Pharmaceutical

Supreme Court will decide abortion pill access

Supreme Court will decide abortion pill access

Dec 13, 2023

The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take on whether Americans can access a com...

Morning Rounds: For kids with high BMI, task force not ready to recommend weight loss drugs

Morning Rounds: For kids with high BMI, task force not ...

Dec 13, 2023

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A plot to solve the ‘whack-a-mole’ of drug discovery

A plot to solve the ‘whack-a-mole’ of drug discovery

Dec 13, 2023

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Employers hire virtual providers as obesity drug gatekeepers; Vertex non-opioid nerve pain drug succeeds in mid-stage trial

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Employers hire virtual providers a...

Dec 13, 2023

U.S. employers facing surging costs from obesity drugs are hiring virtual provid...

STAT+: Pfizer says 2024 profits will fall far below expectations

STAT+: Pfizer says 2024 profits will fall far below exp...

Dec 13, 2023

Pfizer said Wednesday that its 2024 profits would fall far below investor expect...

STAT+: Vertex non-opioid drug reduces chronic nerve pain in mid-stage study

STAT+: Vertex non-opioid drug reduces chronic nerve pai...

Dec 13, 2023

Vertex Pharmaceuticals said an experimental drug reduced pain in people with dia...

STAT+: Male birth control gets another shot with small new trial of non-hormonal pill

STAT+: Male birth control gets another shot with small ...

Dec 13, 2023

There may be hope on the horizon for men who want to have more agency over birth...

House passes site-neutral policy, transparency, PBM reform package

House passes site-neutral policy, transparency, PBM ref...

Dec 11, 2023

The House passed a relatively major health care package late Monday, an end-of-y...

STAT+: UnitedHealth executive to head health insurance group AHIP

STAT+: UnitedHealth executive to head health insurance ...

Dec 11, 2023

AHIP selected UnitedHealth Group executive Mike Tuffin as its new CEO.

STAT+: Sanofi ends deal for a rare disease drug after FTC voices monopoly concerns

STAT+: Sanofi ends deal for a rare disease drug after F...

Dec 11, 2023

The FTC sought to block Sanofi from licensing a Pompe disease treatment made by ...

STAT+: Hot antitrust environment hangs over called-off merger between Cigna and Humana

STAT+: Hot antitrust environment hangs over called-off ...

Dec 11, 2023

A Cigna-Humana deal raised antitrust concerns for a Biden administration that ha...

Opinion: STAT+: Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has always been a trailblazer and a risk taker

Opinion: STAT+: Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has alw...

Dec 11, 2023

How Laurie Glimcher ended up taking the greatest risk of her career: breaking up...

STAT+: GE HealthCare CEO named chair of AdvaMed as device lobby forms new imaging division

STAT+: GE HealthCare CEO named chair of AdvaMed as devi...

Dec 11, 2023

AdvaMed has named GE HealthCare CEO Peter Arduini as its new chair. The medical ...

STAT+: NEJM aims to hold AI to account with new publication

STAT+: NEJM aims to hold AI to account with new publica...

Dec 11, 2023

The New England Journal of Medicine is launching NEJM AI, an online-only publica...

Morning Rounds: Preterm birth rates vary across the U.S., with the highest in the Southeast

Morning Rounds: Preterm birth rates vary across the U.S...

Dec 11, 2023

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The biotech news you missed from the weekend

The biotech news you missed from the weekend

Dec 11, 2023

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