STAT+: Lawsuit says Cigna illegally denies claims in bulk, sticking patients with unexpected bills
A new lawsuit accuses Cigna of using an algorithm to automatically deny claims in bulk…
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STAT+: Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy’s sight. Similar treatments could help millions
MIAMI — Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal’s eyes. One…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Three big drugmakers spent less on lobbying after leaving PhRMA; EMA reviews CRO over data concerns
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Rise in cancer among younger people worries and puzzles doctors
When both the nurse and the doctor broke down in tears as they delivered the news,…
STAT+: Roche’s $3 billion Alnylam deal shows drug firms are interested in long-acting heart drugs
Roche’s announcement Monday that it would pay $310 million for rights to a hypertension treatment,…
STAT+: A new lobby shop looks to remind Congress about NIH’s translational research arm
WASHINGTON — Christopher Austin was the first director of a then-tiny National Institutes of Health…
Opinion: Drug pricing and the ‘impossible trinity’ for patients
You don’t have to be an economist to understand the law of demand: The higher…
Opinion: How do doctors’ personal political affiliations affect how they care for their patients?
This essay is adapted from “Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors,…
STAT+: Lobbying spending dropped for companies that departed PhRMA
WASHINGTON — The three companies that recently left PhRMA all spent less on lobbying following…
Inside the hospital gardens that give respite from a world of ills
WILLOWBROOK, Calif. — In this neighborhood just north of Compton, Martin Luther King Jr. Community…
Watch: In a children’s hospital gardens, families find sanctuary
Boston Children’s Hospital is located in the heart of the city’s bustling Longwood medical area….
Statins reduce cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV, new global study finds
A statin a day reduces the risk of heart disease in younger people living with…
STAT+: Pfizer says most tornado damage at key plant hit warehouse, but finished drugs also impacted
Pfizer says a tornado that ripped through a key manufacturing plant in North Carolina does…
STAT+: White House launches permanent pandemic office
WASHINGTON – The White House on Friday launched its pandemic preparedness office, half a year…
STAT+: Major pharma companies call on their suppliers to reduce carbon footprints
As anxiety mounts over climate change, seven of the world’s largest drugmakers urged dozens of…
STAT+: FDA official pushes for a dedicated emerging pathogens team to prepare for the next pandemic
WASHINGTON — A top Food and Drug Administration official wants Congress to dedicate full-time staff…
STAT+: European regulator will review study data from contract research organization due to ‘serious concerns’
In the latest melee over the safety of prescription medicines, the European Medicines Agency is…
Providers still hesitate to prescribe buprenorphine for addiction, despite ‘X-waiver’ removal
Significant challenges remain before most American clinicians feel comfortable treating patients with buprenorphine, according to…
Opinion: Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and the new standards of scientific conduct
Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who will step down from his position Aug. 31, was initially…
Europe recommends the approval of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults and in pregnancy
LONDON — European regulators on Friday recommended the approval of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine both for…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Sanders wants to replace drug patents with prizes for innovation; FDA approves an anthrax vaccine
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
STAT+: European regulatory panel weighs against approval of Mirati’s KRAS-targeted lung cancer drug
A European regulatory panel reviewing a lung cancer drug made by Mirati Therapeutics has recommended…
Misdiagnoses cost the U.S. 800,000 deaths and serious disabilities every year, study finds
Diagnostic errors — that is, overlooking a disease, or diagnosing it erroneously or late —…
Opinion: Gain-of-function research is about much more than dangerous pathogens
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about gain-of-function research, and…
STAT+: Extensive review finds private equity owners jack up the cost of medical care
Private equity firms are rapidly buying their way into the U.S. health care system, and…
STAT+: Bernie Sanders wants to replace drug patents with prizes for breakthrough medicines
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will finally get a study of his proposal to…
BridgeBio’s big week, Lilly’s Alzheimer’s data, & succession at Stanford
What can Homer teach us about biotech? Has Big Science gotten too big? And what’s…
A new deal aims to ramp up use of AI in rehab care decisions
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Stanford president’s abrupt departure after research misconduct investigation sparks debate
After Stanford University president and prominent neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced he would resign following an…
STAT+: Damages from tornado at Pfizer plant could compound challenges of drug shortages
The tornado that struck parts of North Carolina on Wednesday not only damaged the immediate…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Health care mergers facing tougher antitrust scrutiny; tornado hits Pfizer plant and more shortages may result
Top of the morning to you. And a steamy one, it is. In fact, there…
Vir antibody drug aimed at influenza A fails in clinical trial
Vir Biotechnology said Thursday that a long-acting antibody drug designed to protect healthy individuals from…
STAT+: FTC plans to reverse years of policy statements supporting pharmacy benefit managers
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is reversing years of prior advocacy in support of pharmacy…
Preparation over panic: How a Boston hospital is priming medical residents for an era of AI medicine
BOSTON — On a Friday morning in July, an internal medicine resident at Beth Israel…
A Q&A with Gavi’s Seth Berkley on vaccines, Covid, and challenges ahead
Seth Berkley, the soon-to-be former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, apologized for being a…
Mass. General totes up its waste in a move to tackle climate change
On an August Thursday in 2021, deep into the pandemic, two Massachusetts General Hospital doctors…
Opinion: I introduced the ADA 35 years ago. Now Congress needs to act to ban a practice that devalues disabled lives
Thirty-five years ago, I was proud to introduce the Americans with Disabilities Act in the…
STAT+: Hospitals struggle to make money on CAR-T cancer therapies, but their fortunes may change
WASHINGTON — Hospitals for years have complained that Medicare pays so little for CAR-T cancer…
Opinion: A program to bring internet access to low-income people is running out of money. Health care will suffer
This past winter, one of us, Alister, was speaking with the daughter of an elderly…
Living in disadvantaged neighborhoods linked to higher dementia risk, study finds
Americans who live in neighborhoods with less socioeconomic advantage may have a higher risk of…
STAT+: DOJ, FTC primed for more aggressive scrutiny of health care mergers
Health care companies trying to merge can expect tougher policing from the top federal antitrust…
Key lawmaker blasts Congress’ efforts on addiction: ‘Shame on us’
A Democratic congressman on Wednesday blasted a bipartisan set of proposals focused on addiction, arguing…
STAT+: Stanford president’s departure begs the question: Who takes the credit — or blame — in team science?
The resignation of Marc Tessier-Lavigne as president of Stanford University following an investigation into irregularities…
These proteins could predict dementia risk decades before symptoms, new study suggests
Can we predict the risk of dementia decades before onset? In a study published in…
STAT+: House committee probes FDA inspections of pharma plants in China and India
A Congressional committee is demanding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration provide detailed information about…
TikTok cracks down on users posting about popular weight loss drugs
As the demand for GLP-1 based drugs grows, content about the new class of weight…
Stanford president to resign after investigation finds he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research
In an abrupt turn, Stanford president and renowned neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he…
STAT+: A new explanation for why some stubborn cancer cells resist treatment
Cancer drugs can burn through tumors like a wildfire, killing off the vast majority of…
The kidney, in all its complexity, is captured in an atlas that could aid disease research
The kidneys are some of the most architecturally complex organs in the human body —…
Genetic cheat code might explain why some people catch Covid but never get sick
In the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the new coronavirus still appeared to…