STAT+: Lander fends off controversy, pledges broader access to STEM careers during Senate confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON — Eric Lander, President Biden’s nominee to lead the White House’s science policy office,…
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FDA says it will ban all menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will ban all menthol…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biden issues ’empty call’ for drug pricing reform; FDA threatens to fine company for not posting trial results
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Gray skies are…
STAT+: 5 startups seizing the moment to shake up the electronic health record industry
The road to shake up the health record industry is littered with failures. But a…
Opinion: Congress should end dialysis companies’ third-party games with insurance coverage
The Covid-19 relief bill that President Joe Biden signed into law in March temporarily expanded…
Opinion: Needed: an Operation Warp Speed for the opioid epidemic
Despite early challenges in scaling diagnostic testing for Covid-19 and a halting start to the…
STAT+: Uber names a new head of its growing health business
Uber hailed a new lead for its expanding health business on Thursday, naming Caitlin Donovan…
In his biggest speech yet, Biden pitches a new health agency to help ‘end cancer as we know it’
WASHINGTON — In one of the most emotional moments of his first major address to…
Biden is set to ask for drug pricing reform this year. But it’s an empty call
WASHINGTON — President Biden is set to tell Congress tonight to let Medicare negotiate drug…
After 40 years, medical schools are admitting fewer Black male or Native American students
In what some are calling a “persistent failure” of medical schools to improve diversity, a…
STAT+: Americans paid two to four times as much for some drugs as in three other countries
Amid national angst over the cost of prescription drugs, a new analysis finds that U.S….
STAT+: For the first time, the FDA may fine a drug maker for failing to post clinical trial results
The Food and Drug Administration is threatening to fine Acceleron Pharma (XLRN) for failing to…
STAT+: Glowing tumor-munching cells, captured on video, show the promise of a new approach to CAR-T cancer therapy
Wendell Lim stared at the video playing on his computer screen in amazement. In the…
Virtual event: Increasing diversity in clinical trials
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown into relief the long-standing racial inequities in the U.S. health…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer Covid-19 pill could be ready by year-end; Warren urges SEC to probe Emergent CEO over stock sales
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. You made it this far,…
Opinion: Listen: A medical historian on infectious diseases as the ‘third army’ of the Civil War
In this episode of the “First Opinion Podcast,” medical historian Jonathan S. Jones explains the…
STAT+: Trillium moves ‘don’t eat me’ cancer drug into new studies, but future clouded by modest tumor responses
Trillium Therapeutics on Wednesday is announcing an expanded slate of clinical trials meant to advance…
STAT+: How one major distributor is prioritizing scarce pipette tips
Scientists across the spectrum — at universities, at public health labs, at biotechs — are…
Opinion: H.R. 3’s international reference pricing misses the mark
The White House and Congress have declared that reining in Medicare prescription drug costs to…
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Opinion: STAT+: Investment in antimicrobials was up in 2020, but much work remains
The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic generated renewed interest in the development of vaccines and…
How blackouts, fires, and a pandemic are driving shortages of pipette tips — and hobbling science
The humble pipette tip is tiny, cheap, and utterly essential to science. It powers research…
STAT+: Flagship-backed fertility company Ohana Biosciences shutters, lays off most employees
Flagship Pioneering-backed fertility company Ohana Biosciences is winding down. Employees were told Tuesday during an…
STAT+: Will India issue sidestep patents on a pair of pricey — but lifesaving — TB drugs?
A widely anticipated court hearing will be held in India on Wednesday over the cost…
Biogen to expand access to its ALS drug, but move may come too late for some patients
After weeks of controversy, Biogen (BIIB) has agreed to provide an experimental drug for combating…
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A mask break: Federal health officials say vaccinated people can doff face coverings when outside, away from crowds
People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer need to wear masks while outside…
Opinion: In Covid’s grip, India gasps for air: ‘If there is an apocalypse, this has to be one’
MUMBAI — Working hard to keep her composure, Lavanya Sharma tweeted a short video on…
Biden administration will allow nearly all providers to prescribe buprenorphine
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would move forward with a dramatic…
STAT+: Eli Lilly’s earnings fall short after stock’s dramatic run
Eli Lilly posted earnings Tuesday that surprised and disappointed investors, as both sales and profit…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: In it for the long haul: the impact of long Covid
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT+: Pharmalittle: What will Biden say about drug pricing? U.S. trade rep meets with drug makers over WTO proposal
Rise and shine, folks, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because,…
Opinion: STAT+: More pharma companies should make the move toward B Corps sustainability
The gradual global shift towards sustainability, with an increased focus on climate change and environmental…
Opinion: Vaccinations are plateauing. Don’t blame it on ‘resistance’
The signs are clear: The U.S. vaccine rollout is plateauing. A remarkable 230 million shots…
STAT+: Drug pricing déjà vu: Now it’s Democrats struggling to unite on the issue
WASHINGTON — It’s the eve of a major speech by the president, and it’s anyone’s…
Door knocking works to get information to immigrant communities. Why aren’t more places using it for Covid-19?
WASHINGTON — Kica Matos wants to knock on every single door in her neighborhood. But…
‘The next big one must be prevented’: The lessons the world can learn from epidemics that were contained
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage, a new report urges the world not to…
STAT+: Thanks to its Covid-19 response, pharma’s reputation among patient groups is climbing
Thanks to the rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines, nearly two-thirds of patient advocacy groups believe…
STAT+: U.K. lawmakers want Boris Johnson to disclose emails with pharma about a WTO proposal on Covid-19 vaccines
Two dozen U.K. lawmakers called on the government to publish all communications with drug makers…
STAT+: Down and out Down Under? Bristol Myers fights an ‘unreasonable’ Australian law over patents
Two big drug makers are challenging a provision in Australian patent law that they argue…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Emergent CEO sold stock before vaccine contamination was reported; Biden urged to support WTO proposal
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: The field is exploding, but microbiome therapeutics still face a wave of challenges
Even as drug makers are poised to introduce actual medicines to change a person’s microbiome…
Opinion: What’s next for diagnostic labs, a ‘bright spot’ during Covid-19?
As U.S. diagnostic labs began confronting the Covid-19 pandemic in early March 2020, they faced…
Opinion: End fracking exemptions, a threat to maternal and public health
The adoption of safe, clean, renewable energy is an essential element for sustaining the U.S….
STAT+: The FDA will this week decide whether to ban menthol cigarettes — but most likely, the fight is just getting started
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration will decide this week whether to ban menthol…
AI caught a hidden problem in one patient’s heart. Can it work for others?
Somewhere in Peter Maercklein’s heartbeat was an abnormality no one could find. He survived a…
Covid-19 gave scientists an opening to better understand how brain disorders arise
While the Covid-19 pandemic put many human research studies on hold, neuroscientist Grainne McAlonan of…
CDC advisory panel backs J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine, clearing way for pause to be lifted
An expert panel on Friday recommended that the United States resume use of Johnson &…
Millions sign petitions urging the U.S. to back a WTO proposal for greater Covid-19 vaccine access
More than two million petitions were sent to the White House in hopes of convincing…
STAT+: The price of a Vertex cystic fibrosis treatment stirs anger in Australia
The latest dustup over the cost of cystic fibrosis medicines sold by Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)…
Opinion: To create value, pharma companies should prioritize innovation, not shareholders
Biogen announced its quarterly earnings on April 22 and revealed it had repurchased $600 million…
STAT+: Accolade to acquire PlushCare as telehealth competition intensifies
In a bid to beef up the services it can provide directly to customers, Accolade…