Pharmaceutical

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Bluebird’s sickle-cell screwups may prompt a sale; drugmakers raised prices on widely used meds without new clinical evidence

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Bluebird’s sickle-cell screwups ma...

Dec 11, 2023

Bluebird Bio mispriced its sickle cell gene therapy and fumbled a pivotal financ...

STAT+: The prices of 8 drugs were hiked without proof of new benefits, costing the U.S. $1.2 billion in 2022, report finds

STAT+: The prices of 8 drugs were hiked without proof o...

Dec 11, 2023

During 2022, drugmakers substantially raised prices on eight widely used medicin...

STAT+: Amid fears of superbugs, sales of antibiotics used in food-producing livestock rose last year

STAT+: Amid fears of superbugs, sales of antibiotics us...

Dec 11, 2023

Amid fears of superbugs, the sale of medically important antibiotics given to fo...

STAT+: After sickle-cell screwups, Bluebird Bio’s only option might be a company sale

STAT+: After sickle-cell screwups, Bluebird Bio’s only ...

Dec 11, 2023

The approval of Bluebird Bio’s sickle cell treatment should have been a momentum...

STAT+: Inside Vertex’s decades-long quest to develop a new class of non-opioid painkillers

STAT+: Inside Vertex’s decades-long quest to develop a ...

Dec 11, 2023

The biotech industry has tried — and repeatedly failed — to develop new and effe...

Opinion: U.S. medical schools aren’t teaching future doctors about 7.4 million of their patients

Opinion: U.S. medical schools aren’t teaching future do...

Dec 11, 2023

A medical student and twin sister of a man with profound autism argues future do...

STAT+: A Q&A with Vertex founder Joshua Boger on Casgevy, the biotech industry, and Elon Musk

STAT+: A Q&A with Vertex founder Joshua Boger on Casgev...

Dec 11, 2023

Vertex made history Friday when it received regulatory approval for a CRISPR-bas...

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical sees highest patent filings an...

Dec 10, 2023

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical saw the highest growth of 199% in patent filings and 26...

Lupin sees highest patent filings and grants during Sep...

Dec 10, 2023

Lupin saw the highest growth of 199% in patent filings in August and 149% in gra...

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals sees highest patent filings and g...

Dec 10, 2023

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals saw the highest growth of 399% in patent filings and 499% ...

Otsuka sees highest patent filings and grants during Ju...

Dec 10, 2023

Otsuka saw the highest growth of 95% in patent filings in August and 104% in gra...

Daewoong sees highest patent filings and grants during ...

Dec 10, 2023

Daewoong saw the highest growth of 108% in patent filings in July and 266% in gr...

United Laboratories International sees highest patent f...

Dec 10, 2023

United Laboratories International saw the highest growth of 132% in patent filin...

Almirall sees highest patent filings and grants during ...

Dec 10, 2023

Almirall saw the highest growth of 132% in patent filings in August and 99% in g...

Cipla sees highest patent filings and grants during Sep...

Dec 10, 2023

Cipla saw the highest growth of 199% in patent filings in September and 99% in g...

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries sees highest patent filin...

Dec 10, 2023

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries saw the highest growth of 162% in patent filings i...