Pharmaceutical

Survey: Anti-LGBTQ legislation takes alarming mental-he...

41% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered suicide last year, according to the nati...

STAT+: Astellas acquires Iveric Bio for $5.9B, entering...

Japanese drugmaker Astellas said it would acquire eye drug developer Iveric Bio ...

STAT+: Sam Waksal and Jeremy Levin plot ‘the turnaround...

“I’ve admired the fact that Sam has brought to the market seven separate drugs. ...

Opinion: The apparent poisoning of schoolgirls is just ...

Academic and medical communities in the United States seem uninterested in the h...

STAT+: Beyond Wegovy and Ozempic: Biotechs vie for piec...

You've probably heard of Ozempic and even Mounjaro. But a clutch of startups say...

STAT+: New mega-deal highlights Geisinger’s fall, and r...

Geisinger’s stumbles opened a door for Kaiser Permanente. What does that say abo...

STAT+: Bright Health looks to get out of health insuran...

Bright is looking to sell off the Medicare Advantage plans it manages in Califor...

STAT+: Once bullish on digital health, Orexo hits a wal...

Once bullish on digital health, the pharmaceutical company Orexo has hit a wall ...

STAT Wunderkinds discuss high-impact research, resilien...

At an event highlighting past STAT Wunderkinds, one researcher spoke to the impo...

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Amgen ends two lupus programs; Ill...

In a survey of patient advocacy groups, 52% thought brand-name pharma companies ...

STAT+: Covid-19 burnished pharma’s reputation among pat...

More than half of patient groups surveyed in a new report say pharma isn't doing...

Pennsylvania set to ban supervised drug use sites, in s...

A bill against supervised drug use sites suggests U.S. attitudes toward harm red...

Putting radiation to the test to heal irregular heartbeat

Surprising research suggests radiation may reprogram misfiring heart cells to co...

‘We went from almost no lockdowns to daily lockdowns’: ...

“I'm not hopeful because lockdowns seem like our new normal,” said one prisoner ...

Opinion: There’s a surprisingly easy way to avoid a hug...

In one study, researchers were able to avoid leg amputation in 75% of chronic li...

To prevent preeclampsia, experts push for broader blood...

Researchers have developed a new plan to prevent more cases of preeclampsia, a l...