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STAT Plus: AbbVie uses dozens of patents to ward off competition for a pricey cancer medicine
The pricey Imbruvica cancer treatment that became available seven years ago could have its monopoly…
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Opinion: Invest in community-based organizations to put health dollars where they are really needed
If it wasn’t already clear that the U.S. does a poor job of investing in…
Opinion: Will Covid-19 be the straw that breaks the stethoscope’s back?
“It must be confessed that there is something even ludicrous in the picture of a…
An invisible hand: Patients aren’t being told about the AI systems advising their care
Since February of last year, tens of thousands of patients hospitalized at one of Minnesota’s…
The U.S. is the accidental Sweden, which could make the fall ‘catastrophic’ for Covid-19
With the Covid-19 pandemic rampaging across the U.S. in April and 20 million people filing…
First data for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine show it spurs an immune response
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine led patients to produce antibodies that can neutralize the novel coronavirus that…
If everyone wore a mask, Covid-19 could be brought under control, CDC director urges
The two hair stylists in Springfield, Mo., broke the cardinal rule of infection control: Despite…
STAT Plus: Drug maker offers to slash prices on cancer medicines to end European price gouging probe
In response to a probe into alleged price gouging, Aspen Pharma has agreed to slash…
STAT Plus: Sun Pharma employee says she was fired for complaining that samples were improperly shipped
A former Sun Pharmaceutical sales rep filed a lawsuit arguing she was fired from her…
STAT Plus: Seeking EU approval on acquisition, Google pledges not to use Fitbit health data to target ads
With the clock ticking on a European Commission probe into Google’s $2.1 billion bid for…
STAT Plus: Ohio sues Express Scripts for ‘egregiously’ overcharging for medicines
The Ohio Attorney General has filed a lawsuit alleging Express Scripts overcharged a state pension…
STAT+ Conversations: A philosopher’s perspective on facing brain cancer in the time of Covid-19
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Pharma ramps up clinical trials after Covid-19 delays; skepticism high over vaccine profits and global distribution
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Clear blue skies…
Opinion: Fauci’s strategy for effective public health advocacy: ‘You cannot be ideological’
Public health and politics have always been intertwined. Think abortion and reproductive rights. One prominent…
STAT Plus: Blueprint Medicines partners with Roche to develop and sell genetically targeted cancer drug
Blueprint Medicines is partnering with Roche to develop and market a cancer drug near approval…
STAT Plus: Sanofi and MD Anderson team up to accelerate cancer drug testing
In another sign of its renewed emphasis on cancer, Sanofi (SNY) said Tuesday it will…
Opinion: Patient-reported data can help monitor the safety of fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccines
The pharma industry is in a mad dash to bring a Covid-19 vaccine to market,…
Opinion: As residents get better at treating Covid-19, they may become worse at their own specialties
Eight hundred fifty. That’s the number of major procedures general surgery residents need to perform…
What’s next for Anthony Fauci, if the White House continues to sour on him?
WASHINGTON — The White House in recent days has accelerated an effort that President Trump…
How to fix the Covid-19 dumpster fire in the U.S.
There’s no point in sugar-coating this. The U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic is a…
How should hospitals respond to bias from patients? Experts offer a playbook
All too often, health care workers are the target of biased or bigoted behavior from…
STAT Plus: European Parliament backs WHO effort to create a Covid-19 technology access pool
In an overwhelming vote, the European Parliament late last week voted to support a World…
STAT Plus: Pharma trade group scolds Gilead again for misleading information about a rival HIV drug
For the second time in less than two years, Gilead Sciences (GILD) has been reprimanded…
STAT Plus: Applied Therapeutics amends investor deck, bolstering accusations made by anonymous critic
One week after the New York City drug developer Applied Therapeutics announced it was working…
Connecting donated human lungs to pigs repaired damage to the organs, scientists report
For people who need a lung transplant, the wait is often prolonged by the frustrating…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: FDA fast-tracks two BioNTech and Pfizer vaccines; U.S. hospitals running short of remdesivir
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT Plus: FDA refuses application for HIV drug from CytoDyn, raising more questions about its credibility
The Food and Drug Administration refused to accept an application seeking the approval of a…
Opinion: Pickup truck medicine: saving primary care during Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic burned through Chicago, New York, Detroit, and other large U.S. cities…
Opinion: In the NICU, both parents are essential and need to be at their child’s bedside
As Covid-19 surged through the United States this spring, Reina and James were told they…
STAT Plus: Telemedicine is more convenient during Covid-19. It’s also a magnet for fraud and data theft
The increased convenience of telemedicine visits during the Covid-19 pandemic is spurring calls among patients…
The CDC has always been an apolitical island. That’s left it defenseless against Trump
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the country’s top public health agency,…
From Houston to Miami, hospitals running short of remdesivir for Covid-19 patients
With Covid-19 patients filling her Houston hospital, pharmacist Katherine Perez wishes she had enough remdesivir…
STAT Plus: How can cancer drug prices better match their benefits? Germany offers a cost-saving model
A new study finds that after Germany revamped its approach to purchasing medicines a decade…
In another Covid-19 disparity, Black and Hispanic Americans are dying at younger ages than white Americans
Long after calls for more data on the disproportionate number of Covid-19 infections and deaths…
STAT Plus: As European Commission decision looms, Google faces continued scrutiny over Fitbit deal
Google is again facing questions from regulators about its $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit. The…
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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: BioNTech expects to seek approval for vaccine by year-end; why the FDA chose a 50% threshold for Covid-19 vaccines
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
STAT Plus: Relay Therapeutics, focused on solid tumors, seeks to raise $250M in IPO
Relay Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-biotech focusing on cancer treatments, plans to raise $250 million when…
Opinion: Patients should have a role in deciding the value of medicines
Policymakers increasingly consult value assessment models to help price new medical interventions. Value models use…
Opinion: Covid-19 should spark a reexamination of trade secrets’ stranglehold on information
As the world struggles to confront the Covid-19 pandemic, how to handle access to trade…
STAT Plus: A new tool aims to help patients sort through 200 mental health apps — and counting
There are nearly 20,000 mental health apps that will do everything from tracking a person’s…
‘I feel like I am not welcome’: Medical, doctoral students from abroad grapple with uncertainty from new ICE rules
International students completing their medical and doctoral degrees in the United States are wrestling with…
Despite the pandemic, prices for many drugs keep rising
Despite the economic hardships the Covid-19 pandemic has created for many Americans, drug makers raised…
Listen: Trump’s FDA pressure, a microcosm of the pandemic, and squabbling over a vaccine
Who will stand up to the White House? How can hospitals protect workers from Covid-19?…
STAT Plus: How does exercise benefit the aging brain? Transfusing blood from active mice into sedentary ones suggests an answer
Exercise has been shown to slow cognitive decline in aging, but scientists haven’t known why….
STAT Plus: Two dozen big drug makers launch a $1 billion fund to develop new antibiotics
In response to heightened concerns over antibiotic resistance, two dozen of the world’s largest pharmaceutical…
WHO launches independent review of the international response to the Covid-19 pandemic
The World Health Organization announced an independent review of the international response to the Covid-19…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Gilead to boost remdesivir supplies in Europe; drug makers announcing $1 billion antibiotic innovation fund
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another busy day. You made it this far this…
The first round of Covid-19 vaccines is ‘highly unlikely to be a magic bullet,’ Medicago CEO says
Earlier this week, a Canadian company called Medicago struck two deals to supply its plant-based…
Opinion: It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic marches across America, causing record-breaking numbers of cases, almost every solution…
Opinion: To thrive, Black and Latinx physicians need their communities
I was working at the nurses’ station in the emergency department when the elderly man…