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Pharmacy
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Pharmacy & Healthcare Legal Blog
Why Billing the Correct NDC Matters for Medi-Cal Pharmacies
This has been an eventful year for Medi-Cal administrative hearings due to a wave of Medicaid investigations of pharmacies. (I covered it in this blog post). Every hearing that my…
Arnold & Porter: News & Perspectives
HHS Announces Draft Enforcement Discretion Policy Paving Way for Pharmacies to Compound Certain Peptides While FDA Rulemaking Is Pending
On October 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a draft policy under which it does not intend to take enforcement action against a state-licensed…
BakerHostetler
HHS Issues Enforcement Discretion Policy Regarding 503A Compounding Using Certain Peptide Bulk Drug Substances
Key Takeaways The interim policy provides enforcement discretion for BPC-157, Epitalon, KPV, MOTS-c, Semax and TB-500 while FDA continues rulemaking on the 503A bulks list. Compounders must meet detailed requirements…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Seventh Circuit Holds ERISA Does Not Preempt Arkansas Rule 128’s Pharmacy Dispensing Fee Requirement or Its Incidental Reporting Requirement
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund v. McClain, No. 25-2727, — F.4th —-, 2026 WL 2510865 (7th Cir. Aug. 26, 2026) (Before: Hamilton, Kirsch, and Kolar,…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Fourth Circuit Blocks West Virginia’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Law as Likely Preempted
By Virginia Bell Flynn, Chad R. Fuller, Jessamyn Vedro
The Fourth Circuit has affirmed a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of West Virginia’s S.B. 325, which sought to restrict how drug manufacturers implement contract pharmacy policies under the federal 340B…
Health Law Rx
Sunshine State of Health: Reviewing Florida’s 2026 Healthcare Legislation
By Robert E. Slavkin, John Hood
During its recently adjourned regular session, the Florida Legislature passed several bills that affect the state’s healthcare industry, including legislation that creates a new specialty license type for Assisted Living…
Drug & Device Law
Federal Court’s Erie Analysis Concludes That Pharmacies Do Not Have a Duty to Fill Prescriptions in Oklahoma
By Eric Hudson
Bad fact patterns sometimes make bad law. And sympathetic plaintiffs who experience unfortunate outcomes can lead to decisions that stray from established precedent. Today’s decision from the Northern District of…
The Healthcare Investor
What Pharma Services Investors Should Know About Government Regulations, With Clint Narver
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/bb8bdab5-04fc-4350-b2d8-bd7ae0833ae8 As the pharma services sector grows, regulators at the Department of Justice and Food and Drug Administration are putting everything from clinical trials to site management under the microscope.…
Regulatory Oversight
Kentucky AG Checks the Board of Pharmacy’s Regulatory Power
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team, Erin Whaley, Kevin Miserez
What Happened On November 12, the Kentucky Attorney General (AG) issued a formal opinion, concluding that the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy lacks the authority to regulate nonresident pharmacists beyond what…
Religion Clause
Texas’ Claim Against HHS Over Pharmacy Guidance Dismissed As Moot
In State of Texas v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, (WD TX, April 5, 2024), a Texas federal district court dismissed as moot a challenge to an HHS Guidance…