There are already more U.S. measles cases this year than in all of 2025
The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months…
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STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings
From new hires to departures, promotions, and hires, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharma industry.
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STAT+: Fatal gene-editing trial in China raises ethics and oversight questions
Sanofi insulin pen in short supply, a win for peptide compounds, and more biotech news from The Readout
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an FDA panel and peptides, a Merck license for an HIV pill, and more
In a win for peptide proponents, an FDA advisory panel recommended compounding pharmacies be allowed to make four of…
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A new, separate outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite
A win for peptide proponents, autism advisory committees clash, and more health news from Morning Rounds
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STAT+: Merck strikes voluntary licensing deals in poor countries for an experimental HIV prevention pill
Merck is striking licensing deals for its experimental HIV prevention pill in hope of getting wide-scale production…
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STAT+: White House offers its science blueprint: More AI, less life sciences
The Trump administration released its blueprint for U.S. science, calling for shifting hundreds of billions of research…
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Senate advances MAHA-friendly bill for food warning labels and junk food ad bans
Unexpected alliances among Republicans and Democrats were on display over a bill meant to rein in ultra-processed foods.
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Opinion: The U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain problem is not about China
The national security framing of the discussion around pharmaceutical supply chain vulnerabilities is a distraction,…
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Opinion: I may be one of the last middle-class medical students who could afford to become a doctor
A federal loan program made it possible for Gauri Gurumurthy to pursue medicine. Now that program is changing.
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STAT+: In win for RFK Jr., FDA advisory panel narrowly votes to allow compounding of unapproved peptides
The panel recommended allowing compounding pharmacies to produce popular but unproven BPC-157 and KPV peptides.
Read at source →U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite
Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
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STAT+: European regulators take steps to bolster clinical trial transparency
The European Medicines Agency is taking what advocacy groups are calling unexpectedly “rapid action” to ensure that…
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STAT+: Popular insulin product enters shortage as other pens leave market
The Lantus Solostar insulin pen isn't in official FDA shortage, but patients are having a tough time finding it.
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Senate health panel delays vote on CDC nominee
Too few senators were in attendance to proceed with a vote on the CDC director nominee.
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STAT+: What’s in the last-minute flurry of health care bills?
Congress is scrambling to advance a slew of health care bills before an August recess. Price transparency and prior…
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FDA panel confronting peptide controversy
Today's biotech news features the FDA weighing the fate of peptides; approvals for RevMed, GSK; and data on Lilly's…
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A father’s mission to save his daughter, and allegations on telehealth GLP-1 prescribing
Has a wanted fugitive been posing as a biotech executive? And what does it take to develop a therapy for an ultra-rare…
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STAT+: Vote on key federal health nominee delayed amid questions over vaccine views
Sean Kaufman, nominated to run ASPR, has a track record of questioning the safety of vaccines.
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STAT+: Trump administration quietly picks Timothy Westlake to lead mental health agency
Timothy Westlake, an emergency doctor nominated to head SAMHSA, has been active in addiction policy in Wisconsin.
Read at source →STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly obesity drug data, a push for FDA to ban DTC ads, and more
A study of Lilly's retatrutide weight loss drug in people with heart disease did not answer a crucial question —…
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STAT+: HHS to convene experts on standards for clinical AI
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: HHS is inviting experts to shape policy on clinical AI, Whoop's new CMO, news…
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STAT+: FDA is urged by advocacy group to ban DTC prescription drug ads
A leading advocacy group petitioned the FDA to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines.
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Expect a clash at today’s FDA peptide panel
The service members who refused the Covid vaccine, the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and other health news…
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STAT+: New data on Eli Lilly’s ‘triple-G’ drug leave open questions on heart benefit
On analyses that looked at major cardiovascular events, those taking retatrutide did not have a significant lower risk…
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Filing of bipartisan Senate bill boosts momentum for office of men’s health
Mirroring the bipartisan bill introduced in the House, the measure would require a study from the GAO on the state of…
Read at source →STAT+: FDA staff and peptide enthusiasts set to clash at advisory panel
FDA advisers are set to consider whether allowing compounding pharmacies to offer largely unproven peptides is a safer…
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Opinion: Good riddance to bundled ‘global’ maternal care billing
New maternal billing codes should create a transparent system where both patients and clinicians can thrive, ACOG…
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Opinion: New billing codes likely to raise maternity care costs
“This change is likely to lead to only modest increases in total medical expenses. However, it coincides with many…
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STAT+: Trump promised redemption for troops who refused Covid shots. A year later, many are still waiting
Veterans who want to rejoin the military are often bogged down in bureaucratic red tape.
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STAT+: What is a ‘world model’? Nabla’s Alex LeBrun explains
In this edition of AI Prognosis, Brittany Trang talks to Alex LeBrun, AI scribe company Nabla's executive chairman,…
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New study supports testing of Merck’s Ebola vaccine in DRC outbreak
New data supports the idea that Merck’s Ebola vaccine Ervebo, licensed to target the Zaire species of ebolaviruses,…
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Opinion: What Argentina’s World Cup loss should teach American hospitals
“Hospitals often make Argentina’s mistake: We confuse continuity with progress,” writes physician, hospital…
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Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people
At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest…
Read at source →Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 1,000 people
At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest…
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STAT+: Pharma tries to tamp down broad China restrictions
AI-focused VC firm raises $800M, Merck's new cholesterol pill, and more biotech news from The Readout
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