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Pharma Group Asks 1st Circ. To Ax RI's 340B Drug Price Law - Law360 A pharmaceutical trade group has urged the First Circuit to overturn a district court's order siding with a Rhode Island law that bars drug manufacturers from blocking hospitals and clinics from contr...

New: A pharma trade group has urged the 1st Circ. to overturn a district court's order siding with a Rhode Island law that bars drug manufacturers from blocking hospitals from contracting with outside pharmacies to dispense discounted drugs under the 340B Drug Program. www.law360.com/health/artic...

4th Circ. Backs Military Policy Banning HIV-Positive Enlistees - Law360 The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a U.S. Department of Defense policy that bans HIV-positive Americans from enlisting, deferring to the military's judgment that it must have healthy and fit servi...

New: The 4th Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Department of Defense policy that bans HIV-positive Americans from enlisting, deferring to the military's judgment that it must have fit service members who do not require consistent treatment for chronic medical conditions. www.law360.com/health/artic...

Union Says Express Scripts Diverted Billions In Kickback Fees - Law360 A Chicago plumbers union healthcare fund told an Illinois federal court Tuesday that the nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, violated federal criminal law when it used a Switze...

New: A Chicago plumbers union told a federal court Tues. that the PBM Express Scripts violated federal law when it used a Switzerland-based company to hide kickbacks it generated by charging drug companies fees for key placement on prescription plan drug lists. www.law360.com/health/artic...

HHS Says RFK Jr. Trans Care Policy View Not Legally Binding - Law360 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s declaration supporting the Trump administration's move to cut funding to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care is a nonbinding policy...

New: HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s declaration supporting the Trump administration's move to cut funding to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care is a nonbinding policy view, his agency told an Oregon federal court, and doesn't trigger exclusions from health programs. www.law360.com/health/artic...

A major transgender medical group and a pediatric healthcare organization are seeking to end what they call "unlawful" consumer protection investigations from the FTC. www.law360.com/artic...

Trans Health And Pediatric Groups Challenge FTC Subpoenas - Law360 A major transgender medical group and a pediatric healthcare organization are seeking to end what they call "unlawful" consumer protection investigations from the Federal Trade Commission that want in...

New: A transgender medical group and a pediatric healthcare organization are seeking to end what they call "unlawful" consumer protection investigations from the Federal Trade Commission that want information pertaining to gender-affirming care for minors. www.law360.com/health/artic...

5th Circ. Tosses Challenge To La. 340B Discount Drug Rule - Law360 UK A Fifth Circuit panel upheld on Monday a Louisiana law that allows the state to stop prescription drug manufacturers from blocking safety-net healthcare providers from contracting with outside pharmac...

New: A 5th Circuit panel upheld on Monday a Louisiana law that allows the state to stop prescription drug manufacturers from blocking safety-net healthcare providers from contracting with outside pharmacies to dispense discounted medicines under the 340B program. www.law360.com/articles/243...

Novo Threatens Hims & Hers With Suit Over GLP-1 'Knockoff' - Law360 Novo Nordisk said in a Thursday announcement it plans to take legal action against Hims & Hers Health Inc. after the telehealth company revealed a "knockoff" version of Novo's popular weight loss drug Wegovy earlier in the day. 

Novo Nordisk said it plans to take legal action against Hims & Hers Health Inc. after the telehealth company revealed a "knockoff" version of Novo's popular weight loss drug Wegovy.

New analysis: At least eight states are planning changes to their certificate of need programs, often called CON, in an effort to qualify for a bigger slice of the federal funding under the Trump administration's Rural Health Transformation Program.

Drugmaker Claims Stake In La. Mail-Order Abortion Meds Row - Law360 An abortion medication manufacturer asserted its right Wednesday to defend mifepristone, moving to intervene in a federal lawsuit over mail-order abortion medication brought by Louisiana alleging that...

New: GenBioPro asserted its right Wednesday to defend mifepristone, moving to intervene in a federal lawsuit brought by Louisiana that alleges that federal regulators violated federal law by removing an in-person dispensing requirement for the drug. www.law360.com/articles/243...

New: A Second Circuit panel seemed poised Tuesday to find that an anesthesiology practice didn't suffer an antitrust injury in its claim that a United Healthcare unit used its market power in New York to cut reimbursement rates. www.law360.com/health/artic...

Anthem Seeks Dismissal Of 'Ghost Network' Class Action - Law360 A proposed class action's allegations that Anthem Health Plans maintains inaccurate mental health directories known as ghost provider networks aren't true and are "legally deficient," the insurer and ...

New: A proposed class action's allegations that Anthem Health Plans maintains inaccurate mental health directories known as ghost provider networks aren't true and are "legally deficient," the insurer argued while urging a Connecticut court to toss the suit.
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Providers Oppose Credit Bureaus' Medical Debt Appeal - Law360 A proposed class of medical providers and collection agencies accusing Equifax, Experian and TransUnion of colluding to exclude medical debt under $500 from consumer credit reports is opposing a bid b...

New: A proposed class of medical providers and collection agencies accusing Equifax, Experian and TransUnion of colluding to exclude medical debt under $500 from consumer credit reports is opposing a bid by the credit bureaus to appeal a ruling that denied dismissal.
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The Supreme Court has agreed this term to hear the fewest number of cases since the Civil War. While #SCOTUS's emergency/shadow docket often gets flak for overwhelming the court, some say this term's caseload is part of a bigger, more concerning trend. www.law360.com/articles/243...

Trump Admin Defies Funding K-12 Mental Health Grants - Law360 The Trump administration is fighting an effort by a coalition of U.S. states to preserve at least six months of funding for K-12 mental health grants meant to help students process gun violence, argui...

New: The Trump administration is fighting an effort by a group of states to preserve at least six months of funding for K-12 mental health grants meant to help students process gun violence, arguing an earlier court ruling doesn't require the feds to fund the grants. www.law360.com/health/artic...

Republicans on a Senate health panel Wednesday called for the FDA to reinstate a requirement that pregnant women seeking an abortion via medication must have the drug administered in a doctor's office, not through telehealth or remotely. www.law360.com/artic...

GOP Senators Say Patients Must See Docs For Abortion Meds - Law360 Republicans on a Senate health panel Wednesday called for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reinstate a requirement that pregnant women seeking an abortion via medication must have the drug adm...

New: Republicans on a Senate health panel Wednesday called for the Food and Drug Administration to reinstate a requirement that pregnant women seeking an abortion via medication must have the drug administered in a doctor's office, not through telehealth or remotely. www.law360.com/health/artic...

New: HHS indicated it will distribute nearly $12 million in pediatric health funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics after a federal judge earlier this week ordered the agency to disburse the money.

New: The suit came after public statements from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested the agency was retaliating for differing views on the childhood vaccination schedule, gender-affirming care and a separate lawsuit challenging Kennedy's overhaul of the CDC’s vaccine committee.

No High Court Review for Calif. Opioid 'Nuisance' Suit - Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not weigh in on a circuit court decision that a California public nuisance lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers over their opioid-dispensing practic...

New: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not weigh in on a circuit court decision that a California public nuisance lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers over their opioid-dispensing practices belongs in state court. www.law360.com/articles/242...

New: HonorBridge told a federal court this week that a new CMS runs afoul of federal law by contradicting congressional intent, replacing the current system of regional exclusivity for organ procurers with a competitive model that pits OPOs against one another in a "Hunger-Games-style" competition.

Biotech Co. Says HHS Infringed Patent With Moderna Vax Deal - Law360 A biotech company that developed a patented protein technology that allegedly expedited the development of Moderna's COVID-19 Spikevax vaccine sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on ...

New: A biotech company that developed a patented protein technology that expedited the development of Moderna's COVID-19 Spikevax vaccine sued HHS on Wednesday, claiming the feds infringed its patent through a contract to develop a vaccine with the pharma giant. www.law360.com/articles/242...

Wyoming High Court Strikes Down Abortion Ban Laws - Law360 The Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's near-total abortion ban and a first-of-its-kind prohibition on abortion pills on Tuesday, saying the laws violated the state constitution.

The Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's near-total abortion ban and a first-of-its-kind prohibition on abortion pills on Tuesday, saying the laws violated the state constitution.

Wyoming High Court Strikes Down Abortion Ban Laws - Law360 The Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's near-total abortion ban and a first-of-its-kind prohibition on abortion pills on Tuesday, saying the laws violated the state constitution.

New: The Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's near-total abortion ban and a first-of-its-kind prohibition on abortion pills on Tuesday, saying the laws violated the state constitution.

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Kentucky woman indicted for fetal homicide after taking abortion medication The indictment comes before the woman’s first appearance in court for the charges, which was set to take place Wednesday morning.

A Kentucky woman was indicted by a grand jury today for first-degree fetal homicide after taking abortion medication without a doctor’s advisement.

She was also indicted for concealing the birth of an infant, abuse of a corpse & tampering with physical evidence, according to court records.

JUST IN: The Supreme Court will announce its first opinion of the term this Friday, Jan. 9, per the court's website. #SCOTUS

Health Officials Roll Back Child Vaccine Recommendations - Law360 UK Amid public outcry, federal health officials on Monday revised vaccine recommendations for American children, cutting the number from 18 to 11 and bringing the United States in line with other developed countries such as Denmark. 

Amid public outcry, federal health officials on Monday revised vaccine recommendations for American children, cutting the number from 18 to 11 and bringing the United States in line with other developed countries such as Denmark.

New: Amid public outcry, federal health officials on Monday revised vaccine recommendations for American children, cutting the number from 18 to 11 and bringing the United States in line with other developed countries such as Denmark. www.law360.com/articles/242...

New: The Trump administration is backing Biden's signature Medicare drug price negotiation law before the Supreme Court, arguing that other agencies regularly negotiate prescription drug prices and that Medicare should be no different.

New: As drugmakers test drug pricing policies in court, healthcare advocates will be paying particular interest to the next, and perhaps final, stage of pharma's effort to stymie the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program through AstraZeneca's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.