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BIOTECH
Gene therapy is in crisis. For nine hours, the field's leading minds looked for a solution
By Jason Mast
Jennifer Puck has successfully treated 10 children with a gene therapy for a fatal disorder that decimates their immune system. But she has no idea how to get her drug approved and frankly is running out of ideas. The problem is simple: Size.
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HEALTH TECH
How Y Combinator's only health care partner decides which startups are worth a shot
By Mohana Ravindranath
For Surbhi Sarna, the first and only health care partner at Y Combinator, opening her inbox every morning is like drinking from a firehose. It seems like every young tech company is vying for a coveted place in the Silicon Valley accelerator, which has made a name for itself turning ideas like grocery delivery and lodging outside of hotels into multibillion-dollar businesses like Instacart and Airbnb. And to score that spot, which is sort of a rite of passage for young ventures, entrepreneurs focused on health tech or science first have to spark Sarna's interest.
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PHARMA
What past blockbusters can tell us about future of Wegovy and other weight loss medicines
By Matthew Herper
The news that the weight loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of heart attacks and strokes in overweight volunteers opens up the door to vastly expanded use of the drug and medicines like it, known as GLP-1 medicines.
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POLITICS & POLICY
Senators push IRS to launch nonprofit hospital probe
By Sarah Owermohle
A bipartisan group of senators wants federal tax regulators to probe nonprofit hospitals' compliance with community benefit requirements, ratcheting up a longtime campaign to hold the tax-exempt providers accountable.
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