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Breast cancer pill from AstraZeneca misses mark in pivotal trial
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (204+ words) STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...
Scholar Rock wins FDA approval for first drug to target SMA muscle loss
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (214+ words) STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...
Cancer drug shortages keep disrupting patient care
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (146+ words) Meghana Keshavan is a biotech correspondent at STAT and co-writer of The Readout newsletter. She joined STAT in 2016. She has written about the life sciences industry for more than a decade. Before that, she worked for news outlets like Thomson…...
FDA expands Bayer lung cancer drug approval
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (183+ words) Today, we look at how regulators are trying to keep pace with agentic medical AI, see the FDA launch a project to examine why pregnancy registries struggle with enrollment, and more. Someone out there cure asthma, eh? It sucks. John…...
Cancer medicines remain in short supply across the U.S., survey finds
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (256+ words) Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for more than three decades. His stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation and legislation. He is…...
What to expect from UniQure's upcoming Huntington's gene therapy readout
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (242+ words) Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist for STAT, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a cohost of STAT's weekly "The Readout LOUD" podcast and the author of the…...
ARPA-H to invest $62 million to develop FDA-authorized AI to help treat heart failure
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (211+ words) STAT ARPA-H to invest $62 million to develop FDA-authorized AI to help treat heart failure Program aims to create ‘autonomous prescribing cardiologists’ that plug gaps in care Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare…...
Pharmalittle: We're reading about an AstraZeneca COPD win, the FDA filling key jobs, and more
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (167+ words) Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter. FDA names acting heads of drug and vaccine…...
Telemedicine company offers GLP-1s for addiction
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (302+ words) Good morning. I didn’t have space to mention it yesterday, but can you believe Nathan Fielder made an Elizabeth Holmes documentary? Variety called it shameless and fascinating. I may need to see for myself. The CDC’s National Center for Immunization…...
FDA names acting heads of drug and vaccine centers to permanent roles
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (209+ words) STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...