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Gov t Can t Ditch Akebia s Suit Over Kidney Drug Coverage
Law360 (July 9, 2021, 8:57 PM EDT) A Massachusetts federal judge refused Friday to toss Akebia Therapeutics Inc. s lawsuit challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services exclusion of its kidney disease drug under Medicare Part D for certain uses, finding the exclusion constitutes a final agency action that can be challenged in court.
In a 23-page order, U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs concluded that the district court has the jurisdictional authority to review Akebia s Administrative Procedure Act claims and that Akebia plausibly alleged a final agency action subject to APA review, given that the government has provided no signs indicating it would change its stance on.
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