STAT+: The White House hikes tariffs on Chinese medical products
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it’s raising taxes on a range of…
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STAT+: Momentum builds for House bill cracking down on Chinese biotechs
WASHINGTON — A House committee plans to mark up next month legislation that would restrict…
STAT+: Senate panel advances bill to ban some Chinese biotechs, with Sen. Paul taking up industry’s cause
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel today passed a bill aimed at preventing certain Chinese companies…
STAT+: What does America’s crackdown on Chinese firms mean for the U.S. biotech sector?
WASHINGTON — The federal government increasingly is scrutinizing Chinese businesses and their interactions with American…
STAT+: Bipartisan group of lawmakers warns of a rising Chinese threat to U.S. biotech
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The increasingly adversarial relationship between the United States and China has raised…
STAT+: How Brigham Health helped create a Chinese hospital for elites — and almost nobody came
It was worlds away from the Boston medical hub: There were no traffic-clogged intersections, no…
To lawyers, conviction of Harvard chemist with China ties shouldn’t chill science. Researchers aren’t so sure
The trial was supposed to be a bellwether — an indicator of whether federal investigators…
STAT+: At BGI, China’s genomics giant, the line between biotech and Beijing is increasingly blurry
On Jan. 25, 2020, as the city of Wuhan headed into the world’s first Covid-19 lockdown,…
Most patients hospitalized for Covid-19 still have symptoms six months later, China study finds
Three-quarters of Covid-19 patients still have at least one symptom six months after first falling…
STAT+: A new biotech tries to bridge the drug innovation gap between East and West
A growing number of Chinese biotech companies are trying to bridge the drug innovation gap…
STAT+: Legend Biotech believes it is not a target of Chinese investigation, CEO says
The new CEO of Legend Biotech says the company has seen no indication that it…
STAT Plus: Legend Biotech CEO detained in China as part of investigation
Legend Biotech’s man in charge will be working from home for the time being. The…
STAT Plus: ‘The race is on’: China’s I-Mab gets boost from AbbVie to develop a new cancer immunotherapy
HONG KONG — In November 2014, a little less than six years ago, Chinese scientist…
STAT China: Lineup for Hong Kong IPO grows, and a conversation with Junshi’s Li Ning
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STAT China: Two more Hong Kong IPO filings, and Beijing’s latest drug price cuts
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STAT China: A debut for CanSino Biologics and Cellular BioMed’s controversy
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STAT China: Big news at Simcere, and a breakthrough designation for Legend Biotech
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STAT Plus: Innovent starts China’s first trial of a novel cancer immunotherapy
A version of this story appeared Tuesday in STAT China, a weekly guide to biopharma and…
The 20 executives — and companies — to know in Chinese biotech
In China, biotechnology long lagged behind the industry in the West. Now, it’s advancing at…
STAT Plus: Zai Lab targets blood cancers in deal with Regeneron
Shanghai’s Zai Lab (ZLAB) is adding a blood cancer drug to its pipeline through a…
Desperate for Covid-19 answers, U.S. doctors turn to colleagues in China
Even as the Covid-19 outbreak has already overwhelmed some U.S. hospitals, in many cities anxious…
Lower death rate estimates for coronavirus, especially for non-elderly, provide glimmer of hope
In a rare piece of good news about Covid-19, a team of infectious disease experts…
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…
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…
Sanofi announces it will work with HHS to develop coronavirus vaccine
The drug maker Sanofi Pasteur is entering the race to develop a vaccine to protect…
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Disease modelers gaze into their computers to see the future of Covid-19, and it isn’t good
At least 550,000 cases. Maybe 4.4 million. Or something in between. Like weather forecasters, researchers…
Top WHO official says it’s not too late to stop the new coronavirus outbreak
There is still reason to believe the growing coronavirus outbreak in China can be contained,…
Listen: A chemist breaks bad, the latest on the coronavirus, and pharma’s slow Bern
Is it wise to lie to the feds? Is pharma taking Sen. Bernie Sanders seriously?…
In coronavirus response, AI is becoming a useful tool in a global outbreak, data experts say
A version of this story appeared in STAT’s Health Tech newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Artificial intelligence…
Top Harvard chemist charged with lying about ties to Chinese government program
The head of Harvard University’s chemistry department was charged on Tuesday with attempting to conceal…
‘The time to worry is now’: The coronavirus in China could threaten pharma’s ingredient sourcing
As a novel coronavirus spreads through China and rattles the rest of the world, the…
Containing new coronavirus may not be feasible, experts say, as they warn of possible sustained global spread
Some infectious disease experts are warning that it may no longer be feasible to contain…
DNA sleuths read the coronavirus genome, tracing its origins and looking for dangerous mutations
As infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists race to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus…
How fast can biotech come up with a vaccine for the latest outbreak?
The deadly outbreak of a novel coronavirus has sparked a race among biotech companies, each…
CDC reports second U.S. case of novel virus spreading in China
A second case of the new infection emerging from China has been discovered in the…
Listen: The latest on the China virus, Sarepta’s ongoing FDA saga, and biotech at Davos
Are we dealing with a SARS redux? Has the FDA lost its teeth? And what…
Watch: Why do some viruses spread more widely than others?
As public health officials try to gauge the threat posed by a new virus that…
Cause of Wuhan’s mysterious pneumonia cases still unknown, Chinese officials say
The cause of mysterious pneumonia cases in the Chinese city of Wuhan remains unknown, health…
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Experts search for answers in limited information about mystery pneumonia outbreak in China
The mysterious and growing cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases in the Chinese city of Wuhan…