STAT+: Pfizer looks to widen access to Covid-19 vaccine in Africa, but advocates say it doesn’t go far enough
Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) moved Wednesday to widen access to Covid-19 vaccines by striking…
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States reach $26 billion deal with three wholesalers and J&J to end opioid lawsuits
Three of the largest pharmaceutical wholesalers and a major drug maker reached a $26 billion…
Opinion: ‘When Memory Fades’: Misinformation about Alzheimer’s disease and Aduhelm must be limited
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a timely and thought-provoking advisory about the serious threat to…
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In world’s first genetically engineered marsupials, scientists get a fresh window into human biology
When the pile of opossums arrived at John VandeBerg’s lab from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo…
U.S. life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII
NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020,…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer cuts deal for Covid-19 shot to be partially made in South Africa; wholesalers to pay $1.1b to NY to settle opioid suit
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
STAT+: Therapy chatbot startup Woebot raises $90 million
Woebot announced Wednesday that it raised a $90 million Series B investment to further the…
Opinion: Listen: Ezekiel Emanuel on vaccine mandates: ‘Covid might not be done with you’
Are health care workers more obligated than others to get a Covid-19 vaccine? In this…
STAT+: FDA plans to study whether pharma reps at conference exhibit booths are telling the truth
Pandemics aside, medical conferences are popular destinations for doctors, who are barraged with information about…
Opinion: Explaining medical AI is easier said than done
The growing use of artificial intelligence in medicine is paralleled by growing concern among many…
STAT+: Accelerated approval, the path used to greenlight Biogen Alzheimer’s drug, has a checkered track record, critics say
If ever there were a cautionary tale for the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of…
More than 200 people in U.S. being monitored for possible monkeypox exposure, CDC says
More than 200 people in 27 states are being monitored for possible exposure to monkeypox…
STAT+: Three pharma wholesalers reach a $1.1 billion deal with New York over the opioid crisis
Three of the largest pharmaceutical wholesalers in the U.S. agreed to pay up to $1.1…
Delta variant surges to 83% of sequenced Covid-19 cases in the U.S., CDC says
The rapidly spreading Delta variant now accounts for 83% of sequenced Covid-19 cases in the…
STAT+: As a key hearing nears, Justice Department calls Purdue’s bankruptcy plan unconstitutional
In harsh words, the U.S. Department of Justice castigated Purdue Pharma’s proposed bankruptcy plan as…
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Amazon’s health cloud, Pichai on AI, and digital Alzheimer’s screens
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STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: the revitalization of the antibiotic drug pipeline
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Wholesalers near deal over opioid litigation; pharma gives $67,400 to Peters for trying to torpedo drug pricing bill
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because…
STAT+: Pacific Biosciences to buy smaller DNA sequencing firm for up to $800 million
Pacific Biosciences of California, a maker of DNA sequencing equipment that has seen its stock…
Opinion: Circumventing Covid-19 with better ventilation and air quality
Gathering outdoors has provided people a safer alternative to meeting inside during the Covid-19 pandemic….
STAT+: San Francisco, Austin, or Raleigh? White House contemplates an out-of-D.C. address for new biomedical research agency
WASHINGTON — The White House isn’t worried about Congress underfunding the new biomedical research agency…
STAT+: Pharma CEOs, lobbyists showered Democrat with cash after his attempt to torpedo Pelosi’s drug pricing bill
WASHINGTON — The very next day after Rep. Scott Peters attempted to torpedo House Speaker…
Covid-19 kept families and caregivers out of hospitals. Some doctors think that shouldn’t happen again
PHILADELPHIA — On an early summer morning in North Philadelphia, Marsha El sits on a…
States are sitting on millions of surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses as expiration dates approach
Millions of unused Covid-19 vaccines are set to go to waste as demand dwindles across…
STAT+: Advocates urge Biden to name patent office director that could transform drug pricing
As the White House readies to name a new head of the U.S. Patent &…
STAT+: Dutch authorities fine drug maker $23 million for ‘excessive’ pricing of a rare disease drug
Antitrust regulators in the Netherlands have fined a drug maker $23 million for years of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer seeks full FDA approval for its Covid-19 vaccine; CT attorney general calls some Sacklers ‘entitled thugs’
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Cytokinetics drug improves blood flow in patients with inherited form of heart disease
Cytokinetics said Monday that its experimental drug demonstrated statistically significant improvements in blood flow for…
STAT+: Kadmon wins approval for drug to treat chronic graft-versus-host disease
Kadmon Pharmaceuticals won approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to market a…
Messenger RNA vaccine pioneer Katalin Karikó shares her long journey to Covid-19 vaccines
In the span of the Covid-19 pandemic, and thanks to the success of two of…
STAT+: Atul Gawande, bureaucrat: A tough job would await the renowned surgeon at USAID
Atul Gawande has been a renowned surgeon, an award-winning magazine writer and author, a Rhodes…
Opinion: Lessons learned — and lost — from a Vietnam-era study of addiction
Opioids like heroin, morphine, OxyContin, and fentanyl occupy a spot in the public imagination as…
Too close for comfort: FDA shouldn’t loosen conflict rules for its expert panels
Never mind the conflicts, there are drugs to approve. In a sorry turn of events,…
How Delta is pushing the U.S. into a new phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
For the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, hospitalizations and deaths followed infection patterns by…
STAT+: Amid Purdue bankruptcy talks, Connecticut attorney general accuses some Sacklers of intimidation
In the latest drama surrounding Purdue Pharma, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong lashed out at…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: ICER medical experts find no benefit for Aduhelm; FDA panel votes down Fibrogen’s anemia drug
Happy Friday, everyone! This is Elizabeth Cooney, sitting in for Ed Silverman this fine morning….
Opinion: Since the CDC’s mid-May guidance on wearing masks, we’re no longer all in this together
Before there were magnificently effective Covid-19 vaccines, “We’re all in this together” was a crucial…
Opinion: Physicians, mental illness, and the problem with ‘passing’
My patient sits with her back hunched, eyes fixed on the taupe industrial carpet as…
How a 3D-printed graft could speed healing of ruptured eardrums
In the weeks that followed the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, doctors saw a flood of…
STAT+: Expert panel votes down Fibrogen’s anemia pill due to safety risks, making U.S. approval unlikely
A panel of outside experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration concluded Thursday that…
STAT+: Expert panel votes unanimously that Biogen Alzheimer’s drug doesn’t offer patient benefits
A prominent panel of medical experts unanimously voted that there is no evidence to suggest…
Listen: The FDA’s future, Biden’s tight ship, & the latest Aduhelm twist
Who’s going to run the FDA? Why isn’t the Biden administration leakier? And what if…
NIH’s Francis Collins: For Biden’s new research agency to succeed, it should prepare for some projects to fail
WASHINGTON — Francis Collins is ready for the National Institutes of Health to fail spectacularly….
By creating mouse eggs entirely from scratch, researchers raise the prospect of a futuristic fertility treatment
The tiny clump of mouse cells didn’t look like an ovary. For one thing, it…
STAT+: DeepMind and and a rival release dueling code for protein-folding AI
Computational biologists have been on tenterhooks for the past seven months, ever since DeepMind took…
A slice of Apple’s health research, Teladoc for Teams, & combating health misinfo
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STAT+: U.K. issues record fine to drug makers for price gouging and collusion schemes
After a lengthy investigation, the U.K. antitrust regulator has fined several drug makers a record-setting…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA head admits possible missteps in Alzheimer’s drug approval; two major health systems won’t administer Biogen drug
Top of the morning to you and a fine one, it is. Moderate temperatures and…
Opinion: Sickle cell disease and a pivotal moment to end health inequality
Covid-19 laid bare the long-standing vulnerability of minority and low-income communities in U.S. society and…
STAT+: The ins and outs of the rare, controversial way Medicare might pay for Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration last month foisted a nearly impossible decision on…