STAT+: For the ‘godfather’ of biotech, saving Biogen is the final act of a singular career
In the history of the global pharmaceutical industry, there have been many big thinkers, brash…
Category: Heavyweights
Denizens of ‘The Cave’ became changemakers and leaders. Here are some of its notable alumni
“All blind roads lead to Berkeley,” says Joshua Miele, a longtime resident of the Bay…
‘Where the bats hung out’: How a basement hideaway at UC Berkeley nurtured a generation of blind innovators
BERKELEY, Calif. — If, in the fall of 1987, you found yourself at the University…
Anti-aging research pioneer Aubrey de Grey placed on leave over sexual harassment allegations
Aubrey de Grey, the jet-setting gerontologist who co-founded the SENS Research Foundation to discover ways…
STAT+: The unlikely force shaping Amazon’s health plans: A veteran, doctor, and TV persona with big ideas for tech
If you know the name Vin Gupta, chances are it’s because he tends to spar…
Eric Lander is brilliant, connected, and controversial. Now Joe Biden wants him to ‘reinvigorate’ American science
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s presence at meetings of the Obama administration’s scientific advisory council sometimes…
STAT+: A former FDA chief, brimming with experience but lacking in niceties, surprises Washington by winning Biden’s trust
WASHINGTON — David Kessler is not the obvious choice for any role in the Biden…
A ‘duty to warn’: An ER doctor, shaped by war and hardship, chronicles the searing realities of Covid-19
As a Marine combat medic in Iraq’s Al-Anbar province, Cleavon Gilman saw bodies torn apart…
STAT Plus: In the race for a Covid-19 vaccine, Pfizer turns to a scientist with a history of defying skeptics — and getting results
For the pharma behemoth Pfizer, the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine is not just…
Priscilla Chan charts an ambitious, unglamorous course to fight disease. (Her husband is involved, too.)
SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Priscilla Chan was just over a year out of her pediatric…