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Videos

In the third part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Dave Malenfant, a healthcare supply chain expert, discusses how predictive analytics, AI, and automation are streamlining US pharmaceutical manufacturing—cutting overhead, boosting efficiency, and enhancing safety.

New Technologies Drive Down Pharma Manufacturing Costs in the United States

Articles

The CDMO will be cutting 350 jobs at its Baltimore gene therapy site after a major client’s demand shift, less than a year after Novo Holdings’ $16.5 billion acquisition.

Catalent to Lay Off 350 Workers at Baltimore Gene Therapy Plant 

Podcasts

This episode of Pharma Pulse explores a Battelle–Aprecia partnership with HHS and DARPA to accelerate on-demand drug manufacturing, a multi-billion-dollar Merck KGaA–Skyhawk collaboration to advance RNA therapies in neurology, and how pharmacist-led telehealth is improving diabetes care during emergencies.

Pharma Pulse: Agile Drug Manufacturing Advances, Merck–Skyhawk RNA Deal, and Telehealth Expands Pharmacists’ Role

The EQUIP-A-Pharma program will combine Battelle’s synthesis platform and Aprecia’s 3D printing technology to produce APIs and finished drugs at the same site, aiming to strengthen US pharma supply resilience and support essential medicines.

Battelle and Aprecia Partner With HHS and DARPA to Advance Agile Drug Manufacturing

In the eighth part of this roundtable discussion, supply chain experts emphasize that effective manufacturing strategies depend on product type, market location, and regulatory complexity, requiring a careful balance between outsourcing, internal production, regional distribution, and patient-centric priorities.

Peer Exchange: Pharma Leaders Stress Tailored, Balanced Approach to Long-Term Manufacturing Strategy (Episode 8)

This episode of Pharma Pulse discusses a new executive order to build a domestic API stockpile, Eli Lilly’s 170% price increase for Mounjaro in the UK, and long-term research confirming the safety of aluminum in childhood vaccines.

Pharma Pulse: US API Stockpile Plan, Mounjaro Price Hike in UK, and New Data on Vaccine Safety

In the second part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Dave Malenfant, a healthcare supply chain expert, outlines how the impact of a steep pharmaceutical import tariff varies across raw materials, components, and finished products, along with why such a policy could incentivize companies to shift production to the US.

How a 250% Tariff Might Ripple Through Pharma Supply Chains and Spur Domestic Production

The directive calls for building a six-month Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve, updating the essential medicines list, and prioritizing US-made APIs.

Trump Executive Order Targets Domestic API Stockpile to Strengthen US Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

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

Pharma Wholesalers: Looking for Growth

This episode of Pharma Pulse explores AbbVie’s $195 million investment to expand US API production, new survey results showing mail-order and supermarket pharmacies outpacing traditional chains in customer satisfaction, and rising affordability pressures as insurers restrict GLP-1 coverage.

Manufacturing & Packaging