I don’t know if anyone reading this has kids but, in my experience, my kid will start to stretch the boundary on behavior. Small at first. Then three weeks later I realize that everything has gone off the rails and I have to pull in the reigns. It feels like a rubber band that has…
Last week we covered 340B basics. If you missed it, here is a quick summary: There are hospitals, clinics, etc. that serve uninsured individuals. To help care for these patients, the 340B program requires pharmaceutical manufacturers (that wish to participate in the Medicaid program) to sell their products at a massive discount that the entities…
This week Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced that they would no longer be doing bill to/ship to orders on EPIDIOLEX® to contract pharmacies. They became the 25th pharmaceutical manufacturer to place restrictions on 340B sales. By itself this is not huge news (24 companies did it before Jazz) but I also don’t think it should fall into…