Pharmaceutical

STAT+: Achieve Life Sciences drug helps smokers quit in...

In a trial, Achieve's cytisinicline helped smokers quit without major side effec...

STAT+: Biotech launches with $300 million, joint ventur...

Biotech venture capital may be pacing at a six-year low, but one startup just ma...

Social media risks for youth mental health highlighted ...

"There isn't enough evidence" that social media is safe for kids, U.S. Surgeon G...

Opinion: Three ways to test medical AI for safety

The biggest challenge of using generative AI in medicine is the hallucination pr...

‘Worse than what we thought’: New data reveals deeper p...

STAT obtained new data that reveals federal prisoners at the highest risk for Co...

What does generative AI mean for health care? We asked ...

STAT asked experts to debunk the many misconceptions swirling around generative ...

ChatGPT in medicine: STAT answers readers’ burning ques...

Will error-riddled medical records used to train AI models throw off results? An...

Opinion: Cancer patients shouldn’t be responsible for o...

When patients with serious illnesses confront high deductibles, they make decisi...

New nasal spray to reverse fentanyl and other opioid ov...

The FDA on Monday approved a new, easy-to-use version of a medication to reverse...

Routine screening for kidney disease would be cost-effe...

With more effective treatments available, a study finds that screening all Ameri...

STAT+: Seagen criticized by shareholder advisory firm f...

As Seagen prepares to be acquired by Pfizer, an investor advisory firm is raisin...

STAT+: Novo says oral version of Ozempic leads to 15% w...

Adding an oral option of Ozempic and Wegovy would give Novo Nordisk “the first s...

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Many employer health plans won’t p...

A FDA advisory panel voted against approving an investigational treatment from I...

Opinion: Checklists to screen for patients’ social need...

The well-intended "screen and refer" system is not only ineffective but also deh...

US FDA approves Krystal Biotech’s Vyjuvek for DEB

Vyjuvek is claimed to be the first and only FDA-approved treatment for both rece...

UK to provide up to £39m for AMR research

Up to £24m will be used to strengthen the UK’s collaboration with CARB-X.