Articles by Katie Anderson

1. At Base Camp: Lilly's Manufacturing Capacity Journey 2/13/2026

   In 2025 alone, Lilly announced plans to build new facilities in Texas, Alabama, Virginia and Pennsylvania in addition to facility expansions in Indiana, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico.

2. Solving The Top 3 Pharma Packaging/Manufacturing Issues 2/5/2026

   Regulatory changes, space/footprint constraints and expanding automation garnered more votes than the other challenges. Let’s explore these challenges, and see how the industry is tackling them as we move into 2026.

3. Novo's Path To The First GLP-1 Weight Loss Pill 1/23/2026

   The race to the finish line for the first oral GLP-1 treatment for weight loss was won on Dec. 22, 2025, when the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved oral Wegovy by Novo Nordisk as the first daily, oral GLP-1 pill for weight management.

4. 5 FDA Approval Categories In 2025 1/15/2026

   With less drugs approved in 2025, it is interesting to see what drugs made it through and if any categories of treatment emerged.

5. A 2025 Pharma Look Back and Look Forward: Editor Style 1/7/2026

   Though I still have a great deal to learn about the pharmaceutical industry, I am surrounded by a warm and incredibly bright cast of editors that I gain knowledge from every day.

6. Top 7 AI Lessons Learned 12/23/2025

   As an icebreaker to start the panel, Teresa Minero from LifeBee asked each presenter to share their top recommendations and major issues to avoid with AI.

7. An AI Use Case in Pharma Process Optimization 12/18/2025

   Recordati Ireland’s production coordinator Ross Fitzgerald took attendees through his team’s AI journey, from identifying the problem to using AI data analytics to find a solution.

8. It's Copy/Paste In Fleet Management Manufacturing 12/11/2025

   Copy and paste may be frowned upon in most work tasks, but not in the case of “fleet management.”  In the past few years, Roche and Novo Nordisk collaborated to introduce this concept of applying the copy/paste action to standardized, decentralized facilities.

9. Leveraging Historical Data To Accelerate Process Understanding 12/5/2025

   At the ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo, I had the chance to sit in on a presentation by Philippe Cini, partner for A-Connect, who introduced his data-focused method of process understanding to recognize defects early, make process changes quickly and stay on schedule.

10. Høeg In, Pazdur Out At The FDA 12/4/2025

    What an eventful week it has been at the FDA, with Richard Pazdur, M.D., resigning after weeks in his position as director of Center for Drug Research and Evaluation (CDER), and his vacancy being quickly filled by acting director Tracy Beth Høeg, M.D.