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Pharmaceutical Commerce - August 2025

Despite the ongoing turmoil over tariffs, medicine costs, and FDA policy, US wholesalers are performing well.

Pharma Wholesalers: Looking for Growth

From rethinking launch price logic to implementing rebate-aware modeling and patient-first access programs, this installment explores how disciplined governance and forward-thinking models can safeguard profitability in a volatile market.

Popping the Gross-to-Net Bubble, Part V: Innovative Pricing Models

As pharma drug pricing debates heat up, the 340B program faces mounting challenges from outdated regulations, duplicate discounts, and limited transparency.

340B Litigation and the Path Toward Transparent Drug Discount Programs

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Videos

In the first part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Derrick Gastineau, head of marketing with Currax Pharmaceuticals explains how predictable, affordable pricing models for FDA-approved oral weight loss drugs can reduce barriers to care, improve long-term adherence, and support better outcomes for patients managing chronic obesity.

Consistent Cash-Pay Options Could Transform Access to Obesity Medications

Articles

The deal will integrate SDS Rx’s specialized delivery network of US locations into DHL’s Life Sciences & Healthcare division, strengthening same-day and final-mile services as demand for specialty pharma and patient-centered logistics continues to rise.

DHL Supply Chain Acquires SDS Rx, Expanding Last-Mile Healthcare Logistics

Podcasts

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers reports of a White House executive order to restrict treatments discovered in China, new data showing robust immune responses from Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine in high-risk adults, and Samsung Biologics’ latest US manufacturing deal amid tariff uncertainty.

Pharma Pulse: White House Eyes China Drug Restrictions, Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Data Strong, and Samsung Biologics Secures US Deal

In the final part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Boyede Sobitan, Zebra Technologies’ global healthcare strategy lead, details how in a post-COVID landscape, technologies that track and regionalize hospital inventory could become critical tools for state and local health departments, ensuring visibility, preparedness, and smarter resource allocation during future disruptions.

Harnessing Tech to Build Resilient Hospital Supply Chains

The South Korean CDMO has signed its second multi-billion-dollar contract in less than a year, even as shifting US trade policies and looming tariffs create challenges for global drugmakers.

Samsung Biologics Secures $1.3B US Manufacturing Deal Amidst Tariff Uncertainty

Key points from our recent webinar on the President’s MFN order.

What the President’s Drug Pricing Push Means for Pharma, Payers, and Patients

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers Florida’s plan to roll back school vaccine mandates amid a measles outbreak, President Trump’s renewed focus on limiting direct-to-consumer pharma advertising, and ICER’s latest cost-effectiveness analysis of GLP-1 obesity treatments semaglutide and tirzepatide.

Pharma Pulse: Measles Outbreak Spurs Vaccine Mandate Debate, Trump Eyes DTC Ad Restrictions, and ICER Reviews GLP-1 Costs

The draft assessment finds that the popular weight loss drugs are costly but worth the price tag, while also urging for broader coverage and policy solutions.

ICER Releases Cost Analysis Report on Obesity Treatments Semaglutide, Tirzepatide

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers Novartis’ acquisition of Tourmaline Bio to advance its cardiovascular candidate Pacibekitug, new research uncovering biological and immunological factors driving flu severity in older adults, and strategies to address the top five reasons patients don’t take their medications.

Pharma Pulse: Novartis Expands Cardiovascular Pipeline, Flu Severity Drivers Identified in Seniors, and Fixing Medication Nonadherence

In the third part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Boyede Sobitan, Zebra Technologies’ global healthcare strategy lead, explains why forward-thinking facilities see these tools as key to cutting errors and improving inventory efficiency.

Featured Content

Pharmaceutical Commerce - August 2025

Pharma Wholesalers: Looking for Growth

Popping the Gross-to-Net Bubble, Part V: Innovative Pricing Models

340B Litigation and the Path Toward Transparent Drug Discount Programs