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This episode of Pharma Pulse covers healthcare advocates’ push for a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, new research showing pneumococcal vaccination gaps among adults with celiac disease, and Novartis’ $5.7 billion licensing agreement with Monte Rosa Therapeutics for protein degrader therapies.

Pharma Pulse: Rural Hospitals Seek $50B Lifeline, Vaccination Gaps Found in Celiac Patients, and Novartis Signs $5.7B Licensing Deal

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers new FDA guidance to speed development of non-opioid pain treatments, the FTC’s warning against non-compete agreements for doctors and nurses, and DHL Supply Chain’s acquisition of SDS Rx to strengthen last-mile healthcare delivery.

Pharma Pulse: FDA Accelerates Non-Opioid Pain Drug Development, FTC Targets Non-Competes in Healthcare, and DHL Expands Last-Mile Logistics

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

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

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

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers the FDA’s decision to restrict bulk ingredients for compounded GLP-1 therapies, new evidence showing RSV vaccines improve cardiorespiratory outcomes in adults over 60, and pharmacy owners’ concerns over barriers to participating in the Medicaid Drug Price Negotiation Program.

Pharma Pulse: FDA Blocks Compounded GLP-1 Ingredients, RSV Vaccination Benefits Seniors, and Pharmacies Struggle With Pricing Program

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers Gilead’s groundbreaking on a new technical development hub to accelerate biopharma innovation, the World Health Organization’s decision to add GLP-1s to its Essential Medicines List for diabetes, and new data showing high-dose influenza vaccines reduce heart risks in older adults.

Pharma Pulse: Gilead Expands R&D Hub, WHO Adds GLP-1s to Essential Medicines List, and High-Dose Flu Vaccine Shows Heart Benefits

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers President Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court to preserve pharma tariffs, Sanofi’s 10% stock drop after Amlitelimab failed in Phase III, and new research showing how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped pneumococcal mortality trends.

Pharma Pulse: Trump Appeals Tariff Ruling, Sanofi Shares Slide on Trial Miss, and COVID-19 Alters Pneumococcal Mortality

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers Amgen’s $600 million investment in a new California R&D center, Novartis’s collaboration with Argo Biopharmaceuticals to boost its cardiovascular pipeline, and new data showing Wegovy outperforming tirzepatide in reducing major adverse cardiovascular events.

Pharma Pulse: Amgen Invests $600M in Innovation Hub, Novartis Collaborates With Argo, and Wegovy Tops Tirzepatide in Heart Outcomes

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers the FDA’s approval of Sanofi’s Wayrilz for chronic immune thrombocytopenia, evidence that prescription-to-OTC switches of triptans improve migraine care access, and new FDA guidance waiving clinical efficacy studies for most monoclonal antibody biosimilars.

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