AHA files brief defending Colorado’s 340B contract pharmacy law
The AHA July 16 filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado 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 filed briefs in similar cases across multiple states. Joining the AHA in the Colorado filing were 340B Health, the Colorado Hospital Association and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
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