Six drugmakers in violation of 340B statute, says HRSA
Photo: Jeff Lagasse/Healthcare Finance News Six drugmakers who have violated the 340B statute should immediately begin offering drugs at discounted prices to hospitals participating in the federal drug-pricing program, according to a letter sent to the drugmakers this week from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The HRSA maintained that the drug manufacturers in question – AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and United Therapeutics – placed restrictions on the 340B program for hospitals that dispense drugs through contract pharmacies, and these restrict...