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STAT+: Late-stage results set up Cytokinetics heart drug to compete with Bristol
Late-stage results of Cytokinetics’ drug for a rare heart disease suggest it can compete with…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA dithering on pharma patents, WHO pandemic talks, and more
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We now know Tome’s gene editing target
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STAT+: FDA is criticized for taking a ‘ministerial’ role in sorting out some pharma patents
When it comes to a crucial controversy over pharmaceutical patents, the FDA has been MIA….
After decades fighting Big Tobacco, Cliff Douglas now leads a foundation funded by his former adversaries
“Does it trouble you to answer that question?” one of New York’s highest paid attorneys…
Opinion: Congress: Close Medicare’s dangerous gaps in coverage for addiction treatment
While many people immediately picture young adults when thinking about the current addiction and overdose…
Opinion: A dose of reality on adult vaccinations
The number of children who received their routine vaccinations declined during the pandemic, so public…
CDC launching wastewater dashboard to track bird flu virus spread
Reluctance among dairy farmers to report H5N1 bird flu outbreaks within their herds or allow…
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STAT+: Can AI build custom ‘n-of-1’ drugs faster? Maybe not yet, new case study suggests
Two years ago, Yiwei Shi was searching desperately for someone to build a drug for…
Beyond antibiotics: Exploring alternative treatments for recurrent UTIs – The Times of India
Beyond antibiotics: Exploring alternative treatments for recurrent UTIs The Times of India Read Original Article: Beyond…
STAT+: First recipient of kidney transplant from genetically engineered pig has died, family says
Rick Slayman, the first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, has…
Women warned alternative treatments could risk health – BBC.com
Women warned alternative treatments could risk health BBC.com Read Original Article: Women warned alternative treatments could…
Opinion: First Opinion essay on colorectal cancer screening: letter and response
To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about difficult issues, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor…
Federal officials will fund farms’ protective measures to contain H5N1 bird flu
WASHINGTON — The federal government will provide livestock farms as much as $28,000 apiece to…
STAT+: Harvard scientists unveil the most detailed map of the brain ever: ‘It’s an alien world inside your own head’
About 10 years ago, a small piece of human brain arrived in the lab of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Sanofi licensing Novavax’s Covid shot, Moderna’s RSV vaccine, and more
Hello there and happy Friday from STAT’s London outpost, where the weekend is mere hours…
STAT+: CRISPR edits fail to cure HIV patients in early test
BALTIMORE — An ambitious effort to cure HIV with CRISPR genome editing fell short in…
The public wants Medicare to cover obesity drugs
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STAT+: After its last deal fell through, a rare disease therapy gets a second chance with Shionogi
After seeing its last deal go bust in the face of regulatory scrutiny, Maze Therapeutics…
STAT+: Sanofi enters vaccine licensing deal with Novavax, giving beleaguered biotech a lifeline
LONDON — Novavax, the beleaguered maker of a Covid-19 vaccine, just got a boost of…
Farmers resist push for workers to wear protective gear against bird flu virus
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended this week that dairy and…
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STAT+: No, alcohol isn’t good for you. Will new dietary guidelines be shaped more by health or industry interests?
In 1995, when Marion Nestle was on the committee drafting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans,…
Opinion: What nurses really want: sufficient staffing for patient care
Pizza. Coloring books. Goody bags. They could be activities at a 5-year-old’s birthday party. But…
Opinion: When heat threatens, use the wet bulb globe temperature to keep workers safe
A 30-year-old farm worker in North Carolina died last September on a day that was…
Listen: Everything you need to know about H5N1 bird flu
What happens when a common virus jumps from birds to cows? And should we be…
Exact Sciences’ stock tumbles amid worries cancer detection firm’s growth may slow
Exact Sciences reported first-quarter revenues this week that beat market expectations, and the cancer detection…
Q&A with Jennifer Adair, researcher on a mission to increase global access to gene therapies
BALTIMORE — Gene and cell therapies have transformed a handful of devastating disorders in the…
STAT+: CDC goes hard on military pets
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: Health care leaders plot how to expand diversity in clinical trials
Even with the recent awareness that clinical trials often lack the diversity that would make…
STAT+: Cytokinetics set to pitch its heart drug to physicians — and Big Pharma suitors
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Yet another big financing round in immunology
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Takeda restructuring, Pfizer settling Zantac suits, and more
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because…
STAT+: Drug supplies for millions would be jeopardized by U.S. crackdown on China biopharma industry, trade group says
U.S. legislation that would sever ties with Chinese drugmakers would jeopardize the drug supply for…
STAT+: Getting Alzheimer’s treatment to those who need it poses particular challenges
A host of hurdles are slowing the adoption of the new Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, experts…
Bird flu keeps rewriting the textbooks. It’s why scientists are unsettled by the U.S. dairy cattle outbreak
Twenty-seven years ago today, a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong developed a sore throat, spiked…
A new cholera vaccine will increase supply, but will it be enough to manage global outbreaks?
Weeks after the global public health community sounded the alarm on the shortage of cholera…
Opinion: Caring for young caregivers, a hidden population
The intersection of the mental health crisis among young Americans and the growing burden of…
Opinion: H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds. Didn’t the federal government learn anything from Covid?
When it comes to federal agencies communicating to the public about H5N1 bird flu, it…
Knox County Mental Health Court seeing success as incarceration alternative – WATE 6 On Your Side
Knox County Mental Health Court seeing success as incarceration alternative WATE 6 On Your Side Read…
Large amount of bird flu virus in milk suggests asymptomatic cows are infected with H5N1
Since March, when the first reported cases of H5N1 bird flu began showing up in…
STAT+: A nonprofit does deals in Brazil and India to make low-cost CAR-T cell therapies widely available
In the latest bid to widen access to medicines, a nonprofit is sending technology and…
Brain worms are more common than you think. Here’s what doctors who’ve treated them say.
Yes, it’s possible to have a worm living in your brain — in fact, it’s…
Cell therapy fails to slow early type 1 diabetes, but safety is established
Tolerance is the holy grail in calming autoimmune disease, a truce in the immune system’s…
STAT+: Software glitch caused Tandem insulin pumps to prematurely shut down, FDA warns
At least 224 diabetes patients have been harmed by a software error causing their insulin…
STAT+: In fundamental advance, Google says AlphaFold 3 can map a vast universe of biomolecules
Google on Wednesday unveiled an artificial intelligence tool capable of predicting the structure and interaction…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a boy dying in Pfizer trial; AstraZeneca yanking Covid shot, and more
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Pharma has over $500B in capital for deals
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Opinion: Making the promise of monoclonal antibody therapies available to all
As the U.S. grapples with the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is important…
STAT+: Gene therapy trial targeting rare form of deafness shows ‘jaw-droppingly good’ results
Two congenitally deaf children can hear for the first time after being treated with gene…