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Vertex Appeals Ruling That Fertility Support for Casgevy Patients Would Violate Kickback Laws
A federal district court had ruled in favor of HHS, restricting Vertex's ability to provide fertility preservation services to Medicaid patients.
Court Sides With HHS, Blocking Vertex Program to Cover Fertility Services for Patients on Casgevy
HHS had argued that Vertex's plan to cover fertility services for some patients that took its gene therapy would violate anti-kickback and inducement laws.
HHS Calls Vertex's Case for Fertility Program a 'Distraction,' Urges Court to Rule in Its Favor
HHS is asking the court to affirm its Office of Inspector General's finding that paying for fertility services would run afoul of anti-kickback laws.
HHS OIG Issues Unfavorable Opinion on Gene Therapy Developer's Fertility Preservation Program
Without more data on the risk of abuse associated with these programs, the agency won't provide immunity to drugmakers offering to pay for fertility services.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Sues HHS, OIG Over Legality of Fertility Preservation Program
The firm is asking a court to determine that its program to pay for fertility treatments for patients on Casgevy doesn't violate anti-kickback and inducement laws.