STAT+: PhRMA sues to block Trump administration 340B rule
WASHINGTON — The trade group for the pharmaceutical industry on Friday sued to block a …
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Covid-19 vaccine supply is running low. Here’s how Biden hopes to fix that
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is willing to consider almost anything to boost the nation’s…
The 10 Biden officials to watch on the Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — President Biden has promised to listen to the experts on Covid-19, but their…
Biden dissolves Covid-19 panel that advised his transition
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s coronavirus advisory board is disbanding, according to two of its members….
STAT+: Biden is set to block dozens of Trump’s last-minute health regulations
WASHINGTON — President Biden is set to freeze a spate of last-minute Trump administration regulations…
Biden, in inaugural address, pledges the U.S. ‘can overcome’ Covid-19
WASHINGTON — President Biden underscored his focus on Covid-19 on Wednesday, using key moments of…
Longtime Becerra aide and two health policy experts to be tapped for key posts
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden and his top health deputies are expected to make a slew…
The 9 biggest challenges Biden will face on Covid-19, from today on
WASHINGTON — No president wants a federal emergency. No one in that role is waiting…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: What to watch in a Biden White House and a new Congress
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT+: After repeated delays, Trump’s HHS punts on oversight of a massive Covid-19 response fund for hospitals
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services acted with lightning speed to send…
Some Trump staffers face a slightly different revolving door
A version of this story first appeared in D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the…
Biden will mobilize FEMA, the National Guard, and pharmacies to ramp up vaccine distribution
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden’s newly released vaccine distribution plan promises to dramatically increase the number…
Genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander to lead science policy for Biden
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden on Thursday nominated Broad Institute president Eric Lander to serve as…
Former FDA chief David Kessler will help lead Operation Warp Speed for Biden
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden has tapped David Kessler, a former Food and Drug Administration chief…
Biden to request $415 billion from Congress to ramp up the country’s Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden will call on Congress to approve $415 billion in emergency spending…
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Amid last minute changes and funding shortfalls, Biden adviser predicts a slow start to the ‘100 million vaccines in 100 days’ goal
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is promising to administer 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine…
Biden’s Covid-19 team reconsiders pandemic plan in light of more infectious coronavirus variants
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden will address growing concerns about new, more transmissible coronavirus variants as…
STAT+: Middlemen sue to block a signature Trump drug pricing proposal
WASHINGTON — The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which represents drug middlemen in Washington, filed a…
Scott Atlas, controversial former Trump adviser, deletes Twitter account
Scott Atlas, the radiologist who served for much of 2020 as President Trump’s most controversial…
Major health companies and trade groups suspend campaign contributions after Capitol riot
WASHINGTON — Following last week’s riot here, several major health care corporations are re-evaluating their…
STAT+: In a last-minute, intra-agency scuffle, HHS overrules FDA pick for a key position
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Alex Azar suddenly appointed a new top lawyer at the Food…
STAT+: Democrats have their best shot yet at letting Medicare negotiate drug prices — but it’s still not a done deal
WASHINGTON — Democrats have their best shot in more than a decade to deliver on…
Operation Warp Speed’s Moncef Slaoui will stay on as a consultant for Biden
WASHINGTON — Moncef Slaoui, the controversial head of Operation Warp Speed, will serve as a…
Biden’s appointment of a health disparities adviser is historic. But her impact will depend on how the White House empowers her
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden’s slate of high-level health care appointments includes an unprecedented selection: The…
STAT+: 3 freshman lawmakers for health wonks to watch
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have a habit of contorting their resumes to find a…
STAT+: 3 Biden staffers to watch in 2021
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden is set to take office Jan. 20, and he’s made repeatedly…
STAT+: Federal judge places restraining order on Trump’s latest drug pricing rule
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order preventing one of…
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…
STAT+: This tiny, one-drug biotech company is the loudest critic of Trump’s new international drug pricing policy
WASHINGTON — A tiny biosimilar company called Coherus Biosciences is emerging as one of the…
Misting the White House between administrations won’t kill Covid-19 — and it could be harmful, experts say
The federal government is putting $29,000 in taxpayer funds toward a type of cleaning that…
STAT+: PhRMA took in a record $527 million in 2019, new records show
PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry trade group, took in nearly $527 million in revenue last year,…
Patrick Kennedy pitches himself for Biden ‘drug czar’
Patrick Kennedy, the former congressman and mental health care advocate, has launched a public push…
STAT+: Biden’s HHS pick, Becerra, has taken in more campaign cash from health groups than any other industry
WASHINGTON — Xavier Becerra, President-elect Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human…
Trump takes vaccine victory lap at White House summit
President Trump on Tuesday took a victory lap at a White House “Summit” meant to…
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…
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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Leading Covid-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna decline invitations to White House ‘Vaccine Summit’
Both Pfizer and Moderna, the two major drug manufacturers likely to receive emergency authorizations for…
STAT+: BIO to file lawsuit today to block Trump international drug pricing policy
WASHINGTON — The Biotechnology Innovation Organization will file a lawsuit today to block implementation of…
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…
White House to host Covid-19 vaccine summit, as Trump seeks to burnish record
The Trump administration has invited leading vaccine manufacturers, drug distributors, and government officials to a…
STAT+: Burr, in line to lead Senate Republicans’ health strategy, has a long history of antagonizing the FDA
WASHINGTON — Ask some key public health officials, and they’ll warn you that next year,…
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…
STAT+: House passes a bill to close a loophole in a law that gives drug makers ‘unfair’ monopolies
Seeking to boost competition in the pharmaceutical industry, the House passed a bill that would…
STAT+: Biden team ramps up outreach to public health groups
WASHINGTON — Nearly all of the nation’s leading public health organizations have already heard directly…
‘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…
Eager for a Covid vaccine, Trump now trusts drug companies he previously vilified
Amid the chaos and rancor of the first presidential debate, President Trump gave a dramatic…
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…