STAT+: Novo underwhelmed by drug it once fought Pfizer for
Revolution and Tango yield promising cancer results, Incyte buys bleeding disorder drug, and more biotech news
Read full article →Medicare Monitor
Tracking Medicare news, policy, and coverage changes.
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly and Pfizer obesity drug data, Roche and J&J deals, and more
Lilly disclosed new data that provide more details on the safety and tolerability of its next-generation obesity drug retatrutide
Read full article →STAT+: J&J spends $1 billion to enter KRAS race for cancer treatments
Johnson & Johnson said it will purchase the startup Firefly Bio for $1 billion in an effort to expand its work in the suddenly buzzy field of KRAS inhibitors.
Read full article →Major readouts from the annual diabetes conference
Why "Schedule F" matters, the Ebola outbreak response, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Read full article →STAT+: Combination of pancreatic cancer drugs from Tango, Revolution leads to high response rate
A combination of pancreatic cancer drugs from Tango Therapeutics and Revolution Medicines led to a strong response rate in an early-stage trial.
Read full article →In his book, self-described USAID 'whistleblower' talks about the agency and Ebola
Nicholas Enrich, on staff at the U.S. Agency for International Aid under 4 administrations, talks about Into the Woodchipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID.
Read full article →Egg Allergies Declined With Earlier Introduction
(MedPage Today) -- Fewer toddlers developed egg allergies after guidelines changed to recommend introducing egg products in infancy, large population-based studies from Australia showed. As the proportion of infants introduced to egg by 6 months...
Read full article →Eminent Psychiatrist Dies; Editing Embryo DNA; Acetaminophen vs Ibuprofen
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Harvard University professor Robert Coles, MD, the psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed the cause of children grappling with poverty and...
Read full article →Olympus’ Keith Boettiger on robotic GI surgery push
Keith Boettiger, head of Olympus’ gastrointestinal solutions division, delves into the endoscopy leader’s robotics strategy.
Read full article →Elation Health acquires Aster as it ramps up agentic AI for primary care
Health tech company Elation Health acquired startup Aster to propel the company's development of an agentic AI operating system for primary care.
Read full article →Why self-directed care is becoming central to long-term care
PPL COO Jennifer Truscott explains how self-directed care expands the workforce, improves outcomes and scales with accountability.
Read full article →AI in health care: From hype to enterprise value
Where AI is delivering ROI today — and what health care leaders must do to scale it.
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