Illinois files briefs over 340B Drug Pricing Program

Pfizer And AstraZeneca's Billion Dollar Battle...Boxes containing various pharmaceutical products are seen on display in the pharmacy department of a drugstore in London, U.K., on Friday, May 2, 2014. AstraZeneca Plc rejected Pfizer Inc.'s sweetened takeover proposal, saying the 63.1 billion-pound ($106.5 billion) offer fails to recognize the value of the promising experimental medicines under development by the U.K.'s second-biggest drugmaker. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Illinois is part of a multi-state coalition backing the federal government in lawsuits by drug manufacturers over a discounted drug pricing program for community health centers, clinics and safety-net providers.