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AI-driven pharma trends: R&D acceleration via data integration, supply chain localization, excipient innovation, and rapid workforce upskilling.

PharmTech Weekly News Roundup — Week of October 27, 2025

Feliza Mirasol is the science editor for 

In this episode of Drug Digest, the discussion centers around the optimization of biopharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chain efficiency through the mastering of AI capabilities, data integration, and critical validation challenges.

Drug Digest: Strategic Alliances and Technology Integration in the Evolving Biopharma Landscape

J.D. Mowery, Bora, says tariffs localize biopharma supply chains, the "biotech freeze" mandates robust data, and AI rapidly optimizes operations.

The Key Trends Driving Supply Chain Localization and Data Scrutiny in Biopharma

Maggie Saykali, Cefic, explains that Western pharma vulnerability stems from market loss to Asia, caused largely by short-sighted offshoring due to environmental costs.

US and European Pharma Manufacturing Face Diverging Paths to Resilience

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SGD Pharma’s Najet Mebarki provides an overview of more than a half dozen services, products, and treatments, including ready-to-use solutions.

Vial Packaging Innovations from SGD Pharma at CPHI Frankfurt 2025

Excipient Innovation and the Regulatory Tug-of-War: Navigating Threats to Availability and Safety

Gustavo Ferrer, MD, explains how AI accelerates drug development and manufacturing, streamlining clinical data into actionable pharma insights.

Turning Real-World Data into Actionable Drug Development Insights With AI

A panel at CPHI Frankfurt discussed how AI is transforming pharma talent, necessitating rapid upskilling, bias mitigation, and regulatory changes.

The Bio/pharma Industry Navigates AI’s Impact on Workforce and Hiring

Nigel Langley of gChem stresses excipient innovation, safer solvents, and supply chain resilience for pharma’s future in part 2 of a 2-part interview related to his presentation at CPHI Europe 2025.

Excipient Innovation, Safer Solvents, and Supply Chain Resilience

Eva-Maria Hempe, NVIDIA, says AI collaboration optimizes life science research via routine automation, freeing human experts for complex strategy, ethics, and exploring scarce data.