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Arkansas Law Prohibiting Manufacturer 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions Upheld by 8th Circuit

FDA Law Blog

By Faraz Siddiqui — As drug manufacturers battle the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) in federal courts over the role of 340B contract pharmacies, an Eighth Circuit decision to uphold a 2021 Arkansas law may render those cases inconsequential in that state. 23-92-604(c)(1), (2) (Act 1103).

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PhRMA Sues Arkansas for Meddling in the Federal 340B Drug Discount Program

FDA Law Blog

By Faraz Siddiqui — Last week, we blogged about a growing list of drug manufacturers that have refused to follow a 2010 guidance issued by the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”), which permits 340B covered entities to contract with multiple pharmacies to dispense drugs to covered entity patients. Code Ann. § Code Ann.§

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US Government launches antitrust suit against Live Nation Entertainment, claiming business practices that harm artists and fans

JURIST

1 of the Sherman Act states that contracts that limit trade are illegal, whereas § 2 states that every person who attempts to monopolize, or attempts to monopolize, any part of trade, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Live Nation has yet to file a response within the court.

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Opinion analysis: Court rejects challenge to states’ authority to regulate pharmacy reimbursements

SCOTUSBlog

Rutledge involves an Arkansas statute of that sort, which has three salient provisions. Tracking the Supreme Court’s standard framework for ERISA pre-emption cases, Sotomayor separately considers whether the Arkansas statute has an “impermissible connection” with ERISA plans and whether it “refers to” ERISA.

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D.C. Circuit Sides with Manufacturers in Latest 340B Contract Pharmacy Case

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act does not prohibit pharmaceutical manufacturers from imposing conditions on the distribution of discounted drugs to covered entities in the program. By Sophia R. Gaulkin & Alan M.

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FCC Reduces Some Prison Call Costs, Lacks Authority to Do More

The Crime Report

Court of Appeals for the D.C. have contracts with correctional facilities that give them exclusive rights to provide the services. As of 2018, a 15-minute in-state jail phone call continued to cost more than $20 in some states, including Arkansas, Michigan and Wisconsin, according to the latest data from the Prison Policy Initiative.

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ACLU asks US Supreme Court to overturn Arkansas law requiring pledge not to boycott Israel

JURIST

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Arkansas Thursday filed a petition with the US Supreme Court challenging an Arkansas law requiring state contractors to sign a pledges stating they will not boycott Israel.

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