Lawmakers ask HHS to compel Eli Lilly to resume 340B hospital discounts

A bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers has written to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., urging the department to require Eli Lilly to restore 340B drug discounts for hospitals.

Lilly halted the discounts last month, saying it was trying to avoid what it calls duplicate discounts paid to hospitals that have not supplied the company with claims data.

The company’s action targeted about 50 large hospital systems out of roughly 1,000 participants that failed to meet a new policy announced earlier this year.

Lawmakers argue that the suspension violates federal law and ask the administration to enforce the mandated price breaks.