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Tiffanie McDowell

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Overview

Tiffanie McDowell is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Orange County office, where she practices in the firm's Antitrust and Competition Group and Health Care groups. Her practice focuses primarily on complex antitrust litigation, pharmaceutical advertising, pricing and access issues, and health care recovery.

Tiffanie represents health care and life sciences clients in actions involving patent settlement agreements, product line extensions and alleged product hopping, regulatory approvals and gaming, pharmaceutical pricing and advertising, and market allocation and licensing agreements. She has defended health plans in government investigations, actions involving the 340B program, and actions involving drug access and pricing issues. Tiffanie regularly counsels clients on issues related to rebate agreements and formulary access, PBM agreements and the drug supply chain, drug pricing (including under Medicare, Medicaid, and 340B) and access issues, pharmaceutical advertising, and drug overcharge and reimbursement issues.

From 2017 to 2018, Tiffanie served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable John F. Walter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before joining Judge Walter’s chambers, Tiffanie was a floating law clerk to the Honorable Dale S. Fischer in the Central District.

Career & Education

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    • University of Missouri, B.S., cum laude, political science, 2006
    • University of Missouri, B.A., cum laude, international studies, 2006
    • University of Missouri, B.B.A., cum laude, international business, 2006
    • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., Academic Scholarship, cum laude, 2012
    • University of San Diego School of Law, LL.M., Dean's Academic Scholarship, cum laude, taxation, 2014
    • University of Missouri, B.S., cum laude, political science, 2006
    • University of Missouri, B.A., cum laude, international studies, 2006
    • University of Missouri, B.B.A., cum laude, international business, 2006
    • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., Academic Scholarship, cum laude, 2012
    • University of San Diego School of Law, LL.M., Dean's Academic Scholarship, cum laude, taxation, 2014
    • California
    • California

Tiffanie's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.18.24

Maryland and Colorado Say the Price Isn’t Right: State Drug Affordability Review Boards Seek Drug Upper Payment Limits

Following federal lawmakers’ initiative to lower prescription drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, several states have taken similar steps to limit certain drugs’ prices. Drug affordability for consumers is a top priority for federal and state lawmakers and regulators because it is a bipartisan issue that directly impacts consumers’ wallets. With negotiations between the federal government and drug manufacturers over 10 drugs’ prices for Medicare beneficiaries well underway under the Inflation Reduction Act, 11 states, including Maryland and Colorado, have created drug affordability review boards to more directly tackle rising prices for both brand and generic drugs.[1] And another 12 states have pending legislation to create these boards.[2] ...

Tiffanie's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.18.24

Maryland and Colorado Say the Price Isn’t Right: State Drug Affordability Review Boards Seek Drug Upper Payment Limits

Following federal lawmakers’ initiative to lower prescription drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, several states have taken similar steps to limit certain drugs’ prices. Drug affordability for consumers is a top priority for federal and state lawmakers and regulators because it is a bipartisan issue that directly impacts consumers’ wallets. With negotiations between the federal government and drug manufacturers over 10 drugs’ prices for Medicare beneficiaries well underway under the Inflation Reduction Act, 11 states, including Maryland and Colorado, have created drug affordability review boards to more directly tackle rising prices for both brand and generic drugs.[1] And another 12 states have pending legislation to create these boards.[2] ...