STAT+: Lawmakers tell Pfizer CEO to ‘back off’ on planned price hike for Covid-19 vaccine
A pair of U.S. lawmakers wrote Pfizer chief executive officer Albert Bourla that he should…
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Huge U.S. study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers
More than 155,000 Americans who shared their DNA for science are about to learn something…
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STAT+: In bid to beat Bristol Myers, Takeda buys Nimbus’ anti-inflammatory drug drug for $4 billion
Takeda Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday it will spend $4 billion and offer another $2 billion in…
STAT+: Study points to new ‘king on the block’ for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
NEW ORLEANS – One of the best therapies for some types of lymphoma and leukemia…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna and Merck vaccine lowers risk of skin cancer relapse; Cambodia halts exports of primates used for drug research
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Crystal clear blue…
WHO names Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, as chief scientist
Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, the world’s second largest private funder of biomedical…
STAT+: Moderna cancer vaccine reduces melanoma’s return by 44%
An experimental cancer vaccine being developed by the biotechnology firm Moderna and the drug giant…
‘Out of control’: Dozens of telehealth startups sent sensitive health information to big tech companies
Open the website of Workit Health, and the path to treatment starts with a simple…
Opinion: Lessons from Ecuador on responding to the mental health crisis in the U.S. and around the world
In his assessment of governments’ work to provide sufficient mental health resources to their citizens,…
‘Make People Better’: The CRISPR babies story you probably don’t know, and how it was filmed in real-time
In May of 2017, Samira Kiani found herself in a San Diego hotel ballroom surrounded…
Opinion: Primary care physicians try to give their all — until they can’t. It’s time to flip the archetype to teamwork
My colleague, Skip, was the kind of primary care doctor I always wanted to be….
STAT+: Virtual reality startups BehaVR and OxfordVR merge to seize opportunity for new treatments
Virtual reality startups BehaVR and OxfordVR have merged and raised $13 million in Series B…
An early lesson from the Uganda Ebola vaccine trial: Shots must be ready to go before the next outbreak strikes
A clinical trial of vaccines targeting the Ebola Sudan virus is starting this week in…
Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study
This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in…
STAT+: Amid fears of superbugs, sales of antibiotics used in food-producing livestock barely declined last year
Amid fears of superbugs, the sale of medically important antibiotics given to food-producing livestock declined…
STAT+: England to sequence genomes of 100,000 newborns, to try to catch illness earlier
LONDON — England is launching a pilot program sequencing the genomes of up to 100,000…
STAT+: Mirati wins FDA approval for KRAS-blocking lung cancer drug, but blockbuster sales hopes have dimmed
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a second KRAS-blocking treatment for advanced lung…
STAT+: Ongoing problems with a new European clinical trial registry could cause ‘catastrophe’
A coalition of pharmaceutical industry and academic medical research associations based in Germany is calling…
STAT+: Cambodia halts exports of non-human primates, threatening drug discovery efforts
Following the recent indictments of several people allegedly involved in a monkey-smuggling operation, Cambodia has…
STAT+: Roche pharmaceuticals CEO Bill Anderson to step down after four-year-tenure
Roche announced Monday that Bill Anderson, CEO of its pharmaceuticals division, will step down after…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Amgen agrees to pay $27.8 billion for Horizon Therapeutics; Roche pharma head steps down
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Affimed’s natural killer cell therapy has murky path forward despite encouraging results
NEW ORLEANS – An experimental immunotherapy from Affimed for patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma has…
Amgen’s $27.8 billion Horizon merger is latest industry bet on pricey rare disease drugs
Amgen said Monday it would purchase Horizon Pharmaceuticals for $27.8 billion, marking the latest bet…
Opinion: Responsibly expanding access to methadone for people with opioid use disorder will save lives
The overdose epidemic continues to ravage communities across the country. In Washington state, where I…
STAT+: Coming soon: Permanent Covid-19 safety rules for health care workers
The federal agency that oversees workplace safety is moving forward with making certain Covid-19 protections…
Revenge of the gaslit patients: Now, as scientists, they’re tackling Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
Type “Ehlers-Danlos syndromes” into a search engine, and multiple suggestions pop up. Is Ehlers-Danlos an…
STAT+: The Covid-19 test maker that pivoted to being a health insurance company
Curative rose to prominence during the throes of the pandemic, as people and governments across…
STAT+: Novartis develops CAR-T therapy that can be made in a fraction of the standard time
NEW ORLEANS — For some patients suffering with certain blood cancers, CAR-T therapy can offer…
STAT+: Argenx antibody drug benefits patients with platelet-destroying autoimmune disorder
NEW ORLEANS — An antibody treatment developed by the Belgian drugmaker Argenx raised platelet counts…
STAT+: ‘We’ve got a new target’: Bispecific antibody for multiple myeloma succeeds in mid-stage trial
NEW ORLEANS — Researchers had hoped in recent years that a protein called GPRC5D might…
STAT+: Bone marrow transplant patients could be spared from ‘bland’ diet, study finds
Whenever a hematopoietic cell transplant patient tries to get a family member to sneak food…
STAT+: Emerging class of genetically targeted drugs induce remissions in leukemia patients
NEW ORLEANS — An emerging class of genetically targeted drugs is inducing remissions in about…
STAT+: Progress report on Adicet’s ‘gamma-delta’ T cell therapy shows mixed results on durability of remissions
NEW ORLEANS — Adicet Bio generated a good deal of buzz last June with a…
Getting ahead of ‘tsunami’ of chronic disease will require data and creativity, experts say
Chronic disease is omnipresent in the United States. Trillions of dollars are devoted to and…
Ballerina, firefighter, hygienist? Why dentistry needs to start its pipeline with young kids
Dentistry has a diversity problem, and medical and dental experts say the best way to…
STAT+: Why a tone-deaf Regeneron executive deserved to be booed over Alzheimer’s drug pricing
File this under “What was he thinking?” The otherwise staid Milken Institute summit on health…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Medicare willing to reevaluate coverage of Alzheimer’s drugs; judge tosses shingles-vaccine lawsuits against Merck
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
STAT+: 5 ways health tech companies can make their products more equitable
Disparities along racial and socioeconomic lines have long persisted in health care. But it’s only…
Opinion: Artificial intelligence: crossing the border between health care and tech
There’s been significant investment in companies creating artificial intelligence (AI) applications for health and health…
The ‘electric vehicles’ of pharma, Illumina’s boondoggle, & a Theranos sentencing
Who gets dibs on in-demand medicines? Can you get a refund on an $8 billion…
STAT+: Medicare chief: ‘Door is really open’ on coverage for new Alzheimer’s drug
Medicare is willing to re-evaluate its coverage of Alzheimer’s drugs in light of a new…
Walensky says CDC needs more authority from Congress to collect public health data
WASHINGTON — The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention needs Congress to help it collect…
Jynneos mpox vaccine provided strong protection against infection, new CDC data show
People who received one or two doses of mpox vaccine contracted the infection at substantially…
Amid criticism, Stanford turns over review of its president to outside investigator
Stanford University has hired an outside law firm to lead the investigation of its president…
FDA authorizes updated Covid-19 boosters for youngest children
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it had amended the emergency use authorizations for…
Pausing breast cancer treatment for pregnancy appears safe
Young women diagnosed with breast cancer often must delay pregnancy for years while they take…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Mark Cuban’s drug company goes after employer market; FDA slaps import alert on key Sun Pharma plant
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. The sun is…
‘All the tech in the world doesn’t solve this’: Rare disease experts push biopharma on equity
Over the past few years, the biopharmaceutical industry has revved up efforts to diversify clinical…
STAT+: Mark Cuban teams with a business coalition in bid to lower drug costs for employers
In his latest bid to expand access to lower-cost medicines, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug…
Biden administration unveils dashboard to track nonfatal drug overdoses
The Biden administration is rolling out a new tool meant to help prevent drug deaths:…