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A pharmaceutical industry association on Tuesday filed a legal challenge to the Trump Administration’s prescription drug rebate rule, which would replace the current drug rebate model with one that passes savings directly on to consumers.

The lawsuit by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA), filed in the district court for the District of Columbia, asks the court to set aside the rebate rule under the Administrative Procedure Act. The lawsuit also includes a request for a declaration from the court that federal law protects the rebates that Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is seeking to remove from the discount safe harbor regulation.

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