Medical
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STAT+: Pfizer to halt controversial contracting with Dutch hospitals over anti-competitive concerns
In response to a probe by Dutch authorities, Pfizer ( PFE ) has agreed to end a controversial practice of reducing discounts to hospitals that cut...
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Sacklers offer to pay $6 billion to settle Purdue bankruptcy; pharmacies push for Covid-19 pill payments
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was relaxing and invigorating, because that oh-so...
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Introducing the STATUS List, the definitive accounting of leaders in the life sciences
The definitive list of authoritative leaders and influencers in health and life science. See the list.
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Malawi polio case raises concerns the virus could reemerge in region
A newly discovered case of wild polio in Malawi has raised the possibility that a virus that had been driven out of the African continent could...
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Opinion: Medical misinformation often isn’t outright lies. It’s more subtle than that
The most powerful forms of deception rely more on emotional manipulation and misdirection than outright lies. That’s what I’ve...
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Opinion: The FDA needs to take another look at laser-based ‘vaginal rejuvenation’
Laser procedures promising “vaginal rejuvenation” are being promoted to women in advertisements online, in spa windows, and even...
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State legislatures renew the push to roll back Covid-related public health measures
WASHINGTON — State legislators are mobilizing anew to roll back public health measures meant to contain the spread of Covid-19. They are...
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STAT+: The WHO’s chief scientist on Covid-19 vaccines, patent battles, and speeding up access in Africa
In response to growing concerns over vaccine inequity, the World Health Organization last June announced plans to create a technology transfer...
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STAT+: Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, dies at 62
Paul Farmer, the co-founder of Partners in Health, died unexpectedly, the organization announced Monday. Farmer, 62, died in his sleep while he...
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Opinion: Pandemic predictions are tricky. Except this one: U.S. hospitals are not ready for the new normal
Pandemic prediction is hard to do. That’s one of the lessons to be taken from Covid-19. Unlike the weather, which depends largely on...
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A mild U.S. flu season is waning, but is it really over?
NEW YORK — This winter’s mild flu season is fading to a trickle of cases in much of the U.S., but health officials aren’t...
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: WHO taps six African countries for its vaccine hub; FTC votes against studying PBM practices
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream...
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Opinion: Three urgent priorities for the National Security Council to strengthen global health security and biodefense
In a planned transition, Beth Cameron, the Biden administration’s top official for global health security and biodefense, leaves her post...
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Opinion: To make public health officials more accountable, they should be elected, not appointed
In the United States, the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the widespread firing and resignation of public health officers. According to one...
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STAT+: Jennifer Doudna and Marty Chavez on where CRISPR meets Wall Street
You might know Jennifer Doudna as the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of CRISPR genome editing, the subject of Walter Isaacson’s last book, or...
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STAT+: As states push their own privacy laws, health tech companies fear compliance nightmare
Health tech companies worried that an emerging patchwork of state privacy laws will drive up regulatory costs are joining privacy hardliners in...
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STAT+: FTC votes against probing the controversial practices of pharmacy benefit managers
In a closely watched meeting, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted against proceeding with a study to examine pharmacy benefit managers and how...
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Agios wins FDA approval for drug to treat rare form of anemia
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug from Agios Pharmaceuticals to treat people with a rare form of anemia. The...
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‘Injections, Injections, Injections’: Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic Chain
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Covid Still Threatens Millions of Americans. Why Are We So Eager to Move On?
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Cancer patients at higher risk for death from COVID-19, study finds
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Financial strain increases risk for death after heart attack, study finds
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Antibiotic found to prevent autism development in mice, study says
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More contagious version of omicron spreads in U.S., fueling worries
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Global health champion Dr. Paul Farmer has died
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