This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary of relevant updates from the prior week in this industry-shaping body of litigation.

Issues at Stake: Contract Pharmacy, 340B Covered Entity

• A number of 340B covered entities filed suit against HRSA, seeking relief from its requirement that child sites appear on a covered entity’s Medicare cost report and be registered as a child site in OPAIS before the locations can be considered part of the covered entity under the 340B Program.
• In a case involving the definition of “patient,” the court issued an order ruling on the parties’ respective motions for summary judgment.
• In two separate cases aiming to invalidate the same state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements, each plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment and the parties in each case filed a joint motion to set the briefing schedule.
• A state government agency filed a motion to dismiss a case attempting to invalidate a state law governing contract pharmacy arrangements.
• A case alleging that a covered entity was improperly removed from the 340B Program was dismissed with prejudice following confirmation of the covered entity’s continued participation in the program.

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