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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoMatch Day results show impact of federal immigration policy
Salutations from San Diego. This is Jonathan Wosen, West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. We’ve got an outstanding lineup for you today, featuring a look...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoSTAT+: Doctronic raises $40 million as race to apply AI in clinical care heats up
Earlier this year the startup Doctronic launched a provocative, first-in-the-nation experiment to renew drug prescriptions with a chatbot. Now it’s refilling its coffers with $40 million...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoSTAT+: Insmed drug benefits patients with rare, bacterial lung disease, study shows
Insmed said Monday that the addition of its drug Arikayce to a standard treatment for patients with a rare bacterial lung disease improved respiratory symptoms and...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoSTAT+: Pfizer’s Lyme vaccine shows efficacy, but misses key statistical hurdle
An experimental vaccine from Pfizer and Valneva reduced the risk of developing Lyme disease by more than 70%, according to newly released data. Though results appear...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoSTAT+: Apogee Therapeutics data show long-acting eczema drug induced relief with less frequent injections
An experimental, long-acting treatment for eczema from Apogee Therapeutics induced skin and itch relief comparable to current, widely used medicines but with less frequent injections, a...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoOpinion: The AI push in health care is deepening medicine’s trust crisis
After OpenAI and Anthropic launched dedicated health care initiatives in January, a study published in February found that OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health had a 50% error rate, incorrectly recommending that care be delayed in emergency test cases...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoHer son needed a fecal transplant for a fearsome C. diff infection. Getting one required a tortuous journey
Her son had been sick for four months when Blanca Morales started asking about a transplant. It had started with a case of strep throat from...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoSTAT+: Iran war has not disrupted pharma supply chains. That could change if conflict is prolonged
The escalating war in the Middle East so far has not appreciably disrupted global pharmaceutical supply chains, but with no clear end in sight, the potential...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoSTAT+: Sepsis hospitalizations have tripled in Massachusetts. Is it real or a billing game?
It can come seemingly out of nowhere: a patient gets an infection — in the lungs, bladder, or pretty much anywhere — and the body’s immune...
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STAT News – Biotech6 months agoSTAT+: Inside the delicate, high-stakes search for a new CDC director
At first glance, it’s a plum job that touches the lives of every American: director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, running the sprawling...
Psychedelic therapies ride wave of public favor into FDA hearing
After a brief storm of political headwinds, mRNA is back with strong momentum
STAT+: Trump’s secretive pharma deals may undermine ‘most-favored nation’ pricing, an analysis suggests
Scientists turn pig semen extract into eye drops that kill cancer in mice
Novartis to pay $2B upfront to take next-gen PI3Kα inhibitor from Synnovation
