AHA urges court to reject AbbVie bid to change 340B program rules

Hospital Groups Urge Fed Court to Dismiss AbbVie 340B Patient Definition Suit

Five major hospital and pharmacist groups on Tuesday urged a federal judge to reject drugmaker AbbVie’s lawsuit challenging HRSA’s longstanding [...] The post Hospital Groups Urge Fed Court to Dismiss AbbVie 340B Patient Definition Suit appeared first on 340B Report.

AHA urges court to reject AbbVie bid to change 340B program rules

The AHA today filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Department of Health and Human Services’ motion to dismiss AbbVie’s lawsuit challenging the agency’s longstanding definition of “patient” under the 340B Drug Pricing Program.The AHA argued that AbbVie is attempting to bypass the 340B program’s required audit and administrative dispute resolution processes and use litigation to change established program rules. The association said th…