On Monday, April 18th, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) reopened the comment period for their proposed rule “340B Drug Pricing Program Ceiling Price and Manufacturer Civil Monetary Penalties Regulation” (“Proposed Rule”). Originally issued on June 17, 2015, the Proposed Rule sought to implement the civil monetary penalty (“CMP”) and ceiling price calculation provisions created by the 2010 amendment to Sec. 340B of the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”) (for additional information on the Proposed Rule, please see our October 2015 webinar materials on the subject). Comments were due August 17, 2015 and stakeholders vigorously commented on HRSA’s proposed penny policy for the ceiling price calculation, the lack of clarity regarding the new drug estimate calculation, and the liability standard for CMPs.
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