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STAT+: What does Akeso’s primo plenary spot say about its survival data?
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I’m suffering from spring allergies + a nasty head cold this week. Not fun.
Mystery cloaks an ASCO plenary lung cancer survival result
The runup to next month’s annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology has started, and a good bit of the Wall Street chatter and speculation is centered on the Akeso-Summit Therapeutics drug ivonescimab.
This is the online version of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered to their inbox.
I’m suffering from spring allergies + a nasty head cold this week. Not fun.
Mystery cloaks an ASCO plenary lung cancer survival result
The runup to next month’s annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology has started, and a good bit of the Wall Street chatter and speculation is centered on the Akeso-Summit Therapeutics drug ivonescimab.
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STAT+: Where ‘democracy met science,’ 50 years ago
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Good morning. At a Cambridge bar on Saturday, I watched straight-seeming couples congregate by a television showing basketball, while a more queer-coded crowd lingered at another showing soccer. I don’t think that’s anything, really, but it was fun.
This ‘never event’ is happening more frequently
A child born with congenital syphilis could suffer dire consequences: bone deformities, brain damage, blindness, deafness, and more. But that should be a ‘never event’ as public health officials say: A pregnant person can receive an injectable form of penicillin to prevent the infection. Somehow, rates keep going up anyway. Between 2012 and 2024, the U.S. saw an 800% increase in babies born with the disease. And since last year, there’s been a shortage of the drug.
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Good morning. At a Cambridge bar on Saturday, I watched straight-seeming couples congregate by a television showing basketball, while a more queer-coded crowd lingered at another showing soccer. I don’t think that’s anything, really, but it was fun.
This ‘never event’ is happening more frequently
A child born with congenital syphilis could suffer dire consequences: bone deformities, brain damage, blindness, deafness, and more. But that should be a ‘never event’ as public health officials say: A pregnant person can receive an injectable form of penicillin to prevent the infection. Somehow, rates keep going up anyway. Between 2012 and 2024, the U.S. saw an 800% increase in babies born with the disease. And since last year, there’s been a shortage of the drug.
Sanofi makes no mention of the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher. Tzield was awarded the ticket in October 2025, but Sanofi requested withdrawal from the program after former CDER head Tracy Beth Høeg reportedly expressed skepticism of the drug.
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Rhythm’s obesity drug scores ‘better than expected’ weight loss in rare genetic disease
Rhythm’s obesity drug scores ‘better than expected’ weight loss in rare genetic disease
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