STAT+: 3 reasons the drug industry should be worried about Biden’s HHS pick, Xavier Becerra
WASHINGTON — For a pharmaceutical industry that has spent two years sparring with health secretary…
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Biden’s health picks signal a bottom-up approach to the Covid-19 pandemic
President-elect Biden’s pandemic-response strategy took clearer shape this week with the rollout of several surprising…
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Public health experts are pressuring Biden to include health expertise in his cabinet
Prominent public health experts are pressuring President-elect Biden and his team to include a doctor…
STAT+: Which pricey drugs will Trump’s international pricing policy target?
A version of this story first appeared in D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the…
STAT+: Trump’s making last-minute drug pricing reforms — and surprisingly, Democrats want Biden to keep the biggest one
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has already pledged to dismantle a number of Trump-era policies…
Biden adviser says scientists, not political appointees, should lead public communications on Covid-19
WASHINGTON — A member of President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid-19 task force is advocating for federal…
‘You just got better at making money’: Democrats blast Celgene, Teva for price hikes detailed in internal documents
WASHINGTON — A handful of newly elected Democrats, including Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley…
Congressional investigation reveals Celegene, Teva plotted to keep drug prices high
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee released two major reports Wednesday that expose the internal…
Trump’s debate highlights his hunger for a rushed, election-eve vaccine approval
WASHINGTON — President Trump spoke on Tuesday as if his campaign depends on a Covid-19…
STAT Plus: Drug industry CEOs will testify this week about some of pharma’s most controversial medicines
The House Oversight Committee will hold two days of hearings this week with six drug…
Opinion: Pregnant and lactating women should not be excluded from Covid-19 drug, vaccine trials
Citizens of the world are holding their collective breath while awaiting vaccines and therapies to…
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Trump promises seniors $200 prescription drug gift certificates, but questions abound
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday pledged to send $200 prescription drug coupons to 33…
STAT+ Conversations: The D.C. Diagnosis
Each week, STAT Plus subscribers get exclusive access to live discussions with STAT reporters and…
STAT Plus: Biden-aligned group outlines potential Day 1 drug pricing actions
WASHINGTON — A leading think tank aligned with the Democratic Party is laying the groundwork…
Opinion: A vaccine alone won’t stop Covid-19. We also need a trusted plan for it
Safe and effective vaccines represent the most effective way to restore the health and economic…
Trump’s last-ditch drug pricing moves could help him in November. But they likely won’t save Americans money
WASHINGTON — With 50 days to go before the 2020 election, President Trump is taking…
With election looming, Trump releases major, last-ditch drug pricing order
WASHINGTON — President Trump released an executive order Sunday that would drastically cut how much…
A Senate race in Kansas between two doctors sets the stage for an election hyper-focused on health policy — and on Covid-19
A Democratic doctor campaigning for Senate in Kansas is betting she can leverage her health…
The U.S. must do some heavy lifting to prepare for heritable genome editing
Countries contemplating giving the green light to heritable genome editing received specific guidance from an…
STAT Plus: How Trump could use a rare regulatory maneuver to lower drug prices before Election Day, and how it could backfire
WASHINGTON — The final two months before a presidential election don’t typically feature much policymaking,…
Opinion: The lack of a national policy agenda for children during Covid-19 — and beyond — causes grave harm
As a neonatal intensivist, helping families and newborns in distress is part of my job….
STAT Plus: New poll shows wide support for several Trump drug pricing reforms, but not rebate changes
WASHINGTON — Voters in several battleground states overwhelmingly support several of President Trump’s recent proposals…
Trump pledges a Covid-19 vaccine by end of 2020 — without acknowledging the scientific uncertainty
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday pledged a Covid-19 vaccine would be available by the…
STAT Plus: Drug industry lobbyists circulate two drug pricing proposals in hopes of warding off a Trump executive order
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry is weighing two drug pricing policies that it could offer…
As Covid-19 pressures mount, political newcomer Stephen Hahn struggles to protect an FDA under siege
WASHINGTON — Stephen Hahn, a political novice who moved here in December to take over…
PhRMA scrambles to respond to Trump’s drug pricing ultimatum, as Monday deadline looms
WASHINGTON — Drug makers and their lobbyists are struggling to agree on a strategy that…
‘No miracle is coming’: In acceptance speech, Biden rips Trump for Covid-19 mismanagement
WASHINGTON — Former vice president Joe Biden excoriated President Trump’s Covid-19 response as he accepted…
STAT Plus: Drug makers seek to curtail discounts paid to hospitals as part of a controversial federal program
A growing number of drug makers are taking steps to curtail the discounts they offer…
‘A powerful shift’: Disability advocacy, once an afterthought in presidential races, gains new traction
For decades, the disability advocacy community has fought for a permanent — and prominent —…
STAT+ Conversations: How pharma is influencing the 2020 election
Editor’s note: A livestream of this conversation will be embedded above at 1 p.m. ET. …
Trump to order government to buy certain drugs solely from U.S. factories, setting up major shakeup for industry
WASHINGTON — President Trump will sign an executive later today directing the federal government to…
STAT Plus: Scientists are testing pricey rare-disease drugs as Covid-19 treatments. What if one works?
Some of the existing drugs scientists are testing as Covid-19 treatments have a special status…
STAT Plus: The FDA is finalizing its long-awaited rules for CBD
A version of this story first ran in D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the…
STAT Plus: The drug industry’s new tactic in Washington: calling Trump’s bluff
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry has sparred with President Trump for four years over drug…
STAT Plus: Seeking to battle high drug prices and the opioid crisis, two states ponder banning gifts to doctors
Over the past month, lawmakers in two states have introduced bills that would ban drug…
Trump administration unveils four executive orders aimed at lowering drug prices
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration unveiled four executive orders on Friday aimed at bringing down…
‘X to the Z’: San Francisco official pushes city to condemn public hospital’s Zuckerberg name
A San Francisco city official is introducing a resolution to condemn the city’s public hospital…
STAT Plus: The FDA got a lot more flexible during Covid — and pharma’s already pushing to make it permanent
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry made it clear to the Food and Drug Administration that…
STAT Plus: Health tech companies are shelling out more to lobby Washington during the pandemic
In the first half of 2020, the pandemic spurred a surge in the use of…
How HHS’s new hospital data reporting system will actually affect the U.S. Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — It’s a fight over something as seemingly mundane as government data collection. But…
Opioid overdoses have skyrocketed amid the coronavirus, but states are nevertheless slashing addiction treatment program budgets
WASHINGTON — Drug overdoses have skyrocketed and demand for addiction treatment medicine has soared as…
STAT Plus: House Democrats are using the budget process to slam the Trump administration’s Covid-19 response
A version of this story first appeared in D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the…
Opinion: Fauci’s strategy for effective public health advocacy: ‘You cannot be ideological’
Public health and politics have always been intertwined. Think abortion and reproductive rights. One prominent…
What’s next for Anthony Fauci, if the White House continues to sour on him?
WASHINGTON — The White House in recent days has accelerated an effort that President Trump…
How to fix the Covid-19 dumpster fire in the U.S.
There’s no point in sugar-coating this. The U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic is a…
STAT Plus: Venter Institute, Yumanity, and other biopharma companies among recipients of PPP loans
Yumanity, the J. Craig Venter Institute, and dozens of other companies around the biotech industry…
Opinion: A powerful law gives HHS the right to take control of remdesivir manufacturing and distribution
A rare bright spot followed the emergence of Covid-19 and its spread across the globe:…
Opinion: Medicare shouldn’t make ground ambulance services take a financial hit for providing at-home care
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping across the U.S., ambulance crews have been treating…
STAT Plus: Trump administration seeks to encourage ‘value-based’ drug pricing deals with new proposal
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to revamp certain Medicaid rules about drug prices in…
STAT Plus: PhRMA’s top communicator, a fierce defender of the industry, leaves for ExxonMobil
The top spokesperson for the drug industry’s main lobbying group in Washington is taking a…