A disease detective is thrust onto the frontlines of WHO’s Covid-19 response
People who know Maria Van Kerkhove describe her as someone who has worked her whole…
Category: Biotech
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STAT Plus: Did a pharma trade group try to sabotage a Dutch government report on compulsory licensing?
A Dutch government commission on compulsory licensing was nearly sabotaged last month after one of…
Trump administration submits formal notice of withdrawal from WHO
The United States has formally notified the United Nations that it is withdrawing from the…
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STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with Eli Lilly
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Proposed changes to lung cancer screening guidance could increase scans among Black patients, women
A prominent panel of physicians and other medical experts recommended Tuesday that a wider swath…
STAT Plus: With a clinical hold, off-the-shelf CAR-T hits a new safety concern
The Food and Drug Administration has placed a clinical hold on one of Cellectis’s off-the-shelf…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: U.S. scientists and Moderna squabble over Covid-19 vaccine; BARDA doles out big coronavirus contract
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, despite…
Novavax, maker of a Covid-19 vaccine, is backed by Operation Warp Speed
Novavax has joined the ranks of Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers being supported by the U.S. government’s…
Opinion: Health care reform: The ‘new normal’ needs to go beyond clinical care
This is an extraordinarily difficult time to be a physician. As the leaders of state…
The pandemic has exacerbated an under-the-radar health disparity: period poverty
Taniya Bennett made it through the early stages of the pandemic. But as protests started…
Tech giants are well-positioned to help close racial gaps in health. They have little to show for it
As the nation confronts a reckoning over racial inequality, tech giants — with their vast…
In a new hospital ranking, doing good counts nearly as much as doing well
You won’t find the usual suspects like Massachusetts General Hospital or the Mayo Clinic at…
STAT Plus: Lobbyists tied to President Trump represent more than a dozen companies working on Covid-19
More than a dozen companies developing Covid-19 vaccines, therapies or diagnostics — including several of…
STAT Plus: Venter Institute, Yumanity, and other biopharma companies among recipients of PPP loans
Yumanity, the J. Craig Venter Institute, and dozens of other companies around the biotech industry…
STAT Plus: Johnson & Johnson lowers the price of its TB drug in many poor countries, but is it enough?
After protracted criticism over its pricing for a game-changing tuberculosis medicine, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)…
AIDS report: Kids are lagging and Covid-19 is harming care
New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Covid-19 trials are marked by disorganization; FDA approves a new type of HIV treatment
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite, which…
STAT Plus: Immunomedics’ breast cancer drug delays tumor growth, prolongs survival in clinical trial
Immunomedics reported clinical trial results Monday showing its newly approved medicine, Trodelvy, reduced the risk…
STAT Plus: Bellus Health suffers setback with clinical trial failure of chronic cough drug
Bellus Health is reporting Monday negative results from a mid-stage clinical trial of its experimental…
About the analysis of Covid-19 clinical trials
The analysis for this story was based on data from clinicaltrials.gov, a public database that…
Opinion: Why were we so late responding to Covid-19? Blame it on our culture and brains
From the recent rise in Covid-19 cases linked to reopening in states across the country…
Data show panic and disorganization dominate the study of Covid-19 drugs
In a gigantic feat of scientific ambition, researchers have designed a staggering 1,200 clinical trials…
‘It just weighs on your psyche’: Black Americans on mental health, trauma, and resilience
I’m feeling it, my friends and family are feeling it: the weight of this moment…
Opinion: People in mental health crises need help, not handcuffs
A mental health crisis can be a frightening thing to the individual experiencing it as…
Public health experts urge socially distant Fourth of July celebrations, as the coronavirus surges across the U.S.
Some communities are being preemptive: Los Angeles and Miami closed their beaches, New York City…
Listen: Remdesivir’s controversial cost, early vaccine promise, and AI at the end of life
What’s a fair price for remdesivir? How do we know whether vaccines work? And does…
Trial of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine delayed, investigators say, but July start still possible
A 30,000-patient trial of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, expected to start next week, has been…
STAT Plus: Alexion to pay $21 million for failing to record bribes paid to doctors in other countries
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) agreed to pay more than $21 million for maintaining a false set…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Trump officials maintain Covid-19 vaccine won’t be influenced by politics; Novartis pays $678 million to settle kickback charges
And so, another working week will soon come to an end. Not a moment too…
Opinion: A powerful law gives HHS the right to take control of remdesivir manufacturing and distribution
A rare bright spot followed the emergence of Covid-19 and its spread across the globe:…
Fever checks are a flawed way to flag Covid-19 cases. Experts say smell tests might help
Workplaces do it. Newly reopened public libraries do it. LAX does it. Some restaurants, bars,…
Does asthma increase Covid-19 risk? Emerging research suggests a complicated connection
A growing body of research on Covid-19 suggests that the virus’ link to asthma is…
STAT Plus: Novartis pays $678 million to settle a long-running case over alleged kickbacks to doctors
After seven years of sparring, Novartis (NVS) has agreed to pay $678 million to settle…
STAT Plus: Africa Union urges member countries to remove intellectual property barriers to Covid-19 vaccines
Amid growing concern over access to Covid-19 medical products, the organization that represents dozens of…
Experimental HIV drug seems effective at a twice-a-year dose, study finds
An experimental new HIV treatment could, with just one dose, reduce the amount of virus…
STAT Plus: Drug makers sue to block Minnesota law making it cheaper to get insulin in emergencies
WASHINGTON — The drug industry lobbying association PhRMA sued the state of Minnesota over a…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: FDA sets Covid-19 vaccine guidance; White House grabs much of the remdesivir supply
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. Yes, indeed, the middle…
Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech shows positive results
An experimental Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the drug giant Pfizer and the biotech firm…
Some U.S. government contracts for Covid-19 research could skirt affordable pricing laws
A new report finds that the U.S. government awarded several drug makers contracts for coronavirus research using…
Opinion: Hospitals must treat infection control as a priority, not a profit center
For years, hospitals penny-pinching on infection control has been an open secret. Whether Covid-19 will…
Opinion: Structural racism is why I’m leaving organized psychiatry
The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others are leading…
No one wants to go back to lockdown. Is there a middle ground for containing Covid-19?
First came the freezes. Governors last month started to “press pause” on the next phases…
An experiment in end-of-life care: Tapping AI’s cold calculus to nudge the most human of conversations
The daily email that arrived in physician Samantha Wang’s inbox at 8 a.m., just before…
STAT Plus: Indivior CEO pleads guilty in connection with a scheme to promote Suboxone
The chief executive of Indivior pleaded guilty to misbranding Suboxone Film, a medicine used to…
STAT Plus: Canadian court upholds most of a controversial new rule for controlling excessive drug prices
In a setback to the pharmaceutical industry, a federal court judge in Canada has dismissed…
U.S. could see 100,000 new Covid-19 cases per day, Fauci says
The United States may soon record as many as 100,000 new cases of Covid-19 a…
Opinion: Regeneron wasn’t making ‘kickbacks.’ It was helping people pay egregious Medicare copays
Last Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed suit against Regeneron for paying ” tens of…
STAT Plus: After years of feuds, Vertex and the U.K. government reach a deal over cystic fibrosis medicines
U.K. officials and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) have finally put to rest a years-long battle over…
STAT+ Conversations: The state of the pharmaceutical industry, featuring Pharmalot’s Ed Silverman
Editor’s note: A livestream of this conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Inovio claims positive results on Covid-19 vaccine but critical data are missing
Inovio Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday said that its investigational Covid-19 vaccine had “positive” results in a…