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; Other

• In an appealed action alleging that various drug manufacturers failed to charge accurate ceiling prices to 340B Covered Entities, the 340B Covered Entity plaintiff filed its reply brief.
• In seven cases challenging a proposed state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements:
  • LA: The plaintiff filed an appeal to the Fifth Circuit.
  • MO: The defendants filed a motion to transfer in one case and a motion to dismiss in a separate case. In a third case, amici filed a brief in support of defendants’ motion to dismiss and opposition to plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction.
  • AR: The court denied the intervenor’s motion to dismiss.
  • MN: In two cases, a group of amici filed an amici curiae brief in support of the defendant’s motion to dismiss.