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Pharma Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Pfizer’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy fails in Phase 3 trial

Breaking News Helen Branswell

CDC asks states and cities to keep flu surveillance at peak levels because of bird flu threat

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry: Trio win for quantum dots discoveries that revolutionized nanotechnology

Exclusive Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Top federal lobbyist at PhRMA leaves

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Supreme Court delays ruling on abortion pill restrictions

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: After bullying allegations, Eric Lander will return to run a lab at the Broad Institute

The Aduhelm Files Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Adam Feuerstein, and Damian Garde

STAT Plus: FDA, Biogen, and an Alzheimer’s drug approval: 8 key takeaways from congressional investigation

The Aduhelm Files Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: ‘Rife with irregularities’: Congressional investigation reveals FDA’s approval of Aduhelm marked by secret discussions, breaches of protocol

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Biotech Matthew Herper

FDA panel narrowly recommends authorization of first antiviral pill to treat Covid-19

Biotech Damian Garde, Adam Feuerstein, and Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: In a sudden move, Al Sandrock, the man behind Biogen’s Aduhelm, to retire

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Exclusive Nicholas Florko and Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Senate considers pegging Medicare drug prices to deeply discounted Veterans Affairs rates

Health Helen Branswell

U.S. lifts pause on use of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine

Health Elizabeth Cooney

1 in 3 Covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition in the next six months, large study finds

Pharma Matthew Herper

Moncef Slaoui, former head of Operation Warp Speed, fired from company board over sexual harassment allegations

Politics Lev Facher

Biden will compel states to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1

Health Matthew Herper

Arthritis drug cuts deaths in hospitalized Covid-19 patients, major study shows

Health Helen Branswell

Johnson & Johnson submits application for Covid-19 vaccine to FDA

Health Matthew Herper and Damian Garde

Novavax says its Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective, but far less so against one variant

Politics Lev Facher and Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: Genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander to lead science policy for Biden

Health Matthew Herper

Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech is strongly effective, early data from large trial indicate

Health Damian Garde and Matthew Herper

Blood plasma showed no benefit in Covid-19 patients in trial — a finding that could re-energize debate

Health Matthew Herper and Damian Garde

Lilly’s Covid-19 antibody helps some patients rid their systems of virus sooner in early analysis

In the Lab Meghana Keshavan

Experimental drug for ALS, dreamed up in a dorm room, offers patients glimmer of hope

Health Helen Branswell

U.S. could see 100,000 new Covid-19 cases per day, Fauci says

Politics Lev Facher

STAT Plus: FDA revokes emergency use ruling for hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by Trump as a Covid-19 therapy