Episode 1: API Stockpiling and U.S. Pharma Supply - Insights from PBOA’s Gil Roth

On August 16, the administration issued an executive order to fill the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve (SAPIR). The plan begins by stockpiling a six-month supply of 26 critical drugs, with the goal of expanding to a list of 86 essential medicines. What does this mean for pharmaceutical manufacturing, contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs), and the broader drug supply chain?

In this episode of BWS Dialogues, we sit down with Gil Roth, President of the Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association (PBOA), to unpack the implications of this initiative. Gil shares insights and offers a candid look at the opportunities, challenges, and unintended consequences.

We explore questions such as:

• How does this plan build on—and differ from—previous U.S.  ...