Pharmaceutical

Flu, Covid vaccination rates decline, as U.S. health officials make new push for inoculations

Flu, Covid vaccination rates decline, as U.S. health of...

Sep 28, 2023

Vaccination rates against flu and Covid-19 have declined since earlier in the pa...

STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA advisers vote overwhelmingly against ALS treatment; weight-loss drugs scrutinized over reports of suicidal thoughts

STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA advisers vote overwhelmingly a...

Sep 28, 2023

A FDA advisory panel voted overwhelmingly against a polarizing potential treatme...

Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm birth using wearables data

Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm bir...

Sep 28, 2023

Researchers applied machine learning methods to streams of data about sleep patt...

Opinion: Congress could stop free public access to government-funded research

Opinion: Congress could stop free public access to gove...

Sep 28, 2023

Every year, Americans invest hundreds of billions in federal research that they ...

STAT+: What will Novo’s VC do with its influx of cash? Don’t expect obesity investments

STAT+: What will Novo’s VC do with its influx of cash? ...

Sep 28, 2023

Novo Holdings has tasked its investment arm with taking the influx of Wegovy rev...

A STAT analysis shows how top drug companies are starting to take action on climate

A STAT analysis shows how top drug companies are starti...

Sep 28, 2023

STAT analyzes pharmaceutical company efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...

Did the government get a bad deal on the Covid-19 boosters?

Did the government get a bad deal on the Covid-19 boost...

Sep 28, 2023

After Pfizer and Moderna hiked the prices of their Covid vaccines, the governmen...

STAT+: 6 ways the government could help address drug shortages, including in cancer

STAT+: 6 ways the government could help address drug sh...

Sep 28, 2023

Republicans and Democrats alike want to stop drug shortages from happening. The ...

Arcturus Therapeutics extends cystic fibrosis treatment deal

Arcturus Therapeutics extends cystic fibrosis treatment...

Sep 27, 2023

Arcturus Therapeutics has extended an existing agreement in place with the Cysti...

MilliporeSigma opens two new mRNA manufacturing facilities in Germany

MilliporeSigma opens two new mRNA manufacturing facilit...

Sep 27, 2023

MilliporeSigma has opened two new messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) drug substan...

Alfasigma to buy Intercept Pharmaceuticals for $794m

Alfasigma to buy Intercept Pharmaceuticals for $794m

Sep 27, 2023

Alfasigma has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Intercept Pha...

Glenmark to market Winlevi in Europe and South Africa after Cosmo deal

Glenmark to market Winlevi in Europe and South Africa a...

Sep 27, 2023

The popular acne treatment will soon be available in 15 EU countries in addition...

Avalyn raises $175m in funding to develop inhaled IPF drugs

Avalyn raises $175m in funding to develop inhaled IPF d...

Sep 27, 2023

The funding was part of an oversubscribed Series C financing that will be used t...

Galecto downsizes by 70% following Phase II trial failure

Galecto downsizes by 70% following Phase II trial failure

Sep 27, 2023

Apart from the workforce cuts, the company is also considering asset divestment ...

Novo Nordisk and Evotec launch translational drug discovery accelerator

Novo Nordisk and Evotec launch translational drug disco...

Sep 27, 2023

The partnership will help advance preclinical concept in the cardiometabolic dis...

Generics expected to improve access for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Generics expected to improve access for patients with i...

Sep 27, 2023

The idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) market is underserved with just two lice...