AHA files brief defending South Dakota’s 340B contract pharmacy law
The AHA May 14 filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in defense of the state’s 340B contract pharmacy law prohibiting drug companies from denying hospitals the same 340B discounts for drugs dispensed at community pharmacies that would be provided via in-house pharmacies. The brief supports the state’s attempt to dismiss a case by AbbVie claiming that the federal law that created the 340B program preempts the state law.
The AHA has made filings in similar cases for multiple states. Joining the AHA in the South Dakota filing were 340B Health, the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
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