Legal & Regulatory

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

Following Congress’ failure to pass funding measures, FDA announced it will continue only essential public health and safety functions. This amid a pause on imposing 100% tariff rates.

How cell and gene therapy developers can lessen the chances of receiving FDA complete response letters through the use of proactive chemistry, manufacturing, and controls strategies.

At the conference’s milestone 20th anniversary event in Boston, experts unpacked the final stages of DSCSA implementation, highlighting pharmacy compliance challenges, state-level variability, and the role of technology in securing the pharmaceutical supply chain.

How is AI solving pharma's speed-to-market challenge?

Beginning Oct. 1, the US will impose a 100% tariff on branded and patented pharmaceutical imports unless manufacturers are actively building domestic production facilities, a move aimed at reshoring drug manufacturing.

Capturing insights from executives and industry experts on the biggest challenges shaping pharma today, from drug pricing pressures and access barriers to supply chain shifts, digital adoption, and evolving patient-centered care strategies.

The Generation Park site will create over 600 permanent jobs, support advanced small molecule production, and play a role in scaling orforglipron, Lilly’s first oral GLP-1 receptor agonist for obesity.

The South Korean pharma company’s US subsidiary is purchasing Eli Lilly’s Branchburg, NJ site to safeguard against potential tariffs. strengthen domestic production, and expands its biosimilar footprint.

This episode of Pharma Pulse covers the CDC’s decision to postpone changes to Hepatitis B vaccine guidance, new research showing value-based care improves visit frequency and consistency for seniors, and Takeda’s partnership with VELA to launch wind-powered transport for medicines.

New bipartisan legislation would give the FDA authority to modernize prescribing information, reducing waste while improving accuracy and patient care.

The pharmaceutical giant’s commitment includes a $1.2 billion investment in advanced facilities powered by AI and digital technology, strengthening biopharma manufacturing and clinical research across the United States.

The new Goochland County facility will serve as Lilly’s first fully integrated API and drug product site, focusing on antibody-drug conjugates, while creating thousands of jobs and strengthening domestic supply chains.

The South Korean CDMO has signed its second multi-billion-dollar contract in less than a year, even as shifting US trade policies and looming tariffs create challenges for global drugmakers.

Key points from our recent webinar on the President’s MFN order.

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.

The new 180,000-square-foot facility in Foster City anchors the company’s long-term $32 billion investment in domestic manufacturing and R&D.

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.

In the final part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Diogo Rau, executive vice president and chief information and digital officer for Eli Lilly and Company, focuses on physician demand, global momentum, and how US legislation can help the industry finally move beyond paper.

Following a federal appeals court decision that struck down much of his tariff authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to fast-track review.

In the second part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Diogo Rau, executive vice president and chief information and digital officer for Eli Lilly and Company, highlights that cutting down on the 90 billion sheets of paper used for medicine inserts each year isn’t just an environmental win—it’s also a critical step toward making drug information more accessible for patients with vision challenges, language barriers, or cognitive and physical disabilities.

The company is committing over half a billion dollars to build a state-of-the-art research hub in Thousand Oaks, CA, designed to accelerate next-generation therapeutics through advanced automation and collaboration.

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.

In the first part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Diogo Rau, executive vice president and chief information and digital officer for Eli Lilly and Company, explains how the Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2025 aims to replace package inserts with digital-first documentation, providing patients with better access to understandable medication guidance in the process.

Lilly has temporarily halted UK shipments of Mounjaro until Sept. 1, when new list prices take effect.