
Fox Rothschild's Marc Wagner on why domestic manufacturing reduces drug shortage risk — and why FDA inspection efficiency is as important as supply chain resilience.
Mike Hollan is an assistant managing editor for Pharmaceutical Executive and Medical Device and Technology and can be reached at mhollan@mjhlifesciences.com.

Fox Rothschild's Marc Wagner on why domestic manufacturing reduces drug shortage risk — and why FDA inspection efficiency is as important as supply chain resilience.

MERGE's Pat McGloin on why pharma AI fails when strategy follows technology — and why the brilliant basics still have to come first.

Fox Rothschild's Marc Wagner on how 503A pharmacies and 503B outsourcing facilities fill drug supply gaps — from COVID injectables to GLP-1s.

Fox Rothschild's Marc Wagner on why scaling drug production is so slow — overseas API sourcing, supplier qualification, and FDA site approvals that take years.

PaxSafe's Mark Talens on why pharma supply chain AI fails before it starts — and the data foundry framework that changes that.

Waiting for perfect data before deploying AI is a trap — and why 60-70% accuracy is often good enough to start.

Fox Rothschild's Marc Wagner on why the FDA counts 70 drugs in shortage while ASHP counts 188 — and what's driving the gap.

Pharma's chain of custody model is migrating into food and consumer goods — and becoming a cross-industry differentiator.

Pharma logistics are overqualified by design — and how agentic AI can now optimize across thousands of lanes in days, not months.

Pharma AI adoption fails not because of the technology — but because organizations deploy tools before they're ready to use them.

CORXEL’s chief medical value discusses how GLP-1s are becoming a chronic disease platform.

Pfizer and J&J supply chain experts on why health authorities now ask not just whether your quality systems work — but how fast you can adapt.

CORXEL’s Dr. Bo Liang on why GLP-1 therapies are a broader chronic disease platform — not just obesity drugs — with benefits across cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic disease.

Why GLP-1s achieving bariatric surgery-level efficacy is the field's most surprising advancement of the past decade.

CORXEL’s Dr. Bo Liang on why small molecule oral therapies will be the long-term winners in a GLP-1 market driven by consumer preference.

Digital health's point-solution era is giving way to broader platforms, and the cost-savings claims those platforms make to employers often don't hold up to methodological scrutiny.

CORXEL’s Dr. Bo Liang on why efficacy is no longer obesity medicine's biggest gap — and the four unmet needs that define what comes next.

MRD testing is transforming oncology trials — compressing timelines, enriching populations, and generating earlier answers.

Numerof's Michael Abrams on why directing employees to the most effective, economical clinicians is digital health's most valuable offering.

Numerof's Michael Abrams on why digital health's cost-savings claims often don't hold up to scrutiny — and why the evidence gap matters.

Numerof's Michael Abrams on why digital health's point-solution era is ending — and why consolidation into broader platforms is the next step.

Numerof's Michael Abrams on why healthcare consolidation is the primary driver of rising employer costs — and why there's no end in sight.

Why self-reported data fails clinical trials — and how RWD and AI fix enrollment accuracy before the first patient is dosed.

Inovalon's Jen Lamppa on why AI's ability to extract insights from unstructured clinical data is foundational to making RWD usable in trials.

Inovalon's Jen Lamppa on why FDA's acceptance of RWD downstream is a call to action for sponsors to start using it upstream in trial design.

Inovalon's Jen Lamppa on how real-time clinical data feeds validate patient eligibility at enrollment — reducing burden while improving accuracy.

Inovalon's Jen Lamppa on why inaccurate self-reported data is clinical trial enrollment's costliest problem — and how RWD fixes it.

Inizio's Elaine Ferguson on why enabling purpose-driven employees to make a meaningful difference is as important as any formal talent strategy.

Inizio's Elaine Ferguson on how cross-functional leadership pods tackling real business challenges are turning talent development into operational innovation.

Inizio's Elaine Ferguson on why AI value requires deconstructing workflows task by task — aligning each to the right combination of talent and technology.

March 11th 2025

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