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Novo Nordisk’s newly approved oral semaglutide is now available nationwide through Amazon Pharmacy with insurance and cash-pay options.

In the second part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Franco Stevanato, CEO of Stevanato Group, describes how from FDA validation to dual-site redundancy and reshoring momentum, the expansion of US capacity is a competitive advantage for pharma clients navigating increasingly complex global supply chains.

In today’s Pharma Pulse, Johnson & Johnson secures a major tariff deal by joining the federal drug discount portal, while new data warns that missing early infant shots is the leading predictor of skipped MMR vaccines.

The pharma giant becomes the latest manufacturer to participate in the Trump Administration’s direct-to-patient pricing platform, aligning US drug costs with European benchmarks while reinforcing its domestic manufacturing investments.

In the first part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Franco Stevanato, CEO of Stevanato Group, explains how near-term tariff pressures are creating short-term headwinds while accelerating longer-term investment in regional manufacturing footprints—especially in the US.

In today’s Pharma Pulse, healthcare leaders brace for a surge in dealmaking, Eli Lilly secures a suite of oral NLRP3 inhibitors, and Knipper Health rebrands to streamline the path from order to therapy.

Backed by Frazier Healthcare Partners and strengthened by the acquisition of eBlu Solutions, CareTria aims to accelerate patient access by combining provider technology, digital enrollment, and multi-modal fulfillment into a single end-to-end platform.

In the final part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Philip Sclafani, PwC’s pharmaceutical and life sciences lead, points out that from biosimilars and site-of-care shifts to AI, value-based reimbursement, and potential legislative action, market deflators—not simple cost shifting—will determine whether affordability improves across employer-sponsored plans, Medicaid, and Medicare.

In today’s Pharma Pulse, the FDA issues two high-stakes priority vouchers for cholesterol and cancer therapies, GSK leverages genomic data to refine drug targets, and DHL completes a one-million-square-foot logistics center of excellence.

In the third part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Philip Sclafani, PwC’s pharmaceutical and life sciences lead, explains as medical inflation persists and benefit designs strain under rising drug spend—especially GLP-1s—employers are reaching the limits of what they can absorb, accelerating cost-shifting and fragmenting how employees pay for care.

In today’s Pharma Pulse, federal officials slash the childhood immunization schedule, new data underscores the life-saving impact of COVID vaccines for COPD patients, and Eli Lilly targets the AMPK pathway in a massive new oral obesity collaboration.

Merck’s decision to shutter its Riverside, PA antibiotic API facility underscores how decades of cost-driven optimization have eroded domestic manufacturing of essential medicines—exposing systemic vulnerabilities in US drug supply resilience that markets alone are unlikely to fix.

In the second part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Philip Sclafani, PwC’s pharmaceutical and life sciences lead, points out that a Medicaid spending tightens and ACA subsidies lapse, reduced public coverage is driving spillover effects—shifting costs to hospitals, employers, and commercial drug pricing in an increasingly interconnected healthcare market.