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STAT+: FDA commissioner nominee Heidi Overton keeps opinions to herself in Senate hearing
Senators focused on asking Overton about vaccines, abortion, and vapes.
The FDA’s Overton era, and dispatches from Shanghai
The Readout LOUD is going international this week with a dispatch from Shanghai, along with notes on the FDA's Overton era.
Senate finance committee backs Chris Klomp, advancing him to full Senate vote
Klomp, a behind-the-scenes HHS power player, is likely to be confirmed as second-in-command to RFK Jr.
STAT+: Indonesian ruling against ‘patent evergreening’ by pharma industry sends critical message, patient advocates say
A recent court decision in Indonesia sends an important message to other countries to challenge the pharma industry's use of "patent evergreening," patient advocates say.
STAT+: Kyverna’s cell therapy shows lasting autoimmune benefit
Kyverna Therapeutics is one step closer to launching the first cell therapy for an autoimmune disease, with new data in hand showing many patients remained off of other therapies a…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the FDA commissioner nominee, a Lilly partnership in China, and more
During a Senate hearing today, Heidi Overton, the nominee to lead the FDA, plans to emphasize the need for speed and efficiency to compete with China
STAT+: The rise of the AI-native radiology practice
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Radiology startups say owning a practice makes it easier to develop AI tools, and insurers oppose RPM changes.
One of the most contagious diseases on the planet is having its worst U.S. outbreak since 1991
The CDC has added a single measles death to its online counter. In the last few weeks, four unvaccinated people have died from measles in Pennsylvania, according to state officials.…
STAT+: Why Gilead can’t stop talking about its ambitions in immunology
Gilead Sciences’ top executives have been emphatically bullish about the biotech’s years-long push to develop drugs for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
STAT+: In radiology, AI is blurring the line between technology development and clinical practice
A new wave of radiology practices are aggressively embracing AI: developing and deploying it in-house, and marketing themselves as 'AI-native.'
STAT+: Momentum is building for a big change to how doctors get paid
Congress is considering linking doctor payment rates to medical inflation under the proposed Patients First Act.
STAT+: Trump boast on drug pricing policy overstated state-level interest in federal program
President Trump and his aides boasted that every U.S. state wanted to participate in a drug pricing initiative through Medicaid. Several states said they weren't sure yet.
STAT+: Heidi Overton, Trump’s pick for FDA head, faced questions at Senate hearing
Heidi Overton, Trump's pick for FDA head, will face questions at a Senate hearing. Follow along with our live blog.
Opinion: Measles almost killed me. Now I’m a doctor — and I’m scared of what’s happening
Jewel Mullen was in kindergarten in 1961 when she almost died from measles. Now a physician, measles’ return frightens her.
White House plan to increase control of NIH grants appears ‘dead’
A planned EO that would have greatly enhanced White House influence over grants at the NIH is “looking dead,” a source said.
STAT+: Nominee to lead FDA aims to speed up medical research, combat China’s rise
Exclusive: Heidi Overton plans to tell senators she will speed up biomedical research, working with FDA staff.
STAT+: FDA advisory panel endorses Grail blood test for cancer, saying benefits outweigh risks
An FDA advisory panel has endorsed Galleri, a blood test designed by the biotech firm Grail to screen for multiple types of cancer.
STAT+: Flagship gets a Pentagon contract
Biotech investment firm Flagship Pioneering has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense to advance countermeasure technologies against biological threats.
