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

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

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