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Kim Kardashian sparks debate on the benefits of full-body MRI scans

Kim Kardashian sparks debate on the benefits of full-bo...

Aug 11, 2023

Kim Kardashian’s Instagram post this week about Prenuvo, which sells full-body M...

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Supreme Court halts Purdue bankruptcy plan; what to know about compounded obesity drugs

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Supreme Court halts Purdue bankrup...

Aug 11, 2023

The Supreme Court blocked a settlement with Purdue Pharma designed to shield mem...

Bird flu researchers turn to Finland’s mink farms, tracking a virus with pandemic potential

Bird flu researchers turn to Finland’s mink farms, trac...

Aug 11, 2023

Bird flu researchers turn to Finland’s mink farms, tracking a virus with pandemi...

Opinion: Philanthropic endowments at universities can offer a way out of biotech’s Valley of Death

Opinion: Philanthropic endowments at universities can o...

Aug 11, 2023

With pharmaceutical companies being more risk-averse, academic drug discovery ha...

Tuberculosis outbreak tied to bone grafts underscores shortcomings of testing

Tuberculosis outbreak tied to bone grafts underscores s...

Aug 11, 2023

One person has died and at least four have been sickened by tuberculosis in infe...

STAT+: Supreme Court blocks Purdue bankruptcy plan that would shield Sacklers from lawsuits

STAT+: Supreme Court blocks Purdue bankruptcy plan that...

Aug 11, 2023

The Supreme Court blocked a nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma that was de...

STAT+: EPA fines Roche’s Genentech unit for hazardous waste violations

STAT+: EPA fines Roche’s Genentech unit for hazardous w...

Aug 11, 2023

The EPA fined Genentech more than $158,000 for hazardous waste violations at a f...

STAT+: AdventHealth sues MultiPlan, alleging a ‘cartel’ that underpays out-of-network medical claims

STAT+: AdventHealth sues MultiPlan, alleging a ‘cartel’...

Aug 11, 2023

AdventHealth has sued MultiPlan, alleging the company has worked with health ins...

STAT+: What to know about concerns raised by compounded versions of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy

STAT+: What to know about concerns raised by compounded...

Aug 11, 2023

Here's what you need to know regarding the concerns raised about compounded vers...

Listen: Your guide to Wegovy’s blockbuster heart study

Aug 11, 2023

Is Wegovy the future of cardiology? Can Novo Nordisk ever make enough of it? And...

Covid took a toll on heart health — and doctors are still grappling with how to help

Covid took a toll on heart health — and doctors are sti...

Aug 11, 2023

“We’re about to exit this pandemic as even a sicker nation” because of virus-rel...

STAT+: A yogurt drink instead of a colonoscopy? Study uses engineered bacteria to detect cancer

STAT+: A yogurt drink instead of a colonoscopy? Study u...

Aug 11, 2023

Using yogurt to replace a colonoscopy may sound far-fetched, but scientists just...

Pharma budget tightening trickles down to Doximity

Pharma budget tightening trickles down to Doximity

Aug 11, 2023

In the latest edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: pharma budget tightening...

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Genentech weighs delaying cancer therapy after drug pricing law; Novo continues to restrict supplies of low-dose Wegovy

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Genentech weighs delaying cancer t...

Aug 11, 2023

CEO says Medicare negotiation could encourage Genentech to slow-walk ovarian can...

STAT+: Anavex, maker of rare disease drug, keeps shifting the goalposts in its clinical trials

STAT+: Anavex, maker of rare disease drug, keeps shifti...

Aug 11, 2023

Anavex Life Sciences is in a tough spot. The serial dissembler of clinical trial...

STAT+: Novo acquires Inversago for up to $1 billion, spotlighting troubled weight loss approach

STAT+: Novo acquires Inversago for up to $1 billion, sp...

Aug 11, 2023

Novo Nordisk doubled down on its obesity drug pipeline Thursday, acquiring a sma...