Pharmaceutical

STAT+: Vertex pain drug results met with measured optim...

Trial results for a pain medication developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals prompted...

STAT+: CMS will use outcomes-based agreements in bid to...

The U.S. government announced a long-awaited “access model” designed to blunt th...

The U.S. hasn’t seen syphilis numbers this high since 1...

The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn't abating, with the rate of infectious cases risi...

STAT+: Here are the new hotspots for Boston-area biotech

Never mind Kendall Square. In Massachusetts, the next miracle drug for lung canc...

Philips to stop selling sleep apnea machines in U.S. un...

Philips won't be able to sell new sleep apnea machines until it meets corrective...

How an immunological Trojan horse could treat disease

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Vertex pain ...

People who have severe pain but want to avoid the risk of opioid addiction are c...

STAT+: Vertex’s closely watched pain relief drug succee...

Results announced Tuesday by Vertex bring the biopharma giant a step closer to l...

STAT+: Cour Pharmaceuticals, a biotech taking aim at au...

Cour Pharmaceuticals, which announced a $105 million Series A round Tuesday, is ...

STAT+: Ultima Genomics launching high-end DNA sequencer...

Upstart sequencing company Ultima Genomics told STAT it will soon launch a line ...

Opinion: The emergency room is where the United States’...

The emergency room is where the United States’ social problems come home to roost.

STAT+: Can Wegovy treat depression as well as obesity? ...

The memory and focus problems common to depression, researchers hope, may be all...

STAT+: FDA’s Woodcock reflects on more than 30 years at...

It’s the end of an era for the FDA’s longtime drug chief, Janet Woodcock. But sh...

STAT+: Sophisticated phishing and deepfakes: How genera...

Security experts caution that health care systems are particularly at risk as ha...

Can the government ask social media sites to take down ...

SCOTUS will consider whether the government’s requests for sites to moderate Cov...

Supreme Court slates abortion pill case for March

The Supreme Court will hear arguments about access to the abortion medication mi...