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.
Issues at Stake: Contract Pharmacy; HRSA Audit Process; Other
- In a case challenging a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in Tennessee, the defendant filed a response in opposition to the plaintiff’s amended complaint.
- In a case challenging a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in Utah, the defendant filed a notice of supplemental authority.
- In four cases challenging the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) audit process, the defendant filed an opposition to the plaintiffs’ emergency motions for stay or injunction pending appeal, and the plaintiffs filed a joint reply to the opposition.
- In two cases challenging a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in Nebraska, plaintiffs filed a response to defendant’s supplemental brief.
- In one case challenging a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in Missouri, amici filed a motion for leave to file a supplemental amicus brief in support of defendant’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint.
- In a case by a covered entity against an insurance company alleging breach of contract, the covered entity filed a response in opposition to the insurance company’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.
- In a case challenging a South Dakota state bill governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the government filed a brief in support of its motion to dismiss.
- In three cases challenging a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in Hawaii, the plaintiff in one case filed a motion for preliminary injunction and the defendants in the other two cases each filed a motion to dismiss.
- In two cases challenging a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in Maine, a group of amici filed an amicus brief in support of defendant’s opposition to AbbVie’s motion for preliminary injunction and in one case, the defendant filed an opposition to the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction and the plaintiff filed a reply in support of its motion for preliminary injunction.
- In a case challenging a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in Rhode Island, the defendant filed a memorandum in objection to the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction.
- In a case challenging a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements in Colorado, the defendant filed its motion to dismiss.
