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The pharma giant becomes the latest manufacturer to participate in the Trump Administration’s direct-to-patient pricing platform, aligning US drug costs with European benchmarks while reinforcing its domestic manufacturing investments.

In the first part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Franco Stevanato, CEO of Stevanato Group, explains how near-term tariff pressures are creating short-term headwinds while accelerating longer-term investment in regional manufacturing footprints—especially in the US.

In today’s Pharma Pulse, healthcare leaders brace for a surge in dealmaking, Eli Lilly secures a suite of oral NLRP3 inhibitors, and Knipper Health rebrands to streamline the path from order to therapy.

Backed by Frazier Healthcare Partners and strengthened by the acquisition of eBlu Solutions, CareTria aims to accelerate patient access by combining provider technology, digital enrollment, and multi-modal fulfillment into a single end-to-end platform.

In the final part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Philip Sclafani, PwC’s pharmaceutical and life sciences lead, points out that from biosimilars and site-of-care shifts to AI, value-based reimbursement, and potential legislative action, market deflators—not simple cost shifting—will determine whether affordability improves across employer-sponsored plans, Medicaid, and Medicare.

In today’s Pharma Pulse, the FDA issues two high-stakes priority vouchers for cholesterol and cancer therapies, GSK leverages genomic data to refine drug targets, and DHL completes a one-million-square-foot logistics center of excellence.

A new Foreign Trade Zone–enabled facility in Annville strengthens the company’s temperature-controlled, compliant logistics capabilities, while accelerating customs processing and last-mile healthcare delivery.

In the third part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Philip Sclafani, PwC’s pharmaceutical and life sciences lead, explains as medical inflation persists and benefit designs strain under rising drug spend—especially GLP-1s—employers are reaching the limits of what they can absorb, accelerating cost-shifting and fragmenting how employees pay for care.

In today’s Pharma Pulse, federal officials slash the childhood immunization schedule, new data underscores the life-saving impact of COVID vaccines for COPD patients, and Eli Lilly targets the AMPK pathway in a massive new oral obesity collaboration.

In the second part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Philip Sclafani, PwC’s pharmaceutical and life sciences lead, points out that a Medicaid spending tightens and ACA subsidies lapse, reduced public coverage is driving spillover effects—shifting costs to hospitals, employers, and commercial drug pricing in an increasingly interconnected healthcare market.

In today’s Pharma Pulse, GoodRx slashes cash prices for the new Wegovy pill, a federal judge halts the 340B rebate pilot, and Sanofi doubles down on Earendil Labs’ AI platform for autoimmune breakthroughs.

The healthcare pricing platform is expanding access to Novo Nordisk’s newly approved oral GLP-1 for weight management, pairing transparent cash pricing with telehealth support nationwide.

In the first part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Philip Sclafani, PwC’s pharmaceutical and life sciences lead, discusses how from GLP-1 adoption to specialty drugs, behavioral health utilization, and hospital consolidation, multiple forces are reshaping employer-sponsored healthcare costs—and pushing premiums and cost-sharing higher.