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A brewing battle over a chemical used to decaffeinate coffee beans

March 29, 2024
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Does decaf coffee contain a harmful additive? Advocates want to ban a certain chemical in the brew

Methylene chloride, used to remove caffeine, virtually undetectable in brewed coffee. Clean Label Project still wants it banned under FDA Delaney Clause.

By Nicholas Florko


STAT+ | FDA is still struggling to inspect clinical research sites, watchdog finds

In 2022, the FDA inspected 537 hospitals and clinics conducting studies of medicines, down from 976 sites in 2017, the GAO found.

By Ed Silverman


STAT+ | Payments by drug and device makers to doctors remain widespread, but also vary considerably

"But not all physicians participate in this," said Andrew Foy, co-author of a new study and an associate professor of medicine at Penn State.

By Ed Silverman



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STAT+ | Roche subsidiary Foundation Medicine opens new headquarters in Boston

Foundation Medicine, a biotechnology firm focused on finding mutations that drive cancerous tumors, opens new headquarters in Boston.

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe


STAT+ | A contrarian view on Viking Therapeutics, biotech's hottest obesity stock

This week in biotechnology: Adam Feuerstein's subscriber-only newsletter digs into Viking Therapeutics and PDS Biotech.

By Adam Feuerstein


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