Listen: Juul’s doomsday, Merck’s buyout plans, & the next Theranos verdict
Just how powerful is the FDA? Is Merck about to spend $40 billion? And what’s…
Author: STAT
STAT+: A cautionary tale: How one biotech stock trader lost a small fortune, but emerged wiser
Too many of my Twitter interactions with biotech-loving retail investors are unpleasant. If I write…
How pregnancy could prove the potential of smartwatches
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
FDA orders Juul e-cigarettes off the market in the U.S.
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has ordered all vaping products made by the…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Senate bill would allow insulin makers to lock in profits; GSK, Novartis pledge funds for diseases that mostly affect the poor
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because…
STAT+: Uniqure’s Huntington’s gene therapy lowers key protein in small trial
A gene therapy for Huntington’s disease made by the Dutch biotech firm Uniqure showed early…
STAT+: Despite fanfare, the FDA’s step toward lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes is a very early one
WASHINGTON — When the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it would eventually lower the…
STAT+: With cryptocurrency and NFTs, ‘decentralized science’ seeks to upend drug industry financing
When Alok Tayi’s daughter was born last year, he found himself in a place no…
Opinion: Signals from monkeypox: Create an external advisory group to start preparing for the next pandemic
As the U.S. reels from a more than 1 million reported deaths due directly to…
Opinion: Needed: a clearer explanation of why diversity in clinical trials is important
Increasing the diversity of clinical trial participants is all the rage these days. The numbers…
STAT+: New Senate proposal to lower insulin prices would let drugmakers lock in their current profits
WASHINGTON — A new proposal that senators claim would fix insulin pricing would actually allow…
STAT+: Congress is closer than ever to formally authorizing ARPA-H. But the details aren’t as final as they seem
WASHINGTON — It seemed like the debate over President Biden’s new high-stakes science agency, ARPA-H,…
Wearables are collecting a flood of data. An ambitious new study of pregnancy aims to prove that’s valuable for health
When Stephen Friend left Apple in 2017 after a stint helping to jumpstart its health…
STAT+: Industry-funded studies on cost-effectiveness often favor pricier drugs, study finds
In response to rising prices for medicines, public and private payers increasingly rely on assessments…
Women less likely than men to get authorship on scientific publications, analysis finds
Look at the list of authors on a scientific paper and you’ll typically see more…
Opinion: Congress: Fund PrEP to end the HIV epidemic
As the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.K. inks $1.2 billion deal with Moderna for vaccine center; Top Biocon exec arrested in bribery scandal
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. You made it this far,…
Opinion: Health care has a carbon problem. Health tech can help fix it
As climate change threatens the health of the planet — and everyone living on it…
Opinion: A national patient ID is essential for patient safety
Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected…
To protect people with addiction from discrimination, the Justice Dept. turns to a long-overlooked tool: the ADA
It was at Massachusetts General Hospital that Bryan found the care he needed for his…
The pitfalls of pandemic apps, Epic’s data network, & Medicare’s race data problem
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Startup will target cystic fibrosis with a new twist on gene therapy
Gene therapy developers rely on hollowed-out viruses to shuttle DNA into the body, where it…
Biden picks former DARPA director Prabhakar as next science adviser
WASHINGTON — President Biden will soon nominate Arati Prabhakar, a physicist and former DARPA director,…
STAT+: Senate lawmakers introduce a bill to help the FDA and the U.S. Patent Office coordinate
Amid concerns that patent reviewers disregard competitive effects on prescription drugs, a bipartisan group of…
STAT+: Supreme Court rules in favor of insurance plan that pushed kidney failure patient to Medicare
Patients with kidney failure face a murky future if they have insurance coverage through a…
.jpg)
STAT+: PTC’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug achieves study goal, potentially confirming European approval
PTC Therapeutics said Tuesday that its treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy slowed the loss of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Medicare could have saved billions if it paid what Cuban charges; India’s drug controller accused of taking bribe
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. The sun is…
Opinion: The U.S. needs to revitalize research on the health effects of low-dose radiation
People are exposed to low-dose radiation in many ways: having a CT scan, working as…
STAT+: European researchers seek greater stake in drug development in bid to improve access
As the price of new medicines weighs on health payers in Europe, universities are seeking…
What will it take to level the playing field for Black residents?
This is part two of a STAT investigation on the dismissal of Black doctors from…
These researchers study abortion in states likely to ban it. That will make their jobs even harder
Last September, Texas lawmakers passed the most restrictive abortion policy in the country. The state’s…
On Covid messaging, Biden is caught between politics and public health
WASHINGTON — When it comes to Covid-19, President Biden is walking a tightrope. The midterm…
STAT+: Medicare could have saved billions on drugs if it paid what Mark Cuban charges at his new pharmacy
Amid growing anger over the cost of medicines, a new analysis finds that Medicare could…
STAT+: European Commission investigates Vifor for ‘disparaging’ its only rival in iron deficiency market
The European Commission has opened an investigation into allegations that Vifor Pharma spread misleading information…
STAT+: Smartphone apps promised to help combat the pandemic. How well did they work?
When the pandemic hit, tech giants like Apple and Google as well as upstart technology…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Merck is eyeing Seagen to beef up its cancer drug portfolio; Lawmakers want GAO to probe PBMs
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week, although today is actually a holiday…
.jpg)
Opinion: U.S. health care needs to be fixed. Look to the LGBTQ+ community to do it
The brewing monkeypox outbreak that’s raising health alarms in the LGBTQ+ community comes on the…
Opinion: Hold science to higher standards on racism
Shortly before an 18-year-old white supremacist entered a supermarket in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo,…
Comparing the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for young children
You have a child under age 5. You’ve been waiting anxiously to get said child…
‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents
Rosandra Daywalker had always excelled. The daughter of Haitian and Jamaican parents in Miami —…
Opinion: Never forget that early vaccines came from testing on enslaved people
In response to the growing spread of monkeypox, public health leaders are for the first…
Opinion: Why I ask my patients about their faith or religion
As a surgeon specializing in cancer, I often meet people at a time of crisis…
CDC advisers endorse Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines for children under 5
A expert panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Saturday to…
STAT+: Lawmakers ask GAO to probe pharmacy benefit managers over their role in drug pricing
Amid intensifying scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers, a group of House Republicans is urging the…
STAT+: HCA, Steward abandon hospital deal in another win for FTC
For-profit hospital chains HCA Healthcare and Steward Health Care have terminated their proposed hospital sales,…
STAT+: A longtime investor talks interest rates, biotech, and why luxury cars are a warning sign
This week the central bank hiked interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point,…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FTC warns pharma and PBMs about rebate schemes; WTO reaches Covid vaccine patent waiver deal
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
STAT+: WTO reaches a deal on Covid vaccine patent waivers, but industry and advocates remain unhappy
After nearly two years of talks, the World Trade Organization reached an agreement to temporarily…
FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for…
A CDC study seeks to provide clues to seeming surge of hepatitis cases in kids
When previously healthy little kids started showing up in hospitals with failing livers last fall…