Pharmaceutical

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Roche data on immunotherapy accidentally released; Novo Nordisk hires Thermo Fisher to manufacture Wegovy

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Roche data on immunotherapy accide...

Aug 23, 2023

Novo Nordisk has hired Thermo Fisher as its second contract manufacturer for its...

STAT+: An accidental data release by Roche boosts some hopes for anti-TIGIT cancer immunotherapies

STAT+: An accidental data release by Roche boosts some ...

Aug 23, 2023

The multibillion-dollar hunt for what many drugmakers hope will be the next big ...

STAT+: Apellis safety probe of eye disease drug identifies injection needle as possible cause of severe side effect

STAT+: Apellis safety probe of eye disease drug identif...

Aug 23, 2023

Apellis Pharmaceuticals said it had identified a possible cause of severe eye in...

Opinion: A roadmap for making over-the-counter birth control affordable

Opinion: A roadmap for making over-the-counter birth co...

Aug 23, 2023

Let’s work toward a near future in which contraception products are on store she...

Covid-19, a disease with tricks up its sleeve, hasn’t fallen into a seasonal pattern — yet

Covid-19, a disease with tricks up its sleeve, hasn’t f...

Aug 23, 2023

SARS-CoV-2 has not yet fallen into a predictable seasonal pattern of the type mo...

STAT+: Former Pear Therapeutics executives start new VC firm, with biotech veteran Bob Langer as adviser

STAT+: Former Pear Therapeutics executives start new VC...

Aug 23, 2023

Executives from the shuttered digital health company Pear Therapeutics are launc...

STAT+: Obesity specialists are scarce. Here’s how that’s starting to change

STAT+: Obesity specialists are scarce. Here’s how that’...

Aug 23, 2023

Fewer than 100 doctors have completed a fellowship in obesity medicine and are a...

Opinion: I’m a doctor who specializes in treating leprosy. Here’s what I want you to know

Opinion: I’m a doctor who specializes in treating lepro...

Aug 23, 2023

Recent alarmism around leprosy in Florida highlights the need for additional edu...

FDA greenlights medical device to combat bladder issues

FDA greenlights medical device to combat bladder issues

Aug 23, 2023

In the latest edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: the FDA greenlights devi...

STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for newborns; Boehringer sues over IRA

STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves Pfizer’s RSV vaccine ...

Aug 23, 2023

Boehringer Ingelheim is the latest pharma company to sue the federal government ...

STAT+: FDA advisory panel to debate contentious data on Medtronic’s high blood pressure device

STAT+: FDA advisory panel to debate contentious data on...

Aug 23, 2023

“The real questions are, how much uncertainty is there in this assessment of ben...

STAT+: Eli Lilly CEO donates big to Mike Pence presidential super PAC

STAT+: Eli Lilly CEO donates big to Mike Pence presiden...

Aug 23, 2023

Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks made a major, early donation to a super PAC in support...

How the first Native Hawaiian psychiatrist set a course for diversifying medicine

How the first Native Hawaiian psychiatrist set a course...

Aug 23, 2023

Benjamin Young wanted to encourage others like him to go into medicine — young p...

Republican presidential candidates spar over abortion bans

Republican presidential candidates spar over abortion bans

Aug 23, 2023

Republican presidential candidates sparred Wednesday over a controversial questi...

STAT+: FDA panel votes against high blood pressure device from Medtronic, but lends support to ReCor Medical’s

STAT+: FDA panel votes against high blood pressure devi...

Aug 23, 2023

An FDA advisory panel delivered a split decision on a surgical system used in a ...

Signal: Porosome files comprehensive patent for therapies to treat cystic fibrosis and other health conditions

Signal: Porosome files comprehensive patent for therapi...

Aug 22, 2023

The biopharma company has filed a comprehensive patent to address cystic fibrosi...