STAT+: Patients are flocking back to hospitals, but volumes are at the mercy of Covid surges, new documents show
Hospitals and outpatient clinics filled up with patients early last year, as vaccines and the…
Category: Biotech
STAT+: Three years after the Senate grilled drug makers … nothing’s changed
WASHINGTON – Back in 2019, when the Senate Finance Committee called seven drug industry executives…
STAT+: Arrowhead shareholders urged not to approve ‘excessive’ compensation for non-executive directors
In an unusual move, a prominent shareholder advisory firm is urging investors in Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals…
STAT+: Armed with heaps of cash and a veteran team, an upstart looks to disrupt DNA sequencing
SAN DIEGO — After quietly raising hundreds of millions of dollars and building a team…
STAT+: Watcdog says Lilly made ‘false assertions’ about impact of pausing political donations after Jan. 6 attack
Early last year, Eli Lilly (LLY) temporarily halted contributions made to members of Congress who…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Patient groups pressure Medicare over Alzheimer’s drug; pharma says it’s duty-bound to sell meds in Russia
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Combination treatment from Nektar and Bristol Myers Squibb fails to benefit patients with melanoma, study shows
Nektar Therapeutics said Monday that its experimental immunotherapy failed to provide additional benefit for patients…
Opinion: Commissioner Califf needs to put the F back in FDA
Robert Califf is taking the reins as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration with…
He was creating the building blocks for drug developers worldwide. Then Russia started to bomb Kyiv
It was just last month, with the Covid-19 situation having calmed down in Kyiv, that…
STAT+: What to know about Amylyx’s ALS drug and a highly anticipated advisory panel meeting
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is one heck of an encore. On March 30, the Food and Drug…
STAT+: Cutting-edge gene therapies could be coming for sickle cell. Will Medicaid patients be able to access them?
Gary Puckrein sees a dilemma coming that has him excited, and at the same time,…
STAT+: In New York appearance, CMS administrator pushes for Congress to act on drug prices
NEW YORK — When Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the Biden official who oversees the Medicare and Medicaid health…
‘Haven’t we learned anything?’: Experts warn of disastrous consequences if pandemic funding dries up
WASHINGTON — The failure of Congress this week to approve additional pandemic response funding could…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Opioid victims and their families berate Sacklers in court hearing; Glaxo shingles vaccine campaign in U.K. is criticized
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: Giving gender-affirming care: ‘gender dysphoria’ diagnosis should not be required
As people around the world come to acknowledge that gender is something defined along a…
Opinion: Another way to empower nurses: Listen to them
Five days before my mother died of septic shock, a nurse tried to alert me…
With overdoses at record highs, a veterinary tranquilizer spreading through the U.S. drug supply poses new threats
It was in the mid-2010s, the researchers heard, when “tranq dope” took off in Philadelphia….
Listen: Gilead’s growing pains, Covid’s origins, & Theranos as prestige TV
Can biotech companies age gracefully? Where did Covid-19 come from? And does Theranos make for…
‘Scum of the earth’: Opioid crisis victims face Purdue Pharma owners
NEW YORK — Releasing years of anguish and anger, victims of opioid abuse and those…
Widespread screening catches more cases of depression. But follow-up care still falls far short
In a routine checkup, a primary care physician like Lucinda Leung asks all the patients…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Bankruptcy court judge OKs Purdue settlement; U.S. Senate revives legislation to curb insulin costs
Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way. However, this is also shaping…
Opinion: Gaslighting of Black medical trainees makes residency something to ‘survive’
Some say the lack of Black physicians is a pipeline problem, with too few Black…
As providers are accused of interfering with access to patient data, pressure builds on government to act
Patients, lawyers, developers, and others across the country have lodged more than 250 federal complaints…
‘It’s not medical’: Oregon wrestles with how to offer psychedelics outside the health care system
PORTLAND, Ore. — Visitors to the fabric store, kitty-corner to a Whole Foods, are greeted…
New research casts doubt on a cornerstone of thyroid cancer treatment
For decades, radiation has been a cornerstone of thyroid cancer care. But it may soon…
STAT+: Dozens of towns and counties object to ‘hush money’ tied to Purdue opioid settlement
Ahead of a bankruptcy court hearing to approve a $6 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma…
First person to receive a pig heart transplant dies after two months
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Insurers balk at opioid payouts to drugmakers and wholesalers; AbbVie settles another Humira biosimilar lawsuit
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
STAT+: Gilead’s Dan O’Day is pharma’s most charming executive — but with his deals falling apart, charm may not be enough
The news Gilead Sciences dropped Monday was so disappointing it irked even the nicest guy…
Opinion: Ignoring behavioral and social sciences undermines the U.S. response to Covid-19
The U.S. has bungled many of its efforts to rein in the Covid-19 pandemic. We…
Opinion: Hospitals need to get ahead of regulations on climate change
Climate change, an issue that hospital leaders should have voluntarily been working on following the…
Nurses, more powerful and visible after Covid, capitalize on new clout in Washington
WASHINGTON — Since the start of Covid-19, nurses have been hailed as heroes. But two…
STAT+: AbbVie settles litigation with another drug maker over a biosimilar version of Humira
After months of squabbling over allegedly stolen trade secrets, AbbVie (ABBV) has settled litigation with…
STAT+: Congress moves toward giving FDA authority over synthetic nicotine products like Puff Bar
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are within striking distance of closing the largest loophole in the Food…
Health care organizations face a cybersecurity mandate
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Congress considers a longer phase-out of looser, Covid-era telehealth policies
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are considering extending the more flexible telehealth policies put in place during the…
STAT+: Mallinckrodt to pay $260 million to settle federal lawsuits over Medicaid rebates and kickbacks
After years of squabbling, Mallinckrodt agreed to pay $260 million to settle accusations that it…
Covid budget crunch looms over government funding fight
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. lawmaker proposes bill to curtail FDA’s accelerated approval; Moderna to enforce Covid patents in wealthy countries
Top of the morning to you. A shiny sun is enveloping the Pharmalot campus this…
STAT+: Moderna looks to enforce its Covid-19 vaccine patents in wealthy countries
Amid intense public pressure, Moderna (MRNA) updated a pledge not to enforce patents for its…
Opinion: Penelope, a fictional pig, taught me how to talk with my patients about their fractured sleep
“How is your sleep?” I’ve posed this question to hundreds of patients. Read the rest……
Opinion: The U.S. must fix its innovation engine: the patent system
If your car starts to smoke and sputter, you’d take it to an auto repair…
‘Why would I want that?’: My sister’s simple question reshaped my physician job search
My younger sister has just started college, and she was thinking about pursuing a career…
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Prisons skimp on Covid treatments like Paxlovid, even as Biden plans to flood pharmacies with it
WASHINGTON – Pfizer’s antiviral drug Paxlovid seems tailor-made for combatting Covid-19 in prisons: It doesn’t…
STAT+: A glaring gap in Congress’ surprise billing law leaves patients on the hook for pricey, out-of-network lab tests
For Soung Luy, it seemed easy: His primary care doctor told him he needed blood…
Florida’s decision on Covid vaccines for healthy kids adds to confusion and distrust
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced Monday that the state will recommend that healthy children…
STAT+: FDA effort to improve clinical trial diversity failed to make a difference for Black patients, study finds
Six years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched a five-year action plan to…
STAT+: Key Democrat moves to crack down on FDA accelerated approvals
WASHINGTON – A powerful Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would dramatically rein in…
STAT+: Few public biotech companies disclose environmental, social, and governance steps
Environmental, social, and governance issues are gaining greater attention among investors, but only 30% of…
Newly discovered brain cells may be a memory filing system, study suggests
A scientist opens a laptop in front of a patient. On screen, a boy, tied…