STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: FDA to issue guidance on Covid-19 vaccines; what remesdivir pricing may really mean
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Opinion: To make progress against Covid-19, processes must serve people, not a ‘labyrinth of bureaucratic rules’
By sheer necessity, the Covid-19 pandemic has united health care systems around the common purpose…
Opinion: Learning from Taiwan about responding to Covid-19 — and using electronic health records
Covid-19 is not an evenly distributed pandemic. The United States is an outlier — and…
A new FDA tool aims to inform cancer care, but experts say it has a glaring gap
A new Food and Drug Administration platform gives cancer patients and physicians a way to…
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STAT Plus: The biotech scorecard for the third quarter: 14 stock-moving events to watch
Here is STAT’s Biotech Scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the third…
In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
This is one in a series of reports from hospitals responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. The hospital’s…
STAT Plus: Gilead’s pricing for remdesivir raises questions about the drug’s long-term prospects
After weeks of anticipation, Gilead Sciences (GILD) finally disclosed the pricing for its remdesivir experimental…
Researchers report nearly 300 cases of mysterious syndrome tied to Covid-19 in kids
Two U.S. research groups have reported finding nearly 300 cases of an alarming apparent side…
Opinion: What to expect from ‘Modernizing the FDA’s Data Strategy’ meeting
After being called off because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the FDA’s public meeting to discuss…
STAT Plus: How Gilead’s remdesivir price could come back to haunt the drug industry
Gilead Sciences, in a self-described effort to do “the right and responsible thing,” may have…
STAT Plus: Pharma trade group scolds AstraZeneca for bad behavior over an advisory board
A U.K. pharmaceutical industry trade group has publicly reprimanded AstraZeneca (AZN) for failing to uphold…
STAT Plus: Trouble in paradise: The Senate’s bipartisan accord on drug prices is broken, says Sen. Grassley
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley on Monday accused Democrats of walking away from negotiations on…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Pharma giants plan $1 billion antibiotic venture; Gilead prices remdesivir below most estimates
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT Plus: FDA rejects Intercept Pharma’s drug for NASH
Intercept Pharmaceuticals said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration rejected its drug to treat…
Gilead announces long-awaited price for Covid-19 drug remdesivir
Since remdesivir became the first medicine shown to have an impact on Covid-19, doctors, politicians,…
Opinion: An unsigned PDF blocks study participants from getting their own data needs to go
In the 1960s, Sherry Arnstein helped transform health care in the United States by leading…
Opinion: Medicare shouldn’t make ground ambulance services take a financial hit for providing at-home care
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping across the U.S., ambulance crews have been treating…
New journal will vet Covid-19 preprints, calling out misinformation and highlighting credible research
The wild, wild west of Covid-19 preprints is about to get a new sheriff. On…
STAT Plus: Pharma giants to unveil major $1 billion venture to push novel antibiotics
Amid escalating concerns over antibiotic resistance, several big drug makers are creating a new $1…
U.S. withdrawal from WHO threatens to leave it ‘flying blind’ on flu vaccines
Twice a year, influenza experts from 10 institutions around the world meet at the World…
Experts are calling for a 9/11-style commission on U.S. coronavirus response. Here’s where it could start
By the most basic of measurements — rates of illness and death — the U.S….
Two patients die in Audentes gene therapy study, heightening concerns over high-dose treatments
Two patients in a study of a high-dose gene therapy for a rare muscle disorder…
In its first tough test, CRISPR base editing slashes cholesterol levels in monkeys
A form of CRISPR widely expected to be safer and possibly more effective that the…
STAT Plus: Pfizer sues Trump administration over anti-kickback rules, saying they prevent it from helping lower seniors’ drug costs
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is suing the Trump administration over two long-standing Medicare rules…
As Covid-19 cases surge, Pence touts progress made from earlier peaks
As criticism mounts that the White House has turned a blind eye to the worsening…
Opinion: Death threats, shoves, and throwing blood: Anti-vaxxers’ bullying of public health officials endangers our country
False claims. Racist and violent memes. Threats. Physical attacks. Public health advocates across the country…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Sanofi to cut hundreds of jobs; former BARDA chief claims Azar is sabotaging his new job
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
WHO, partners unveil ambitious plan to deliver 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine to high-risk populations
The World Health Organization and key partners unveiled a plan Friday to purchase 2 billion…
Opinion: Unless it’s done carefully, the rise of telehealth could widen health disparities
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed telehealth — the remote provision of health care resources, tools,…
Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine research must involve Black and Latinx participants
The development of a Covid-19 vaccine is progressing at an incredible pace, breaking down barriers…
Safer reopening will require millions more Covid-19 tests per day. One solution: ‘pool testing’
If the country wants to crank up its Covid-19 testing capacity into the millions —…
Watch: From nose to toe, the Covid-19 virus attacks like no other ‘respiratory’ infection
The reports seemed to take doctors by surprise: The “respiratory” virus that causes Covid-19 made…
STAT Plus: Zogenix wins approval for new drug to treat rare type of childhood epilepsy
A new drug from Zogenix that treats a rare and severe type of epilepsy was…
When Covid-19 hits the brain, it can cause strokes, psychosis and a dementia-like syndrome, new survey shows
A new survey reveals a wide range of serious psychiatric and neurological complications tied to…
Listen: Covid-19’s U.S. surge, GSK’s mystery whistleblower, and cancer care under coronavirus
Is this a second wave or a rising tide? Who’s the real GlaxoSmithKline whistleblower? And…
Ousted federal vaccine expert alleges health secretary has continued to retaliate
WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, the ousted federal vaccine expert, amended his whistleblower complaint Thursday against…
As wave of Covid-19 cases crashes, a surge in other health conditions looms
The Covid-19 crisis has washed across the United States like a tidal wave. And experts…
STAT Plus: Novartis to pay $345 million to U.S. authorities for bribing doctors in different countries
Novartis (NVS) agreed to pay more than $345 million to resolve criminal charges brought by…
CDC broadens guidance on Americans facing risk of severe Covid-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday broadened its warning about who is…
As Covid-19 cases peak, a virus once again takes advantage of human instinct
The natural response to a disaster is to at first believe that it is not…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: NIH may own patents for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine; ICER boosts recommended price for remdesivir
Hello, everyone, and how are you this morning? Another balmy day is unfolding here on…
Hospitals see shortages of a cheap steroid that one study says helps Covid-19 patients
After preliminary release of a study found that a cheap steroid reduced deaths by a…
Opinion: This is supposed to be telemedicine’s time to shine. Why are doctors abandoning it?
Telemedicine — the delivery of care by a clinician in one location to a patient…
Opinion: Pandemic politics: What leaders should — and shouldn’t — learn from Napoleon
Some leaders use pandemics and other crises to advance themselves and their own ends. Others…
Among people facing food insecurity, researchers find a hidden health issue: eating disorders
When Carolyn Black Becker, a psychologist who studies eating disorders, used to explain her research…
STAT Plus: A pill to fight alcoholism causes an uproar in France over a regulator’s view of a clinical trial
Two years ago, French regulators made a surprising decision, overruling one of their own expert…
STAT Webinar: Targeted cancer drugs: What’s on the market? What’s in the pipeline?
Editor’s note: A recording of the webinar presentation is included below. While immunotherapies get most…
STAT Plus: Federal prosecutors allege Regeneron used a charity to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients
Federal officials on Wednesday alleged that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) donated tens of millions of dollars…
STAT Plus: Engineering a better immunotherapy to outwit cancer — and launch a biotech
Tweaking an immune cell called interleukin-18 can overcome tumors that lure it into binding with…
Health officers sound alarm as California economy reopens
Health officials in a San Francisco Bay Area county that was among the most aggressive…