Tag: Life Sciences

  • Pharma Carveout

    Commerce sets a zero Section 232 rate for orphan drugs, cell and gene therapies and six other specialty classes from 19 jurisdictions, six days before the September 29 compliance date resets pharmaceutical import duties. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2026 – The Commerce Department has carved a permanent zero duty channel into the most aggressive sectoral tariff…

  • Pharma Duty Gap

    A September 23 Federal Register notice names nineteen jurisdictions whose specialty medicines qualify for a zero rate under the Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff. Canada is not among them. The adjustment takes effect on September 29, leaving Canadian life sciences exporters at the 100 percent baseline while the European Union, Japan, the United Kingdom and sixteen…

  • From Loading Dock to Trade Strategy: What DSV’s Luxembourg-Indianapolis Pharma Air Route Reveals About the New Tariff Era

    Peacock Tariff Consulting · June 2026 On 9 June 2026, DSV did something that, on its face, looks like a routine logistics announcement: the world’s largest freight forwarder opened a dedicated pharmaceutical air corridor between Luxembourg and Indianapolis. A new lane, a new hub, a press release full of the usual language about visibility, reliability…