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Paying for Covid pills will soon shift to insurers

October 27, 2023
Paying for Covid pills, including Paxlovid, will shift to insurers starting next week.
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Paying for Covid pills will soon shift to insurers

The Biden administration is slowly shifting millions of Covid-19 treatments to private insurers and drugmakers, starting next week.

By Sarah Owermohle


STAT+ | FDA has some safety concerns about CRISPR-based sickle cell treatment, documents show

In documents disclosed ahead of a public hearing on Tuesday, the FDA found no fault with the efficacy of the sickle cell treatment, exa-cel.

By Adam Feuerstein and Megan Molteni


STAT+ | Why Sanofi got shellacked

The Paris-based drug giant used a quarterly earnings announcement to make what appears to be a major strategic change.

By Matthew Herper



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Emergency medicine is grappling with a surprising problem: The prospect of too many physicians

A 2021 study predicted that there would be a surplus of nearly 8,000 emergency physicians by 2030 in the U.S.

By Brittany Trang


STAT+ | In major test for prime editing, scientists successfully correct mutations in monkeys

The David Liu company says its results with prime editing, the CRISPR-based technology, shows its potential to treat numerous diseases.

By Jason Mast


STAT+ | ARPA-H head Renee Wegrzyn on the agency's new Cambridge hub and plans for cancer research

Renee Wegrzyn, director of ARPA-H, visited Cambridge for the launch of the agency's new Investor Catalyst Hub.

By Theresa Gaffney


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Opinion: Excited delirium: a deadly term finally laid to rest

The fake medical syndrome excited delirium is finally being laid to rest. Now comes the hard part.

By Utsha G. Khatri


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