Medvanix announced a new Louisville facility inside a UPS Worldport warehouse that the company says will more than double its Kentucky footprint and create 122 jobs; the company framed the expansion as strengthening regional healthcare logistics and expanding free medication programs for patients.

Opponents including the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association and Ohio Association of Health Plans told the Senate committee that Senate Bill 160, intended to limit nonmedical switching midyear, could raise costs for employers and plans and complicate formulary management.

House File 4349 would unbundle one‑time gene and cell therapies from DRGs and allow, but not require, value‑based arrangements; members questioned 340B implications, acquisition‑cost reimbursement language, and managed‑care carve‑outs; a fiscal note was requested and the bill was laid over.

The Health and Human Services Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 2014, which would permit ivermectin to be sold over the counter contingent on FDA approval; proponents said FDA would set dosing and dispensing guidelines and opponents recorded three nays in the 9–3 roll call.

The House Finance Committee on May 11 advanced House Bill 195 with amendments that align drug-schedule language to federal law, limit pharmacists from prescribing certain high-risk drugs (including those with REMS), and require prescribers of larger opioid prescriptions to offer naloxone. An amendment to explicitly bar pharmacists from dispensing abortion-inducing drugs failed.

Committee approves amendment to House Bill 2385 A while discussing transparency issues in healthcare.

Legislation mandates study on healthcare and establishes rules for insurers regarding 340B drugs

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Pennsylvania's House Bill 1494 enables ivermectin to be sold OTC without prescriptions.

Group emphasizes tracking funding impacts and preserving contract pharmacies for rural care.