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Drug Firms Win Court Bid Halting White House Rule Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices
A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare’s own costs suffered a legal setback last Wednesday that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president leaves office.
U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake in Baltimore issued a nationwide injunction that prevents the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, from carrying out the so-called “most favored nations” rule as scheduled on Jan. 1. The judge wrote in her temporary order that CMS had failed to follow required procedures for notice and comment before imposing such sweeping changes.
A late-term manoeuvre by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare's own costs suffered a legal setback Wednesday that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president leaves office.
PhRMA is granted temporary injunction against favored nation rule The American Hospital Association is also against the rule that was to have gone into effect on January 1, 2021.
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Today Judge Catherine Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted PhRMA and others a temporary restraining order regarding the administration s most favored nation rule that was supposed to go into effect on January 1, 2021.
The move pleased both PhRMA and the American Hospital Association. Hospitals and health systems have very deep concerns about the substance and legality of this model, and the AHA filed a Declaration with this lawsuit expressing how the model could negatively impact hospitals, health systems and the patients they care for, said AHA executive vice president Tom Nickels.
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Trump s Most-Favored Nation Rule On Drug Prices Blocked
Law360 (December 23, 2020, 8:23 PM EST) A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday blocked a recent Trump administration rule that links Medicare reimbursement for dozens of drugs to lower prices paid in other countries, finding that the government rushed to finalize the rule without providing a public comment period.
U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake granted the temporary restraining order brought by the Association of Community Cancer Centers, the National Infusion Center Association, the Global Colon Cancer Association and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, saying the Administrative Procedure Act requires the government to publish a notice and provide a public comment period before promulgation of a final.