STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Azar says Medicare is open to price negotiations; drug makers say opioid settlements are in jeopardy
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
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Opinion: Women in medicine: unite (or at least stop repressing each other)
The #MeToo and #NeedHerScience movements have inspired women to take a stand against sexism in…
STAT Plus: Turned away from five clinical trials, a cancer patient waits for one that will take him
It’s hard enough for any cancer patient to get into clinical trials. It’s even harder…
Opinion: Quarantine for coronavirus? Let’s make that unnecessary
Do you trust the government to protect you and your family from the novel coronavirus…
‘Reject Big Pharma’: Anti-vaccine activists co-opt a populist slogan to try to repeal a state immunization law
The advertisements plastered across city bus stops and flooding television airwaves across Maine make a…
Telehealth can help fight the novel coronavirus, but U.S. challenges could limit its potential
As the world braces for the spread of disease caused by the new coronavirus, public…
STAT Plus: AI has arrived in medical imaging. Now the FDA needs to monitor its impact on patients
BETHESDA, Md. — This is the moment of truth for the FDA’s regulation of artificial…
Listen: Wall Street’s coronavirus freakout, why clinical trials frustrate patients, and a journey through the past
Is the market overreacting to the coronavirus? Why do so many clinical trials go unfilled?…
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Biogen, Sangamo partner to develop genome-editing therapies for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
The drug maker Biogen announced late Thursday that it would license two preclinical drugs from…
Azar hits a sour note on pricing for a potential coronavirus vaccine
Let them eat cake. This is effectively what Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar…
A single coronavirus case exposes a bigger problem: The scope of undetected U.S. spread is unknown
The discovery that a California woman was likely infected with the novel coronavirus by a…
STAT Plus: They have ‘Alzheimer’s brains’ but no symptoms. A new wave of drug developers wants to know why
For years they were flukes of the Alzheimer’s world: elderly people who died at an…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Gilead accelerates coronavirus trial; FDA says coronavirus vaccine will take time
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. This is a fast-paced…
STAT Plus: Health care conference about conflicts of interest has a conflict itself, say critics who won’t attend
In an effort to better understand how conflicts of interest may affect health care, the…
Opinion: For medicine regulators, reliance is a global imperative
It’s never been more challenging to make sure that medicines meet standards for quality, safety,…
Opinion: Physician practice consolidation: It’s only just begun
Disruption has redefined health care in the past decade. For private practice physicians, the biggest…
A critical question in getting a handle on coronavirus: What role do kids play in spreading it?
Among the many, many unknowns about the new coronavirus: What role do children play in…
Trump taps Pence to lead U.S. coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he had appointed Vice President Mike Pence to…
Researchers develop AI-based intervention for kids with autism
Everyday social interactions with family members and peers can be challenging for children with autism…
Trump’s no stranger to misinformation. But with the coronavirus, experts say that’s dangerous
Mixed messages and misinformation aren’t out of the ordinary in the Trump administration. But at…
Coronavirus vaccines are far off, FDA official says, but drugs to treat patients could come sooner
NEW YORK — New drugs to treat patients already infected with the novel coronavirus, which…
STAT Plus: Senators threaten to subpoena Express Scripts for failing to produce insulin documents
The ranking members of the Senate Finance Committee are threatening to issue a subpoena to…
STAT Plus: Tracking pharmaceuticals in the supply chain remains difficult due to sloppy paperwork
As Americans debate whether to import prescription drugs from Canada to relieve rising costs, a…
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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: FDA tracks 20 drugs for shortage risk due to coronavirus; GOP senator moves toward Medicare drug negotiations
Top of the morning to you. Another busy day is unfolding here on the Pharmalot…
STAT Plus: Allakos is running clinical trials in reverse, critics say, raising questions about its digestive disease drug
Allakos (ALLK) is embroiled in a clinical trial controversy with potentially billions of dollars at…
Opinion: The FDA in the 2020s: move forward, don’t stand still
Federal regulatory agencies can’t stand still. They must evolve with industries they regulate. No agency…
Opinion: Will the newest pill for HIV prevention fuel progress — or profits?
Four decades after the HIV epidemic began, there’s finally hope it might end. Indeed, “Getting…
STAT Plus: This CEO running clinics for Apple and Facebook wants to ‘flip’ the primary care model
It’s been two years since tech behemoth Amazon launched its joint venture in health care…
STAT Plus: Contract offers unprecedented look at Google deal to obtain patient data from the University of California
SAN FRANCISCO — It was the fall of 2015 when researchers from Google and the…
STAT Plus: An FDA program to ensure decades-old drugs finally get approved is costing billions in price hikes
Back in 2006, the FDA launched an effort to force drug companies to win regulatory…
New data from China buttress fears about high coronavirus fatality rate, WHO expert says
One of the hopes of people watching China’s coronavirus outbreak was that the alarming picture…
Federal judge rules clinical trial sponsors must publish a decade’s worth of missing data
WASHINGTON — For years, government research agencies have misinterpreted a law that requires them to…
STAT Plus: College student with disease that causes premature aging is heartened by medical advances
In many ways, Emerson College freshman Meghan Waldron seems like a lot of students in…
CDC expects ‘community spread’ of coronavirus, as top official warns disruptions could be ‘severe’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned that it expects the novel…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Moderna ships first batch of coronavirus vaccine; Mallinckrodt to pay $1.6 billion to settle opioid claims
Hello, everyone, and how are you this morning? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
STAT Plus: ICER, the controversial cost-effectiveness watchdog, reverses course on two migraine drugs
In an unusual move, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has reversed course and…
Opinion: In the race for coronavirus vaccines, don’t leave pregnant women behind
As several thousand people become newly infected each day with the novel coronavirus Covid-19, and…
Opinion: To fight surprise medical bills, create a powerful united patient lobby
Physicians are taught to prioritize the interests of their patients, using their knowledge, preferences, and…
Coronavirus cases among health workers climb, underscoring the chaos on an outbreak’s front lines
Thousands of health care workers, largely in China, have been infected amid the ongoing coronavirus…
STAT Plus: Google’s labors to anonymize patient data suggest health systems face an uphill battle
Google has been exploring creative ways to protect sensitive health data, even as it has…
Most adults don’t need booster vaccinations for tetanus and diphtheria, new study concludes
People who got all their vaccinations against tetanus and diphtheria in childhood don’t need booster…
STAT Plus: Safety concerns regarding Novartis’s new eye drug boost Regeneron stock
A leading association of eye doctors has warned its members about safety concerns about Novartis’s…
WHO tells countries to prepare for coronavirus pandemic, but insists it’s too soon to make that call
The World Health Organization said the coronavirus outbreak that has swept from China to a…
Cannabis use among older adults is on the rise, study says
The legalization of cannabis in many states for medical and recreational purposes has led to…
Sanofi to start pharmaceutical ingredients company, which it says may avert future shortages
Sanofi, the French drug giant, said Monday that it would spin off a new company…
STAT Plus: Nuance begins selling AI system to automate physician note-taking during exams
The medical speech recognition company Nuance said Monday it will begin widely selling an artificial…
STAT Plus: Alkermes sued over death of man who overdosed after taking addiction treatment Vivitrol
The parents of a 26-year-old California man who died of an opioid overdose have sued…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Trump aide wants to bring pharma supply chain home; Walgreens hides prescription errors
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT Plus: New partnership tries to make up for missing drug data in cost-effectiveness analyses
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, ICER, a nonprofit that has become a central…
Opinion: Pharmacists, patients are stuck in the middle of a profit-before-all-else pharmacy racket
The news that chaos reigns inside chain pharmacies, putting patients at risk, may have come…