New analysis finds 340B medicine sales hit record high in 2017 and continue to grow as a share of total drug spending

How big is the 340B program, and what share of the prescription medicine market does it represent? Those are popular questions of late as stakeholders discuss ways to improve the 340B program. In fact, all three Senate HELP Committee hearings this year included a number of questions about the program’s true size as policymakers attempt to gain a better understanding of the inner workings of 340B and how it may be impacting the broader prescription medicine market.