Investigating FDA’s breakthrough devices, big data ethics, & AI for colon cancer
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Omicron splinters into fast-spreading lineages, highlighting coronavirus’s evolution
Scientists around the world are discovering and tracking newer forms of the Omicron coronavirus variant,…
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Biogen’s head-scratching new lobbyist hire
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STAT+: What Regeneron’s purchase of Checkmate Pharma says about the state of biotech
There are a few angles through which to view Tuesday’s acquisition of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals by…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Global demand for Pfizer Covid-19 pill falls; biotech hub in Massachusetts set for a correction
Rise and shine, everyone, a busy day is on the way. We can tell thanks…
Moderna data yield hope for better Covid boosters, but highlight complexity of figuring out how to give them
New data from Moderna offer hope that booster shots against Covid-19 could become at least…
STAT+: In nation’s biotech hub, layoffs, closures, and mergers expected as part of an industry ‘correction’
Based on the unrelenting demand for more lab space in the Boston area, a boom…
Opinion: If there is a digital health bubble, does it really matter for entrepreneurs?
For the better part of the last two-plus years, my colleagues and I at 7wireVentures…
Opinion: Medicine needs to do right by patients prescribed opioids
As a medical student, the prism of pain helped me begin seeing patients as people…
Covid hasn’t given up all its secrets. Here are 6 mysteries experts hope to unravel
For a formidable adversary with plenty of secrets up its sleeve, the coronavirus presented one…
Federal judge voids U.S. mask mandate for planes, other travel
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate…
STAT+: Animal rights group urges USDA to probe research facilities for failing to inspect monkey shipments
A prominent animal rights group asked U.S. authorities to investigate leading medical research labs for…
STAT+: Nation’s top cancer hospitals slap hefty markups on drugs, study says
The nation’s preeminent cancer hospitals are charging commercial health insurers anywhere from double to seven…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.K watchdog agency is urged to bolster conflicts policy; FDA device program helps makers more than patients
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Cel-Sci’s CEO used private call to tip off select investors about cancer drug update
Geert Kersten, the CEO of drugmaker Cel-Sci, stopped communicating publicly soon after the company’s cancer…
Opinion: Men and women may respond differently to vaccines. Research needs to account for that
Two days after getting my second dose of the Moderna mRNA vaccine as part of…
Kizzmekia Corbett on the pandemic, public service, and her path to becoming a scientist
The world knows Kizzmekia Corbett as one of the designers of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccines….
As FDA offers breakthrough designation to device makers, patients and providers are left with questions
Since launching in 2017, an ambitious and secretive Food and Drug Administration program to speed…
Listen: Dismantling medical racism starts in the classroom
Medical education is in the midst of a revolution. Students and educators, fueled by the…
STAT+: Breakthrough Device Tracker: An authoritative database of FDA’s fast-tracked medical devices
The world of medical devices is growing more sprawling every day. Some promising novel ideas…
STAT+: FDA’s breakthrough device program, meant to benefit patients, is delivering the biggest gains for companies
Five years ago, the Food and Drug Administration launched a new program with the best…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: WTO head says Covid vaccine IP talks are nearing agreement; RSV is the next big target for vaccine makers
And so, another working will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon,…
Opinion: FDA needs to follow through on its plan to ban carbadox in animal feed
An antibiotic known as carbadox can damage genes and cause cancer. The European Union, Canada,…
Opinion: India’s drug regulator has ignored red alerts on Covaxin, imperiling millions of lives
In a shocking turn of events, the World Health Organization warned United Nations agencies against…
Leana Wen talks Covid risk tolerance and her response to critics
When at least 80 out of about 600 people who attended the swanky Gridiron Club…
U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children
Public health officials in the United States and the United Kingdom are investigating a number…
STAT+: Bristol Myers agrees to settle lawsuit alleging anti-competitive deals involving HIV drugs
After three years of squabbling, Bristol Myers Squibb has agreed to pay up to $11…
Health tech companies strike deals to grow virtual diabetes care, telepsychiatry
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Listen: Leana Wen on the pandemic’s new normal and whether Twitter is real life
Are we supposed to just get used to superspreader events? What’s going with Editas Medicine?…
The next battle in the never-ending war over Aduhelm
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STAT+: Omicron’s speedy retreat helped bolster UnitedHealth Group’s bottom line
The relative brevity of the Omicron surge helped the bottom line at UnitedHealth Group. UnitedHealth’s…
A rabid anteater was moved from one zoo to another, leading to rabies treatment for 13 people
The transport of an anteater from one zoo to another may have exposed more than…
STAT+: Editas Medicine names new CEO — its fourth — as delays, poor data hamper its gene-editing treatments
Editas Medicine announced the hiring of a new CEO on Thursday — the fourth top…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Justice Department probes Bausch over marketing; Pfizer to seek Covid booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because…
Pfizer to seek Covid booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds
Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its Covid-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids….
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Opinion: Devastating separations continue for families seeking asylum, with dire health consequences
Maria was 37 weeks pregnant — at full term — when Customs and Border Protection…
STAT+: ‘Completely unsustainable’: Small employers brace for giant health insurance price hikes
Many small companies are expected to face double-digit hikes to their health insurance premiums next…
STAT+: Hospitals have been financially propping up medical schools, but now it’s squeezing their bottom lines
Before Banner Health agreed to shore up a pair of financially struggling medical schools, leaders…
STAT+: Justice Department probes Bausch Health over marketing for dermatology drugs
Bausch Health is being investigated by U.S. authorities in connection with marketing of four medicines…
STAT+: Halozyme to acquire Antares for nearly $1B in bid to dominate drug delivery market
San Diego biotech Halozyme announced Wednesday that it plans to buy drug development and delivery…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.K. advances novel payment system for antibiotics; Glaxo to pay $1.9 billion for Sierra Oncology
Hello, everyone, and how are you this fine, sunny morning? The middle of the week…
STAT+: A $2.1 million price tag for Bluebird Bio’s gene therapy is cost-effective, analysis finds
As the U.S. health care system braces for expensive gene therapies, a new analysis suggests…
STAT+: Good fortunes continue for Sierra Oncology with $1.9 billion acquisition by U.K. pharma giant Glaxo
Sierra Oncology is having a very good year. On Wednesday, the small U.S. drugmaker said…
STAT+: Trying not one, but a three-drug combination to help engineered T cells fight cancer
NEW ORLEANS — For years, Kristin Anderson has been trying to push immunotherapy to work…
Opinion: Listen: Mental health needs are soaring. Where are all the psychiatrists?
As a psychiatrist, Christin Drake often turns away potential new patients — there just aren’t…
The pediatrician as advocate: Rhea Boyd on making clinical work about community needs
Rhea Boyd is both a physician and a researcher. But she never wants to separate…
Opinion: STAT+: Incentives to spur repurposing of existing generics for novel uses would open a new paradigm in drug R&D
The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, better known as the…
Health systems are using machine learning to predict high-cost care. Will it help patients?
Health systems and payers eager to trim costs think the answer lies in a small…
Covid vaccines didn’t work for many cancer patients — but researchers are designing a new shot for them
A couple months before the pandemic started, Joseph Ford started experiencing a rash of pinpoint…
STAT+: Pharma pledges faster drug launches in Europe in hopes of avoiding stricter regulations
In a bid to thwart stricter regulation, the European pharmaceutical industry trade group pledged to…