AR Lawmakers Cross Invoice Banning PBMs from Working Pharmacies
The Arkansas legislature handed a invoice (HB 1150) that might make the state the primary within the nation to ban pharmacy profit managers from working retail pharmacies. A spokesman for Gov. Sarah Sanders (R) declined to say whether or not she would signal the measure. (TALK BUSINESS & POLITICS, STAT)
AbbVie Challenges New SD Drug Low cost Regulation
AbbVie Inc., maker of Botox and the arthritis drug Humira, has filed a lawsuit aimed toward blocking a brand new South Dakota regulation barring drug corporations from limiting drug reductions below the federal 340B program. The regulation (SB 154), enacted in March, goes into impact in July. (SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
One other Doctor Noncompete Ban Close to Passage in IN
The Indiana Home handed a invoice (SB 475) already accredited by the Senate banning noncompete clauses in employment contracts for many physicians within the state. However the Senate refused to concur with a Home modification to the measure, sending it to convention committee. Two years in the past, the Senate proposed laws banning noncompetes for all docs, however the Home amended it to use solely to major care docs. (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
ID Lawmakers Cross Invoice Permitting Over-Counter Sale of Ivermectin
In a single day Idaho’s Home and Senate handed a invoice (SB 1211) permitting ivermectin to be offered over-the-counter. The drug, usually used to deal with parasitic infections, was touted as an efficient therapy for COVID in the course of the pandemic, though the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration says medical knowledge doesn’t help that declare. (IDAHO STATESMAN, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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