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

• In three separate cases regarding a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, plaintiff pharmaceutical companies and plaintiff associations representing drug manufacturers filed joint requests for oral arguments on the motions and cross-motions for summary judgment in all related pending cases.
• In another case regarding a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, intervenor-defendant state primary care association filed a response to plaintiff’s notice of supplemental authority.
• In a case challenging the 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Rule, the parties filed a joint status report.
• In a case challenging Arkansas’ Act 1103, the parties filed a joint motion for entry of a stipulated protective order and an electronic discovery order.

Jae Hyun Lee, law clerk in McDermott’s New York office, also contributed to this post.