A federal judge in California halted a Trump administration rule tying domestic drug reimbursement to foreign prices, adding more fuel to legal disputes trying to squelch the plan entirely.
“The preliminary injunction is granted based on the government’s failure to complete the notice and comment procedures required by the Administrative Procedure Act,” Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said in an order Monday.
“The government is enjoined from implementing the rule pending completion of those procedures,” he said.
Chhabria is the second judge in a week to delay the policy. A federal ...