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Health Care & Hospital Law

Sep. 30, 2010

High Court to Hear Drug Pricing Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court's decision that allows government-funded health clinics to make sure the pharmaceutical industry is cutting them the best deal.

By Emma Gallegos

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court's decision that allows government-funded health clinics and other health safety-net providers to make sure the pharmaceutical industry is cutting them the best deal under a $4 billion-a-year federal prescription discount program.

Santa Clara County, the plaintiff in the case, won a victory in 2009 when the 9th U.S. Circuit ...

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