STAT+: Pharmalittle: GSK pulls a key blood-cancer drug off the market; Teva picks a new CEO
Good morning, everyone. Damian Garde here filling in for Ed Silverman in the waning days…
Category: Biotech
Opinion: A tripledemic hurricane is making landfall. We need masks, not just tent hospitals
A viral hurricane is making landfall on health care systems battered by three pandemic years….
A simple screening question could help millions of women prevent cardiovascular disease. Why aren’t we using it?
Early one afternoon in 2000, Monique Shields, just a few weeks shy of her 30th…
Why doesn’t the U.S. have at-home flu tests?
Flu season is underway. RSV is putting record numbers of children in hospitals. And health…
STAT+: ‘Digital health is late to the party’: Can telehealth help hospitals mitigate their carbon footprints?
As the world stares down the barrel of climate change, the health care system —…
The case for universal oral health coverage, according to a new WHO report
On Friday, oral health advocates across the globe got an early holiday gift from their…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Type 1 diabetes drug is priced at $194,000; abortion opponents sue FDA over abortion pill approval
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
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STAT+: Northwest Bio study of cancer vaccine still falls short
Northwest Biotherapeutics tried again, but its experimental treatment for brain cancer still falls short. Last…
STAT+: Merck to acquire Imago, bolstering pipeline for drugs targeting bone marrow diseases
Merck said Monday that it is acquiring Imago BioSciences for $1.35 billion, adding experimental drugs…
STAT+: Patient groups push federal government to enforce health care price estimates
People don’t receive bills after going to a grocery store or a mechanic’s shop. They…
mRNA revolutionized the race for a Covid-19 vaccine. Could cancer be next?
This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19…
Opinion: Congress: Confront the superbug crisis and pass PASTEUR
By 2050, drug-resistant infections caused by “superbugs” could kill 10 million people each year around…
Watch: This small-town pharmacy may be a model for more affordable drugs
STAUNTON, Va. — Honest Rx operates like any other pharmacy in the United States —…
Sporting night vision goggles, a scientist probes the internal clocks that help parasites infect people
In the 1700s, French astronomer Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan noticed that the leaves of the…
STAT+: A CEO’s plan to monetize health data rescued from IBM Watson’s wreckage
A company being built from the ashes of IBM’s Watson Health division is launching new…
How infectious disease experts are responding to Covid nearly three years in
The world is fast approaching the third anniversary of those days when we got our…
Holmes gets more than 11 years in prison for Theranos scam
A federal judge on Friday sentenced disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11…
STAT+: Biosplice, once the most valuable biotech startup, sees a pair of osteoarthritis trials fail
Biosplice’s bid to transform the treatment of everything from arthritis to cancer ran into a…
Pfizer CEO says Covid vaccine will remain ‘free for all Americans,’ overlooking indirect costs
BOSTON — As Pfizer prepares to hike the price of its Covid-19 vaccines, the company’s…
STAT+: Sales of antibiotics for food-producing animals dropped by nearly half in Europe over the past decade
Amid ongoing concerns over the use of medically important antibiotics given to food-producing livestock and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: WHO pandemic accord may force pharma to disclose prices; FDA OKs first therapy to delay type 1 diabetes
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
mRNA drugs with a built-in ‘copy machine’ could lead to safer, more effective therapies
This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19…
Opinion: STAT+: Removing barriers to biosimilar adoption in the United States
Biosimilars, a much-lauded approach to reducing drug costs in the United States, are still underused…
STAT+: Nectar bats are ‘wonderful, majestic’ and sugar-obsessed. This researcher wants to know how they stay healthy
Nectar bats may have nature’s biggest sweet tooth. Each night, the creatures scour the jungle…
Listen: Roche’s failure, Eisai’s success, and a live AMA
How do Alzheimer’s drugs even work? Can biotech people bake? And do we even like…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Big PBM keeps AbbVie’s Humira on formulary; Lilly CEO says fake tweet means there’s more to do on insulin costs
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
STAT+: Editas, facing another setback, halts development on first clinical CRISPR program
Editas Medicine, one of the small handful of original CRISPR companies, announced Thursday it is…
Opinion: We know what it’s like to live in fear of polio. We also know how to stop it
Polio, a dangerous and even deadly infectious disease, is a distant memory for many global…
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In armadillos, leprosy expands healthy liver tissue. Could that tell us something about regenerating our own?
The mystery started with some skin samples. Anura Rambukkana was a Ph.D. student in Amsterdam,…
To gin up opposition to the proposed menthol ban, tobacco companies are turning to gas station ads
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — At the Gateway mini mart here, you can buy menthol-flavored hemp cigarettes,…
STAT+: Vertex revolutionized cystic fibrosis treatment. Its executives say that’s just the start
BOSTON — Vertex Pharmaceuticals reshaped the way doctors treat cystic fibrosis, turning what was once…
STAT+: ‘We were right all along:’ For Japanese drugmaker Eisai, success against Alzheimer’s has been a long time coming
NUTLEY, N.J. — A once-in-a-generation medicine was built on more than two decades of regret….
In country after country, primary care doctors report high burnout and degraded patient care
The increased stress doctors have faced throughout the Covid-19 pandemic is making some feel like…
In a Republican-led House, anti-science probes top the agenda
WASHINGTON — The Covid-19 investigations are coming. When Republicans take control of the House of Representatives…
Top U.S. addiction researcher calls for broad deregulation of methadone
BOSTON — The U.S. government’s top addiction researcher is calling for broad deregulation of methadone,…
Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors?
When LaShyra “Lash” Nolen was learning about how to recognize signs of Lyme disease in…
STAT+: Lilly CEO concedes Twitter flap over insulin costs shows there’s ‘more work to do’
After a tweet from a fake corporate account last week claimed Eli Lilly would give…
Cerebral’s CEO responds to concerns about prescribing pressures and telehealth safety
The three years since Cerebral’s launch have been a whirlwind. With a promise to expand…
Opinion: The conundrum of biopharma investing: low rewards and high risks — but a big social benefit
Over the last decade, investors in biotech and pharmaceutical companies have been taking risks that…
FDA formally warns companies behind Family Guy vapes, other illegal products marketed at kids
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration is formally warning multiple companies they must stop…
WHO, Uganda plan to test three candidate Ebola vaccines in outbreak
The World Health Organization and the government of Uganda plan to test three candidate Ebola…
The scientist behind Pfizer’s Covid vaccine says a flu pandemic is only a matter of time
BOSTON — Even after leading the charge combating the worst pandemic in a century, vaccine…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: WHO scientist resigns amid shake-up; FDA considers over-the-counter naloxone
Top of the morning to you. The middle of the week is upon us and,…
STAT+: Cooling demand for new lab space in Boston could be good news for biotech companies
Amid a bumpy few years for development in Boston, the business of building lab space…
STAT+: Thrive founders launch new blood testing startup to spot when cancer returns
Among the many anxiety-inducing issues faced by cancer patients is the question of whether the…
Opinion: Unseen mental health experts: people with mental illness
When I was seven years old, I watched as police carted my father out of…
Opinion: Listen: The ‘First Opinion Podcast’ live from Boston: Jay Baruch returns
In a special event as part of STAT’s Open Doors initiative, the “First Opinion Podcast”…
Covid-19 vaccines were a success, but mRNA still has a delivery problem. Two startups have an unorthodox solution
This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19…
Fentanyl isn’t just causing overdoses. It’s making it harder to start addiction treatment
Doctors are reporting a troubling trend when it comes to fentanyl. The powerful drug, they…
After decades of setbacks, scientists make strides toward the holy grail of male birth control
The headlines spelled the end of a short-lived scientific hope: “Male birth control study nixed…