STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma hopes reformulated drugs will skirt Medicare negotiations; Biogen to acquire Reata for $7.3 billion
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Category: Medicine
STAT+: Biogen to acquire Reata Pharmaceuticals in $7 billion deal
Biogen on Friday said it would acquire Reata Pharmaceuticals, the maker of an approved therapy…
Opinion: Many immigrants are ineligible for important U.S. maternal health initiatives
In the U.S., about 16% of Black birthing people are immigrants. But even as the federal…
Opinion: Doctors in states that ban abortion can still refer patients elsewhere. Why are so few doing that?
For now, abortion remains accessible even in states where it’s banned — at least for…
STAT+: With profitability in sight, Talkspace is budding into a digital health success story
Virtual mental health company Talkspace on Thursday added to its run of promising earnings reports,…
STAT+: Midwest health systems Fairview and Sanford call off $14 billion merger
Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services have for the second time scrapped their planned merger,…
Mental illness, drug addiction go hand in glove, Biden’s drug czar tells lawmakers
WASHINGTON — At a House oversight hearing Thursday, the Biden administration’s top drug policy official emphasized…
Lawmakers circle parents’ rights in gender-affirming care hearing
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Thursday sought to turn around transgender advocates’ arguments that gender-affirming care…
STAT+: Policy experts call on Medicare to ensure data from Alzheimer’s drug registries is shared publicly
More than two dozen prominent health policy experts are urging the Biden administration to ensure…
STAT+: Key Republicans nix idea to give FDA new power to regulate CBD
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration says it needs Congress to give it more…
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STAT+: HCA says smaller share of spending going to labor
The chief executive of the country’s biggest hospital chain said Thursday that labor costs are…
Mitch McConnell’s abrupt episode has an important public health takeaway
The handling of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s abrupt medical issue this week is raising…
STAT+: Scientists inch closer to single-shot gene editing cure for blood disorders
What is the best way to fix faulty blood cells, and do so for the…
Biogen’s sticky situation, Wegovy’s risks, & biotech insider trading
Why do CEOs talk like that? Do biotech stock tips make good gifts? And what…
Cases of alpha gal syndrome caused by tick bites on the rise, CDC reports
For many Americans, the warmer spring and summer months bring backyard barbecues and scenic hikes…
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STAT+: The once-hot market for biotech jobs and lab space has cooled. What now?
When Crystal Shih Byers left her job at Novartis in 2020, she was excited to…
Ending health disparities requires full federal government, National Academies panel says
To narrow the nation’s deeply entrenched health disparities, a permanent entity with regulatory powers should…
Biden announces an advanced cancer research initiative as part of the bipartisan ‘moonshot’ effort
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced…
STAT+: A conflict of interest behind the warning on Apellis’s eye drug? The optics are not good
The eye disease physician in charge of a committee that flagged a rare but severe…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: House Dems push new bill for Medicare drug negotiations; WHO leaves obesity drugs off essential medicines list
Top of the morning to you. And a steamy one, it is. In fact, there…
Opinion: Why new guidelines recommending screening at 40 can’t end the mammography wars
New breast cancer screening guidelines from the United States Preventive Services Task Force give the…
STAT+: How the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S. got its ‘unapologetic’ design
It’s not every day that a marketing team is tasked with designing the branding and…
STAT+: VC firm starts a new synthetic biology incubator, headed by a former Broad Institute scientist
Venture capital firm RA Capital is starting a new incubator, setting the stage for the…
STAT+: Senate panel advances PBM reform — but sidesteps anything controversial
WASHINGTON — Senators on the Finance Committee on Wednesday nearly unanimously passed a bill to…
STAT+: UHS finance chief said company favors patients whose insurance pays more
The country’s largest private psychiatric hospital operator cherry picks patients whose insurance will pay more,…
STAT+: European Commission accelerates phasing out animal testing, but stops short of a ban
After months of deliberation, the European Commission has agreed to accelerate the phasing out of…
STAT+: Democrats decry a new health package as too easy on private equity
WASHINGTON — A rift between Democrats and Republicans over health care transparency was on full display…
STAT+: Democrats already want to expand Medicare’s drug price negotiation
WASHINGTON — It’s drug pricing déjà vu: Just as they did in 2019, House Democrats…
STAT+: Medical device maker Teleflex to acquire urology company Palette Life Sciences for $600 million
Teleflex announced plans on Wednesday to acquire Palette Life Sciences, the maker of a slate…
STAT+: FDA inspection underscores problem at major U.S. compounder behind hospital drug recalls
One of the largest compound pharmacy operations in the U.S. recently recalled a slew of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: State Medicaid programs seek discounts for Wegovy; congressional PBM bills work around the fringes
Top of the morning to you. And a fine one it is. Lots of sunshine…
Q&A with CDC Director Mandy Cohen: On communication, trust, and getting things done
The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mandy Cohen, is only…
STAT+: Congress’s PBM reforms won’t end America’s drug pricing woes. Here’s what they would do
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in Congress generally agree that there’s something very broken with the way America…
Opinion: Why physicians should let patients call them by their first names
Stephanie W. Edmonds and Ginny L. Ryan are both doctors. Edmonds, a registered nurse, has…
A psychologist’s lifetime of challenging assumptions while living with paralysis
Nikki Saltzburg was born three months premature while her parents were vacationing in Bermuda. With…
Asian American doctors, overrepresented in medicine, are largely left out of leadership
For 15 years, orthopedic surgeon Charles S. Day has been working to highlight the striking…
Opinion: Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s resignation shows what happens when you don’t pay attention to lab culture
Last week, Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced that he will resign as president of Stanford over work…
STAT+: South Africa faces court hearing over opaque Covid-19 vaccine contracts
A hearing began in a South Africa court on Tuesday to determine whether the government…
STAT+: Truvian presents data for its desktop blood-testing device in a field still in Theranos’s shadow
SAN DIEGO — Truvian Health, a San Diego blood diagnostics company, shared data on Tuesday…
A health system tests virtual reality to help train nurses
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biogen to slash 1,000 more jobs; key House panel proposes lowering Medicare out-of-pocket drug costs
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. This morning is getting…
STAT+: Biogen says it will cut costs by $700 million, slash 1,000 jobs
Biogen announced a new round of cost cuts Tuesday, saying that it plans to save…
STAT+: Drug from Stoke shows lower activity against childhood epilepsy, prompting search for better dose
Stoke Therapeutics is still seeking an effective dose for an experimental drug to treat a…
White House unveils plan to make insurers cover mental health care
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a proposal meant to force health insurers to cover…
As Alzheimer’s drugs hit the market, the race for early detection blood tests heats up
With the advent of disease-modifying Alzheimer’s drugs, everyone in the world of Alzheimer’s diagnostics is…
STAT+: IQVIA built a health data empire to target drug ads. Now it’s the focus of an FTC lawsuit
The health data giant IQVIA became a dominant force by gobbling up its rivals. Over…
The AMA’s new president on medicine’s ‘AI era’ and the uncertain future of telehealth
Much has been made of Jesse Ehrenfeld’s career of firsts. The current president of the…
Opinion: Enough with the health care policy patchwork. It’s time for universal insurance
Everyone knows that the United States is the only high-income country without universal health insurance….
Opinion: Q&A: Giving voice to patients navigating cancer, rare disease, and more
Health care is about many things — understanding and treating disease, practicing medicine, developing new…
STAT+: Key House panel proposes lowering out-of-pocket drug costs in Medicare
WASHINGTON — A key House committee announced their own plans to increase health care transparency…