Supply Chain
Cipla's CEO underlines that US generic prices are already “very significantly comparable” with the rest of the world and expects President Donald Trump's executive order on drug pricing to primarily impact branded pharmaceuticals. The company also shared updates on its US pipeline.
As CEO Anderson backs high prices for innovative drugs in Europe
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories preps for potential US tariffs, focusing on sustaining product supply and collaborating with customers on inventories. A recent US plant sale, the firm stressed, was unrelated to tariffs and underlines its openness to ‘make in the US’, where it launched 18 products in fiscal 2025.
Workforce development will be essential to meeting president Trump’s goal to return biopharma manufacturing to the US.
An ‘historic economic prosperity deal’ does not include the sector.
Seven years after acquiring it, Viatris will seek approval of a meloxicam formulation for acute pain backed by data from two Phase III studies in post-surgical pain settings.
Pharmaceutical industry organizations offered alternatives to tariffs that could maintain a secure domestic supply chain in public comments filed in response to a 232 investigation.
Drugmakers aren’t expecting a big financial hit from tariffs for now, but a report commissioned by PhRMA suggests the cost of pharma-sector tariffs could be steep.
As biopharma derisks its business with China ‘rebalancing’ strategies, Syngene could convert majority of such pilots into full program contracts amid a challenging FY2025. The CRDMO also expects business discussions pertaining to a newly acquired US biologics site to mature into commercial opportunities.
Biogen expects little impact from existing tariffs and any that may apply if the US exemption of pharma products is lifted, since 75% of its manufacturing is in the US and 55% of sales are ex-US.
The AstraZeneca CEO again calls for rich European countries to pay more for new drugs because "a model where the US funds innovation in our industry for the entire world doesn't work."
Funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health, big pharma’s US onshoring moves, GCC partnerships and talks with the Indian government to solve intellectual property challenges are discussed in an interview with Aragen’s CEO, who is also keenly watching the Trump administration’s moves on pharma tariffs
Amgen announces major expansion of existing US site amid ongoing threat of pharma import tariffs.
CEO Robert Michael said AbbVie is positioned strongly to handle current and potentially upcoming tariffs, while committing $10bn to increased US manufacturing sites.
On a quarterly earnings call that touched on Trump administration policy impacts, Merck said it is well positioned for changes coming from the new administration.
CFO François Roger tells Scrip the French drugmaker is flexible geographically on making investments but its spend in the US has risen regardless of the threat of tariffs.
Roche believes it can ride out any short-term effects of US tariffs if they are imposed but wants to see reform of US and European pricing to help support the sector.
Sanofi's Paul Hudson and Novartis's Vas Narasimhan claim that while Europe is home to some of the most important biopharma companies in the world, its position is in jeopardy.
Enzene's CEO Himanshu Gadgil anticipates exemptions for Indian products from US tariffs expected to be imposed on pharmaceuticals. In an interview ahead of the US Vice Premier's India visit, he also talks about front-loading capacity at Enzene's US plant and a change in its biosimilars strategy
A brand new R&D center in Massachusetts and a giant manufacturing site for its future obesity drugs are among the key investments in the US.