Drugs

The Maine legislature passed with broad bipartisan approval L.D. 911, An Act to Prohibit Certain Gifts to Health Care Practitioners. The legislation prohibits gifts to practitioners who are licensed to prescribe and administer drugs by manufacturers, wholesalers, or agents of manufacturers or wholesalers of prescription drugs. What’s Excluded? Free samples of prescription drugs for patients…… Continue reading this entry

The Federal Office for Management and Budget has withdrawn the proposed omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program (previously referred to as the “Mega-Regs”), creating further uncertainty in the 340B Program. The guidance was proposed in the Fall of 2015, and would have updated all areas of 340B Program guidance. The guidance would have … Continue reading this entry