July 2nd 2025
As drug development increasingly targets multiple indications, pharma companies must make strategic branding decisions—balancing regulatory requirements, market dynamics, and patient safety—to choose between single-brand or multi-brand approaches.
An Exploration of Compounding Practices
May 22nd 2025In a Q&A with Pharma Commerce, Kurt Lunkwitz, ProRx Pharma’s COO, uncovers the stringent requirements that 503B outsourcing facilities must abide by under the Drug Quality and Security Act, while also shedding light on the FDA’s impact when it comes to improving the safety, quality, and trust in compounded drugs.
FDA Outlines Updated Requirement for Placebo-Controlled Trials in Vaccine Research
May 21st 2025In an article recently published by The New England Journal of Medicine, FDA higher-ups Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH; and Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH, wrote that any new COVID-19 vaccine must now be evaluated in placebo-controlled studies.
Analyzing Tariffs’ Effect on the Biopharmaceutical Supply Chain
April 23rd 2025In the first part of his video interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Paul Levesque, CEO of Theratechnologies, outlines how US tariffs on Canadian goods have impacted the company’s operations, particularly in terms of cost and supply chain management in the US market.
The Complexity of Healthcare Price Transparency
April 14th 2025In the second part of his video interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Chris O’Dell, Turquoise Health’s SVP of market solutions, discusses the biggest challenges healthcare organizations currently face in terms of price transparency.
Breaking Down the New Executive Order on Healthcare Price Transparency
April 9th 2025In the first part of his video interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Chris O’Dell, Turquoise Health’s SVP of market solutions, outlines the key provisions of the recently released executive order on healthcare price transparency.
Pharma’s Response to the Biosecure Act
March 27th 2025In the final part of his video interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Brad Stewart, BDO’s national life sciences co-leader, details the Biosecure Act, including the ways pharma companies are preparing for it, especially from a compliance standpoint.
Breaking Down Regulatory Challenges in Cell Therapy Production
March 14th 2025In the third part of his video interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Jason C. Foster, CEO of Ori Biotech, discusses how regulatory hurdles are impacting the advancement of CGTs, along with the changes he would like to see along that front in order to accelerate patient access.
The Connection Between Pharma Innovation and Health Policy Development
March 3rd 2025In the fourth part of his video interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Geoffrey Joyce, PhD, director of health policy at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at USC, comments on health policy developments that the pharma supply chain should be aware of.