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. 

Issues at Stake: Contract Pharmacy; HRSA Audit Process; Medicare Payment; Rebate Model

• In a case appealing a decision on a state contract pharmacy law, two amicus briefs were filed in support of the defendant-appellant state.
• In one Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) audit process case, the court granted motion to withdraw the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction.
• In a case challenging a Medicare Advantage plan’s response to 340B payment cuts, defendants’ motion to compel the production of a damages spreadsheet was granted in part and denied in part.
• In six cases against HRSA alleging that HRSA unlawfully refused to approve drug manufacturers’ proposed rebate models:
  • In five such cases, the court granted intervenor’s motion to intervene and a group of amici filed an amicus brief in support of the defendant.
  • In one such case, intervenors filed a notice of supplemental authority to which the plaintiff filed a response and a group of amici filed an amicus brief in support of the defendant.

Nadine Tejadilla also contributed to this article.