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In this Pharmaceutical Commerce roundtable discussion, Nicholas Saraceno, editor of Pharmaceutical Commerce and the peer exchange’s moderator, introduced a discussion on the pharmaceutical supply chain, highlighting its complexity and importance in delivering medications safely and efficiently from manufacturers to patients. The conversation explored the roles of various stakeholders, the need for supply chain resilience and quality control, […]

Pharmaceutical Commerce: FDA staff cuts have created a critical gap in adverse drug event (ADE) monitoring. With ADEs being the third leading cause of death in the United States,1 what role do you see AI playing in preventing these events, especially when up to 56% are considered preventable through faster detection? Dipanwita Das: For decades, […]

Investigators aimed to examine the quality and efficiency under the FFS MA and at-risk MA models as a way to measure both the quality and resources that are being utilized. Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/SatoriStudio.com More than 50% of Medicare beneficiaries elect to join Medicare Advantage (MA), which has out-of-pocket (OOP) spending limits, along with […]

In a video interview with Pharma Commerce, Mark Sawicki, PhD, Cryoport Systems’ president and CEO, discusses the evolving state of global cell and gene therapy commercialization. Sawicki highlighted significant progress in key operational areas, noting that companies are now better prepared for commercial launches than in the past. Early challenges in manufacturing readiness have been […]

As international price referencing tightens and payer expectations rise, companies face a shrinking margin for error. The panel explores how clinical trial design and early payer engagement are key to meeting both regulatory and reimbursement demands across global markets. With real-world evidence (RWE) from markets like Korea and Japan in hand, forward-thinking strategies can prove […]

The purpose of the partnership is to help further develop the Treg and TIL cell therapies that are intended to fight autoimmune and solid tumor diseases. Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/Zuraara.com Xcell Biosciences (Xcellbio), an instrumentation company that focuses on cell and gene therapy (CGT) applications, is teaming up Thermo Fisher Scientific, a supplier of […]

Stop Losing Patients at the Gate: The 24-Hour Window That Makes or Breaks Your Entire Hub Program

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/TadaImages.com As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), 24.2 million people enrolled in the health insurance marketplaces this year, a record number.1 However, sustaining that coverage can potentially be a major challenge, given the administrative obstacles that they can face. Why zero-dollar premium plans matter for […]

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/StockMediaLabs.com Evaluate, who provides market insights for the pharma industry, has unveiled its “2025 World Preview Report,” which offers insights for the global pharmaceutical market through the year 2030.1,2 The breakdown is headlined by the prediction that worldwide prescription pharmaceutical sales will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of […]

This Peer Exchange® starts off with an introduction of the panel: Edward Ahn, CEO of MEDIPOST, Inc.; Rob Philo, Founder and CEO of Core Market Access Advisors; and Shana Gunderson Hua, PharmD, Vice President of Value & Access at Petauri Advisors. Moderated by Ed Schoonveld, Value and Access Advisor at Schoonveld Advisory, LLC and columnist […]

Mike Hennessy Jr, chairman and CEO, MJH Life Sciences A common thread across our content offerings in the June issue of Pharma Commerce is the need for life sciences companies—and their supply chain partners—to be perhaps more agile than ever in the face of today’s host of industry challenges and disruption. Take, for example, our […]

TekniPlex Healthcare, a supplier of barrier films, unit-dose containers, and more, has opened its new 200,000-square-foot facility in Madison, WI, which was made official with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. The new site—representing its second Madison plant—acts as the flagship location for the company’s barrier protection systems business, and will strive to further grow its protective […]

Strategic Planning in the Rebate Economy: What Pharma Must Do Now A recent Pharmaceutical Executive article outlines how, despite decades of evolving policy from OBRA ’90 to the Inflation Reduction Act, the US pharmaceutical system remains deeply reliant on manufacturer rebates—prompting drugmakers to shift from workaround tactics to strategic execution in order to thrive in […]

Building Strong CRO-Sponsor Partnerships to Improve Clinical Trial Success In an interview with Applied Clinical Trials, Judith Ng-Cashin, MD, chief medical officer at Novotech, emphasized the value of trust-based CRO-sponsor relationships and celebrated the company’s Citeline CRO Partnership of the Year Award for its collaboration with Tune Therapeutics as a model of strategic, patient-centered clinical […]

AI-GO blister inspection. Image Credit: Antares Vision Group Antares Vision Group, a provider of track-and-trace systems for several fields including the life sciences, and Oròbix, an artificial intelligence (AI) service company that’s part of Antares, have launched AI-GO, an AI-powered visual inspection platform that is expected to boost standards that span multiple key performance indicators.1 […]

In this Pharmaceutical Commerce roundtable discussion, Nicholas Saraceno, editor of Pharmaceutical Commerce and the peer exchange’s moderator, introduced a discussion on the pharmaceutical supply chain, highlighting its complexity and importance in delivering medications safely and efficiently from manufacturers to patients. The conversation explored the roles of various stakeholders, the need for supply chain resilience and quality control, […]

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Images/DigitalMagicVisions.com One of several public health issues of utmost importance are mental health disorders, which are quite commonplace. In the United States, millions of adults suffer from psychological distress, which can significantly impair their ability to carry out major life activities.1 Given its impact, patients, clinicians, and policymakers alike have all […]