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European Union inks a draft deal to boost local production of medicines and avoid shortages
1+ week, 6+ day ago (244+ words) Ed Silverman is a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, and has covered the pharmaceutical industry for three decades. Prior to joining STAT at its founding in 2015, he worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Star-Ledger of New Jersey,…...
What you need to know about hantavirus (don't panic)
2+ week, 6+ day ago (475+ words) Good morning. Yesterday, the writer Yiyun Li won a Pulitzer Prize for her heartbreaking memoir, "Things in Nature Merely Grow." Lately, I've been reading'her short stories. Here's one for after you've read the news, about a health care worker of…...
Gene therapy spurs improvement in rare neuromuscular disease
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (423+ words) Good morning. Scroll down for the sixth installment of American Science, Shattered, brought to you by yours truly. Thanks for reading, and make sure to catch up with the previous stories if you haven't already. We're cruising toward the end…...
Drug development is booming in China. Should the U. S. view it as a threat or an opportunity?
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (406+ words) If the U. S. wants to hold on to its title as the world's top biotech innovator, it might want to take a page out of China's book, a pioneer in CAR-T cell therapy said on Thursday. Since 2018, IITs for cell and…...
As China's drug industry races ahead, its GLP-1 race is accelerating too
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (346+ words) For American and European drugmakers, the story of China today is one of a fast-developing market " one producing not only "me too" therapies but increasingly novel medications as well. And to understand what these shifts might mean for global pharmaceutical…...
European VCs band together to improve the landscape for biotech startups
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (258+ words) Andrew is STAT's Europe correspondent, based in London. Before moving to the U. K. in 2023, he worked as a general assignment reporter in STAT's Boston headquarters, starting with its launch in 2015. He was part of the STAT team that was named a…...
The most-read First Opinion essays of 2025
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (491+ words) You can chart 2025s biggest and most important life sciences topics through the most read First Opinion essays of the year: vaccines, health insurance costs, whether AI is fulfilling its promise, the MAHA movement, and general chaos within the federal government....
The right place for AI companions in mental health care
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (606+ words) Lieberman is a clinical psychologist and consultant. At a dinner with friends not long ago, we did what aging friends often do: compared medical notes " statins, arthritis injections, upcoming scans. Then someone added, almost offhand: "Have you tried the new…...
What do Rollerblades and Ozempic have in common?
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (259+ words) If you ask a random person on the street what they call weight loss drugs, odds are, they are going to say Ozempic. It is one of the most well-known brands in medicine right now. But there's just one problem…...
With much to win (or lose), drugmakers and European officials bear down on major policy overhaul
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (210+ words) Andrew is STAT's Europe correspondent, based in London. Before moving to the U. K. in 2023, he worked as a general assignment reporter in STAT's Boston headquarters, starting with its launch in 2015. He was part of the STAT team that was named a…...