The pharmaceutical supply chain faces unprecedented disruption from geopolitical tensions, tariff policies, manufacturing vulnerabilities, and market volatility. These forces create significant challenges for IDN pharmacy leaders tasked with ensuring medication availability while managing costs and maintaining patient safety. In this session, examine the disruptive trends reshaping the pharmaceutical marketplace and explore strategies for building supply chain resilience in an uncertain environment.

Industry experts will discuss how organizations are responding to disruption through strategic sourcing, inventory optimization, supplier diversification, and collaborative partnerships that strengthen supply chain stability.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify key disruptive forces, including tariffs, geopolitical factors, and manufacturing shifts, that are impacting pharmaceutical supply chain stability.
2. Evaluate risk mitigation strategies that protect against drug shortages, price volatility, and supply chain disruptions.
3. Apply inventory management and sourcing techniques that balance cost efficiency with supply assurance in a volatile marketplace.
4. Formulate resilience-building approaches that leverage supplier relationships, technology, and cross-functional collaboration to stabilize pharmaceutical supply chains.