Governmental or Regulatory Activity
US to Stockpile Critical Drug Ingredients Under Latest Trump Executive Order
Trump; Executive Order; drug ingredients; pharmaceutical supply chain; Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve; ASPR; domestic manufacturing; national security; essential medicines
Uncertainty Clouds Finances for Payers and Health Systems in Q2 2025
Q2 2025; healthcare financial performance; payers; health systems; uncertainty; Medicaid; Medicare; admissions; policy changes; federal budget; consumer confidence
Obesity Leaders Dig Manufacturing Moats To Defend Injectable GLP-1 Empires
GLP-1; manufacturing capacity; Eli Lilly; Novo Nordisk; obesity drugs; Wegovy; Zepbound; capital expenditures; supply constraints; market competition; Medicare coverage; policy risk; biosimilars/generics; China GLP-1 pipeline; bariatric surgery
GSK set to receive over $500M from mRNA patent settlement tied to BioNTech–CureVac–Pfizer deal
GSK; CureVac; BioNTech; Pfizer; mRNA patents; settlement; royalties; COVID-19 vaccine; influenza vaccine; combination vaccines; licensing; upfront payment; US litigation; global framework; BioNTech acquisition of CureVac
Two Courts Reject Challenges to Inflation Reduction Act, Marking Major Win for Government
Inflation Reduction Act; IRA; Medicare Drug Negotiation Program; AstraZeneca; federal courts; constitutional challenge; administrative law; Third Circuit Court; CMS; Medicare
FDA Launches PreCheck Program to Accelerate Domestic Drug Manufacturing
FDA PreCheck; domestic drug manufacturing; pharmaceutical supply chain; API; regulatory streamlining; facility construction; national security; Trump administration
HHS Ends BARDA Funding for Future mRNA Vaccine Development, Citing Efficacy Concerns
mRNA vaccines; BARDA; Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; vaccine efficacy; HHS; COVID-19; flu; project cancellation; public health policy
Scientists Protest FDA’s Rejection of Replimune’s Tumor Destroying Therapy
Replimune; RP1; FDA rejection; oncolytic immunotherapy; melanoma; clinical trial; IGYNTE study; scientist protest; drug approval; patient heterogeneity
Untangling Sarepta’s Gene Therapy Fallout and Trust Deficit
Sarepta Therapeutics; gene therapy; Elevidys; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; patient deaths; FDA; AAVrh74 vector; regulatory action; clinical holds; transparency
Trump Gives Pharma CEOs 60-Day Ultimatum for ‘Most Favored Nation’ Drug Pricing
Trump; pharmaceutical industry; drug pricing; most favored nation policy; executive order; prescription drugs; healthcare policy; Medicaid; tariffs