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New BIO chair aims to rehab biotech’s image in D.C.; how Blue Cross insurers ratcheted up profits in 2022

June 5, 2023
Global Blood Therapeutics CEO Ted Love
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STAT+ | Ted Love, BIO's first Black board chair, aims to rehab biotech's image in Washington

Ted Love hopes to use his experience across drug development to improve the biotech industry's reputation following a bruising lobbying fight

By Rachel Cohrs


STAT+ | How Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers ratcheted up profits in 2022

Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers' 2022 profits underscore how much financial and political power they still hold in their respective states.

By Bob Herman


STAT+ | FDA oncology head wants advisory panels to keep voting on new drugs

Richard Pazdur begs to differ with his boss, the commissioner, on the importance of recording the opinions of independent experts on approval.

By Angus Chen



Adobe

'We arguably saved their lives': Newborn DNA-sequencing reveals elevated cancer risks for parents

Three mothers who learned they carried a gene that drastically elevated their cancer risks chose to undergo prophylactic surgeries.

By Megan Molteni


STAT+ | Carbon Health is already using AI to write patient records

Primary care tech startup Carbon is using AI to listen to patient appointments and automatically write up near-complete notes within minutes.

By Mohana Ravindranath


Akero's NASH drug combined with Ozempic cut liver fat in small study

In a small study, patients taking Akero's NASH drug with a GLP-1 like Ozempic had reduced liver fat and improved markers of liver scarring.

By Elaine Chen


Listen: For Long Island mothers, community efforts address 'an injustice made purposefully invisible'

On Long Island, the white infant mortality rate is 2 deaths per 1,000 live births. For Black babies, it's 8 to 9 deaths per 1,000 live births.

By Nicholas St. Fleur


STAT+ | Bellerophon Therapeutics trial fails despite innovative digital endpoint

Bellerophon is abandoning a Phase 3 trial of its pulmonary fibrosis treatment after patients using a digital endpoint showed no improvement.

By Mario Aguilar


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