HRSA Approves Condition on 340B-Priced Neulasta

by Admin | June 12, 2013 10:17 am

June 12, 2013—The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) says Amgen’s decision to sell its biologic drug Neulasta[1] at 340B pricing exclusively through specialty distributors “will not violate the 340B statute,” the agency has told both the association representing 340B hospitals and the 340B prime vendor.

Neulasta is an expensive, man-made human protein used to reduce the risk of infection in patients undergoing chemotherapy. 


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  1. to sell its biologic drug Neulasta: https://340binformed.org/2013/05/340b-hospitals-ask-amgen-to-withdraw-purchasing-restriction-on-drug/
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