Amicus Brief: Hospital Groups Urge Appeals Court to Uphold 340B Requirements In Contract Pharmacy Case
The AHA, 340B Health, America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, and Children’s Hospital Association yesterday filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit to require drug companies to fulfill their legal obligations to provide 340B discounted drugs to eligible hospitals and health systems, regardless of whether the drugs are dispensed on site or through contract pharmacies.
No. 22-1676
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al.,
Defendants-Appellants.
On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey
BRIEF OF AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, 340B HEALTH, AMERICA’S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES, AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF APPELLANTS
Counsel for Amici
William B. Schultz
Margaret M. Dotzel
Casey Trombley-Shapiro Jonas
ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP
1800 M Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
T: 202-778-1800
wschultz@zuckerman.com
mdotzel@zuckerman.com
cjonas@zuckerman.com
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