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Pharmaceutical Commerce - October 2025

Cencora executive Heather Zenk discusses how innovations in cold chain, data visibility, and sustainability strategies are transforming the drug delivery process.

Building Resilient, Sustainable Pharma Supply Chains

From patent cliffs and government price controls, to self-pay models and staff-model HMOs, a look at the forces that could deflate the bubble—and those factors likely to keep it afloat a while longer.

Popping the Gross-to-Net Bubble, Part VI: The Future of Pharmaceutical Pricing

Advice for pharma distributors and dispensers on what they should do now in order to solidify a secure supply chain.

DSCSA Compliance: Milestones, More Deadlines—and the Road Ahead

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Videos

Krenar Komoni, founder and CEO of Tive, highlights the transition in pharma from passive to real-time temperature control, noting delays in technology adoption but emphasizing how AI and automation will soon drive cost savings, improved quality, and stronger customer experience.

LogiPharma USA 2025: Challenges Currently Impacting the Temperature-Controlled Space

Podcasts

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers how Mark Cuban’s direct-to-consumer pharmacy is challenging traditional drug pricing models, AstraZeneca’s $4.5 billion investment to expand its Virginia manufacturing site, and Bristol Myers Squibb’s $1.5 billion acquisition of Orbital Therapeutics to advance RNA-based medicines.

Pharma Pulse: Mark Cuban Disrupts Drug Pricing, AstraZeneca Expands US Manufacturing, and BMS Bets Big on RNA Therapeutics

In the third part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Shawn Opatka, VP and GM, Honeywell Life Sciences, explains that as pharma quality systems evolve, AI is shifting from reactive problem-solving to proactive, closed-loop risk prevention, enhancing operator insight, decision-making, and continuous process improvement.

AI’s Next Step in Pharma Quality: From Detection to Closed-Loop Prevention

Ammie McAsey, SVP of Supply Chain Operations, McKesson, explains the critical role of real-time visibility, digital tools, and cold chain innovation in ensuring product quality, reducing disruptions, and strengthening patient care.

LogiPharma USA 2025: The Value of Visibility, Technology, and Trust

Articles

The new Albemarle County site—reportedly the largest investment in AstraZeneca’s history—will focus on API and ADC production, create 3,600 jobs, while strengthening US pharma supply chain resilience.

AstraZeneca Expands US Manufacturing Footprint by Increasing Virginia Facility Investment to $4.5 Billion 

Set to debut in California this December, Amazon’s new i=pharmacy kiosks aim to streamline care by letting One Medical patients pick up prescriptions right after appointments, eliminating the need for a separate pharmacy visit.

Amazon Expands Healthcare Reach With Prescription Kiosks at One Medical Clinics

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers the CDC’s new individualized approach to COVID-19 vaccination and changes to chickenpox guidance for toddlers, new research showing how GLP-1 therapies can interfere with PET-CT imaging results, and the Third Circuit Court’s rejection of Novo Nordisk’s IRA challenge.

Pharma Pulse: CDC Updates Vaccine Guidance, GLP-1s Linked to Imaging Challenges, and Novo Nordisk Loses Inflation Reduction Act Appeal

In the second part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Shawn Opatka, VP and GM, Honeywell Life Sciences, notes that nearly all pharma organizations are experimenting with AI to address labor shortages, data challenges, and regulatory demands, but full-scale adoption remains on the horizon as companies balance innovation with compliance.

Pharma Accelerates AI Adoption as Transparency and Traceability Take Center Stage

The appellate court upheld Medicare’s authority to negotiate lower drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act, following similar rulings against AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Novartis.

Third Circuit Court Rejects Novo Nordisk Challenge to Inflation Reduction Act

Krenar Komoni, founder and CEO of Tive, explains how the pharmaceutical industry’s transition from passive to real-time temperature control creates short-term challenges but will ultimately enable AI-driven automation, lower costs, higher quality, and better customer experiences.

Featured Content

Pharmaceutical Commerce - October 2025

Building Resilient, Sustainable Pharma Supply Chains

Popping the Gross-to-Net Bubble, Part VI: The Future of Pharmaceutical Pricing

DSCSA Compliance: Milestones, More Deadlines—and the Road Ahead