Presidential Campaigns Debate Pharmaceutical Pricing Issues
Senior health care advisers to Presidential candidates John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) found common ground on key pharmaceutical access issues during a July 16th session at the 340B Coalition Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. ... Read more
 

Key Lawmaker Proposes Limiting Part D Payments for Dual Eligibles to Medicaid Levels
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) is drafting legislation to require drug manufacturers to offer highly discounted Medicaid prices for the 6 million so called “dual eligible” patients ... Read more
 

Senate Raises Level of Concern over Proposed Patient Definition Guidelines
In strong language accompanying the funding bill for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the U.S. Senate has told the agency to step back from its proposal to change the “definition of patient” under the 340B program ... Read more
 

Senate Committee Approves $2.94 Million Line Item for Office of Pharmacy Affairs
The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed a $155 billion labor, health, and education spending bill for fiscal 2009 that earmarks $2.94 million for the financially hard pressed Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA), the agency that oversees the 340B program ... Read more
 

Mitchem Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to 340B Community
The 340B Coalition and the Prime Vendor Program (PVP) have bestowed a Lifetime Achievement Award on Freda Mitchem “for her many years of advocacy and education on pharmacy access issues and for her tireless commitment to supporting health centers and the 340B program.” ... Read more