Mississippi Medicaid Pharmaceutical Average Wholesale Price Litigation v. State

¶51. Any shame brought to-light by this case does not lie at the feet of. Sandoz, Inc., but rather at .the feet of the State itself. San.doz submits for publication an index called the AWP, .(average wholesale price) for its drugs... This index doesmot— and for at least the past quarter century, has not intended to — represent the actual price pharmacies pay Sandoz for pharmaceuticals. The Mississippi Division of Medicaid knows this and has known it for decades. So has the Mississippi Legislature.

¶ 52. The price the Division of Medicaid has reimbursed pharmacies for drugs has been set by that…