STAT Plus: Acceleron pulmonary hypertension drug succeeds in mid-stage clinical trial
Acceleron Pharma said Monday that a mid-stage clinical trial involving an experimental drug for pulmonary…
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Martin Shkreli is sued by the FTC and NY attorney general for illegally cornering a market
More than four years after Martin Shkreli incensed Americans by raising the price of a…
Opinion: An ‘Epic’ pushback as U.S. prepares for new era of empowering patient health data
Epic, the largest electronic health record company in the U.S., launched an effort last week…
STAT Plus: Big drug purchasers predict price hikes driven by expensive new therapies
More than two dozen big buyers of prescription medicines expect that prices will rise by…
STAT Plus: McKesson reaches $175 million deal with shareholders over lax oversight of opioid shipments
As pressure mounts on pharmaceutical wholesalers over their role in the opioid crisis, McKesson (MCK)…
STAT Plus: McKesson reaches $175 million deal with shareholders over lax oversight of opioid shipments
As pressure mounts on pharmaceutical wholesalers over their role in the opioid crisis, McKesson (MCK)…
Opinion: Bird flu. SARS. China coronavirus. Is history repeating itself?
HONG KONG — Sometimes history seems to unspool in a continuous playback loop. That is…
STAT Plus: Roche is fined by Romania for thwarting competition to its cancer medicines
Following a two-year investigation, Roche (RHHBY) was fined $14 million by antitrust authorities in Romania…
STAT Plus: The suburbs are cheaper, but they don’t have what Kendall Square has for biotechs: serendipity
You know Kendall Square’s office rents have gotten stratospheric when a CEO compares the neighborhood…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Coronavirus spread may hurt pharma’s supply chain; Illinois limits out-of-pocket insulin costs
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT Plus: ‘The gurus of sperm’: Ohana Biosciences is taking a different approach to fertility
“Ohana” means family in Hawaiian — and the new Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech that took that…
‘The time to worry is now’: The coronavirus in China could threaten pharma’s ingredient sourcing
As a novel coronavirus spreads through China and rattles the rest of the world, the…
Opinion: Epic’s call to block a proposed data rule is wrong for many reasons
Epic, the nation’s largest electronic health record (EHR) company and a major beneficiary of a…
Opinion: The cannabis boom could be good for science — and scientists
I’ve been a chemistry professor for 15 years and a chemist for longer than that….
STAT Plus: These 10 startups acquired by Alphabet reveal a health care play centered on surveillance
At a gathering of the world’s business and political titans last week, Google CEO Sundar…
Containing new coronavirus may not be feasible, experts say, as they warn of possible sustained global spread
Some infectious disease experts are warning that it may no longer be feasible to contain…
DNA sleuths read the coronavirus genome, tracing its origins and looking for dangerous mutations
As infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists race to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus…
STAT Plus: Another patient charity settles charges it helped drug makers pay Medicare kickbacks
After a contentious, two-year battle with federal authorities, a patient charity called Patient Services agreed…
How fast can biotech come up with a vaccine for the latest outbreak?
The deadly outbreak of a novel coronavirus has sparked a race among biotech companies, each…
STAT Plus: What does the latest twist in the Sarepta saga mean for the future of the FDA? We discuss
Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration released documents that reveal a schism within…
New coronavirus can cause infections with no symptoms and sicken otherwise healthy people, studies show
Two papers published Friday in the journal the Lancet offer some of the first rigorous…
STAT Plus: Insys founder gets 5½ years in jail for his role in fentanyl prescription scheme
The founder of Insys Therapeutics was sentenced to 5½ years in federal prison Thursday for…
‘Traumatic as hell’: Patients describe what it’s like to be restrained in the ER
Sometimes, in especially intense moments in the emergency room, a staffer might have to take…
CDC reports second U.S. case of novel virus spreading in China
A second case of the new infection emerging from China has been discovered in the…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Drug makers spent $120 million lobbying Congress in 2019; more investors are bullish in Biogen’s Alzheimer drug
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: Using social norms to drive positive changes in health
Well-intentioned efforts to help others often backfire, but we can learn from our mistakes. Vaping…
Opinion: Questionable study casts a cloud over the 75th anniversary of water fluoridation
Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 25, 1945, public health officials began an experiment in Grand…
Precautions are in place. Now U.S. hospitals and states ready for more cases of novel virus from China
It seemed like it was only a matter of time. Even before the first U.S….
Four ‘generations’ of spread seen with virus in China, alarming experts
Emerging data on the new virus circulating in China adds to evidence there is sustained…
Listen: The latest on the China virus, Sarepta’s ongoing FDA saga, and biotech at Davos
Are we dealing with a SARS redux? Has the FDA lost its teeth? And what…
23andMe laying off 14% of employees amid slump in DNA spit kit sales
In the latest sign of a slump in consumer genetic testing, 23andMe is laying off…
STAT Plus: Former Insys executive who dressed as giant fentanyl bottle gets 26-month sentence
A former high-ranking Insys Therapeutics executive who dressed as a giant fentanyl spray bottle in…
WHO declines to declare China virus outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Thursday declined to designate the ongoing outbreak of a novel…
Want to know how contentious drug pricing is in Washington? Check the receipts
WASHINGTON — Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and the 31 other major drug makers that…
STAT Plus: Many patient groups have deep ties to pharma but fail to disclose backing
Amid ongoing debate over the role the pharmaceutical industry plays in shaping health policy, a…
Mount Vesuvius blast turned ancient victim’s brain to glass
MILAN — The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim’s brain material into glass,…
Researchers have already grown miniature brains and lungs. Next up: snake venom gland organoids
It’s not every day that a press release for biomedical research conjures up the Barbasol…
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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Most Americans worry about drug prices, not Medicare for All; FDA remains divided over a drug
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Our short person…
Opinion: Pain doesn’t stigmatize people. We do that to each other
In 2000, a truck rear-ended my friend Andrea’s car as she stopped at a crosswalk…
Watch: Why do some viruses spread more widely than others?
As public health officials try to gauge the threat posed by a new virus that…
A fitting memorial: Superbug treatment named for the patient who inspired its discovery
Even for the most elite of bacteria-killers, these superbugs were a challenge. They’d delayed Mallory…
It’s been sequenced. It’s spread across borders. Now the new pneumonia-causing virus needs a name
Ebola, SARS, swine flu, MERS. With the reality that a previously unknown animal virus has…
STAT Plus: Civica Rx teams with Blue Cross Blue Shield to widen its alternative market for generics
In its latest bid to rework the marketplace for generic drugs, the Civica Rx nonprofit…
Congress calls JUUL, four other vape companies to testify about youth vaping
WASHINGTON — Five leading e-cigarette companies will be dragged before Congress early next month, according…
WHO postpones decision on whether to declare China outbreak a global public health emergency
The World Health Organization on Wednesday delayed a decision on whether to declare the ongoing…
STAT Plus: Former Insys executive sentenced to a year and a day for her role in opioid bribery scheme
A former pharmaceutical executive and one-time stripper was sentenced to a year and a day…
STAT Plus: The FDA continues to struggle with the implications of approving Sarepta’s drugs
New documents released Wednesday lay bare the stark divide within the Food and Drug Administration…
STAT Plus: European Court adviser deals Glaxo a setback in ‘pay-to-delay’ case
In a setback to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a legal adviser to the European Court of Justice…
Trump: Despite U.S. case, China virus is ‘under control’
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday downplayed concerns surrounding an infectious disease outbreak in China…