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Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: HHS leader to vaccine makers: Set ‘reasonable’ prices for your next round of Covid-19 vaccines

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: U.S. seeks a new trial over royalties on Gilead HIV prevention pills

Health Tech Mario Aguilar

A 988 operator, faced with a flood of calls, turns to AI to boost counselor skills

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: USDA to push food producers to substantiate claims that animals are raised without antibiotics

Biotech Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: FTC files lawsuit to block Amgen’s purchase of Horizon Therapeutics

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: NIH systems for non-human primate research fall short, threatening biomedical research

Exclusive Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: FDA report details problems at Global Pharma plant involved in eye drop recall

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: NIH rejects bid to cut a cancer drug’s price by sidestepping patents

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Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Controversial drug for premature birth is withdrawn by manufacturer after battle with FDA

Politics Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: Q&A: Califf on obesity drugs, advisory panels, and how threats hurt recruitment at FDA

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Health Nicholas Florko

FDA fines four companies for selling unapproved vapes

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Government watchdog calls for stronger oversight of for-profit research review boards

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

STAT Plus: The FTC is finally ready to take on health data leaks. The problem is bigger than GoodRx

Health Tech Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: ‘Ill-gotten gains’: FTC commissioner says GoodRx’s $1.5 million fine for health data leaks should have been higher

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

STAT Plus: GoodRx leaked sensitive health information to Facebook and Google, FTC alleges

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pharma wins a key round in a court battle with hospitals over a drug discount program

Health Tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA names former Oracle executive as new digital health leader

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Lilly turns to nonprofit, not the FDA, to resolve dispute with Novartis over a prescription drug ad

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Doctors’ group complains that 60 Minutes segment on Wegovy was really just an ad

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Despite court ruling, FDA will continue with its approach to approving orphan drug exclusivity

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: FTC wants ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli held in contempt for violating lifelong ban on working in pharma

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: ‘A cascade of failures’: FDA cites Indian drugmaker for numerous quality control problems

Pharmalot Ed Silverman and John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Pallone pushes NIH and FDA to disclose steps being taken to ensure clinical trial results are reported

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Lawmakers again urge the Biden administration to use federal law to widen access to a cancer drug

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: FDA scolds Sun Pharmaceutical for serious quality control problems at a key plant in India

Health Tech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: An FDA pathway to clear medical devices is putting patients at risk, research suggests

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: The FDA has approved a new Alzheimer’s drug, but wide access may depend on CMS easing restrictions

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: Audit of FDA’s tobacco oversight underscores agency’s struggle to regulate the booming vaping market

Health Lev Facher

Biden administration unveils dashboard to track nonfatal drug overdoses