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Here are the worst biopharma CEOs of 2023
Pfizer is this year’s anti-Eli Lilly. If David Ricks is the best biopharma CEO of…
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STAT+: Structure Therapeutics GLP-1 pill cuts blood sugar, weight in early diabetes study
Structure Therapeutics said Monday that its experimental GLP-1 pill demonstrated a 1% lowering of blood…
STAT+: Here are the best biopharma CEOs of 2023
It’s that time of the year again when I recognize the Best Biopharma CEO of…
Covid-19: Bereaved families group collects BMJ award for holding ministers to account
A group representing families bereaved by the covid-19 pandemic has received an award from The…
Listen: FTC v. biotech, Pfizer’s kitchen sink, & Vertex’s future
Is no one safe from the FTC? Has Pfizer bottomed out? And is biotech finally…
STAT+: Pfizer says 2024 profits will fall far below expectations
Pfizer said Wednesday that its 2024 profits would fall far below investor expectations, leading shares…
Chronic fatigue syndrome estimated to affect 3.3 million in U.S., more than previously thought: CDC
Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults…
STAT+: Pfizer plans to depart BIO
WASHINGTON — Pfizer has decided to leave the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, according to two sources…
Covid inquiry: Hancock is grilled on care homes, lockdowns, and testing
Matt Hancock, the UK health secretary between 2018 and June 2021, acknowledged major deficiencies in…
Is the flu shot market a slam dunk for mRNA vaccines? Experts aren’t so sure
Here are two things that are true. The world needs more effective flu vaccines. And…
STAT+: Texas AG accuses Pfizer of ‘intentionally’ overstating Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness
The Texas attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing Pfizer of “unlawfully” and “intentionally” misrepresenting…
U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year…
“We weren’t that great at treating flu—it should not be our model for covid”: America’s covid-19 tsar speaks
Taking office in November 2021, US President Joe Biden was immediately confronted by the chaotic…
Long term investment could avert 20 000 cancer deaths a year by 2040, says charity
The UK urgently requires sustained and ambitious investment in cancer care to reduce mortality and…
Covid inquiry: The week that science became both bamboozling and a millstone
PM was bamboozled and confused over sciencePatrick Vallance, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser (CSA)…
Pandemic-related immunity gap in kids explains surge of respiratory infections in children in China, says WHO
Reports this week that China is experiencing a surge in respiratory infections in young children…
Does timely vaccination help prevent post-viral conditions?
Vaccines substantially mitigated the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic worldwide, saving millions of lives. The…
Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against post-covid-19 condition among 589 722 individuals in Sweden: population based cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the effectiveness of primary covid-19 vaccination (first two doses and first booster dose…
Respiratory viruses, thrown out of whack by Covid, appear to be falling back into seasonal order
In the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, something strange happened: For a year or two,…
AMA urges coverage of obesity treatments as payers balk at costs
WASHINGTON – The American Medical Association called on insurance companies, employers, and government programs to…
Study suggests Covid rebound is far more common with Paxlovid than without
A small and preliminary study published Monday seems to indicate that patients receiving the drug…
STAT+: Eli Lilly’s chief scientist on new obesity drug data, gene editing, and a potential new heart drug
PHILADELPHIA — In a sense, the annual meeting of the American Heart Association wasn’t a…
Covid inquiry: What we learnt this week
Chickenpox was not a helpful analogueGiving evidence on 8 November,1 Mark Sedwill, the former cabinet…
Senator floats new models to manage costs of weight loss drugs like Ozempic
WASHINGTON — With Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic hitting blockbuster sales and a new rival…
Working in the sun causes one in three non-melanoma skin cancer deaths, WHO warns
The World Health Organization has called on governments to ensure that outdoor workers are protected…
Is convalescent plasma still useful as a covid treatment?
What is convalescent plasma?It’s a form of passive immunisation. Blood plasma containing antibodies from one…
Covid NHS memorial is named year’s top statue
bmj;383/nov06_15/p2594/FAF1faAlan Morris/AlamyScotland’s first memorial sculpture dedicated to NHS staff who worked through the covid-19 pandemic…
Covid-19: Whitehall chaos and misplaced confidence undermined UK’s response, inquiry hears
A toxic and chaotic environment at the heart of government, with distrust between civil servants…
Paying for Covid pills will soon shift to insurers
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is slowly shifting millions of Covid-19 treatments to private insurers…
STAT+: FDA approves Lilly ulcerative colitis treatment with a new approach to tamping down inflammation
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an Eli Lilly drug that takes a…
There is an overlap between long covid and ME/CFS
Thank you for highlighting the devastation long covid has wrought on healthcare workers’ lives, including…
Long covid clinics offer a lifeline for this isolating disease
Waters’ report on doctors with long covid shows that it is a profoundly incapacitating disease….
Covid inquiry: Government developed intervention package without scientists’ advice before second lockdown
The Eat Out to Help Out scheme, the “rule of six,” and the local tier…
Maternal Covid-19 vaccination offers infants immunity for up to 6 months
The risks of severe neonatal morbidity, neonatal death, and admission to the neonatal intensive care…
Researchers try to tease out possible ties between long Covid and menopause
When she stopped getting her period in March 2022, Daryn Schwartz wasn’t especially concerned. At…
STAT+: In drug development, large pharma companies’ staying power provides them an edge, Lilly’s chief medical officer says
Among drugmakers, big pharma has a reputation of being stodgy and old-fashioned, while biotech startups…
Covid-19: Up to 2% of hospital patients acquired infection after being admitted
Between 95 000 and 167 000 patients are estimated to have caught covid-19 in England’s…
STAT+: Why doesn’t everyone lose weight on Ozempic-type drugs? Researchers look for genetic clues
DALLAS — Treatments like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro have been hailed for showing 15% to…
STAT+: The Ozempic panic: Why a market frenzy over new weight loss drugs defies logic
There’s a specter haunting Wall Street. It started in biotech, where companies making drugs for…
Opinion: Listen: Why long Covid might predate the pandemic
Since the early days of the pandemic, long Covid has haunted us: Even a mild…
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Long covid: Researchers “extremely angry” at Boris Johnson’s “bollocks” comment
Clinicians who led research on long covid from early on in the pandemic and who…
STAT+: Our expensive obesity drugs are worth it, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly argue in raft of studies
DALLAS — Here at ObesityWeek, one of the largest conferences on obesity, Novo Nordisk and…
Serotonin levels are depleted in long Covid patients, study says, pointing to a potential cause for ‘brain fog’
If you’ve been following the mystery of long Covid since it emerged in 2020, you’ll…
Covid-19: Confusion around vaccination during pregnancy likely to have contributed to deaths of 27 women in the UK
Pregnant women are being urged to get the covid vaccine after an expert group found…
STAT+: HHS dispatches millions to next-generation Covid targets, including intranasal vaccine
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Friday that it is investing in three potential vaccines…
Opinion: Yes, everyone should get an updated Covid-19 vaccine
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that everyone in the U.S….
Covid-19 inquiry: Ministers abandoned public health principles during pandemic, says BMA chief
The UK government “lost control” of the covid pandemic in its early stages through poor…
FDA authorizes Novavax’s updated Covid-19 vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized Novavax’s updated Covid-19 vaccine, giving Americans seeking…
STAT+: Nobel Prize, in a rarity, celebrates a fruitful and durable partnership
The most noteworthy aspect of awarding the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology to two…
Covid-19: Vaccine hesitancy and access affect uptake of new boosters
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has encouraged all Americans aged 6…