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: HRSA Audit Process; Contract Pharmacy; Other
- In three cases challenging the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) audit process, the plaintiff-appellants filed a motion to stay the lower court’s order granting the government’s motion to dismiss pending appeal.
- In two cases challenging a Nebraska law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, defendants filed a brief in opposition to the amended complaint.
- In one case challenging a Missouri law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s first amended complaint, proposed intervenors filed a motion to intervene, and intervenors filed a brief in support of their motion to dismiss plaintiff’s first amended complaint.
- In a case challenging an Arkansas state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, the drug manufacturer filed a brief in support of its motion for summary judgment.
- In a case by a covered entity against an insurance company alleging breach of contract, the court denied in part and granted in part the insurance company’s motion to dismiss.