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Judge blocks Trump administration’s most favored nation drug price controls

December 24, 2020 12:28 AM UTC

A federal judge has imposed a temporary restraining order that prevents the Trump administration from implementing its most favored nation Medicare drug pricing rule. The rule seeks to cap reimbursement for Medicare Part B drugs — drugs that are administered under a physician’s supervision — at the lowest price paid in any developed country. 

As expected, Judge Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that PhRMA and its co-litigants were likely to prevail in litigation seeking to overturn the rule because the Trump administration took a procedural shortcut that is reserved for emergency situations. ...