouri:
    • WV: Defendants filed a reply in support of their motion to dismiss.
    • MS: The court granted the parties’ joint motion to stay proceedings.
    • MN: The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s amended complaint.
    • AR:
      ○ The intervenor filed a reply in support of its motion to dismiss.
      ○ An amicus filed a brief in support of the petitioner’s petition for a writ of certiorari
      before the US Supreme Court.
    • MD: The defendants filed a memorandum of law opposing the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction, and the court subsequently denied the plaintiff’s motion.
    • MO: Plaintiff filed a memorandum describing its opposition to third-party litigants to intervene in this case. In the same case, the defendant filed a memorandum in support of the motion for transfer venue.
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.


Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore is an associate in McDermott's Healthcare Practice Group. While earning his law degree, Patrick served as a legal intern for a global life sciences research organization and as managing editor of the Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs at UCLA School of Law.Learn more about Patrick'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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