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Chastened after a decisively negative review from outside advisers, the Food and Drug Administration convened a series of internal meetings in March and April where top officials hammered out a …
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Editor’s note: A recording of the event is embedded below. As the biotechnology industry holds its biggest conference, BIO Digital 2021, STAT brings you a look at how Covid-19 has …
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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine was highly effective in preventing symptomatic infections, hospitalizations, and severe illnesses, long-awaited results from the company’s Phase 3 trial, released Monday, revealed. The vaccine was 90% protective …
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Their phones are ringing off the hook and their email inboxes are filling up with questions without answers. Doctors who care for patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease — or people …
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Wall Street’s hottest new trend is a 1980s retread: Private firms are merging with so-called blank-check companies in order to go public without the pains and payments that come with …
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Editor’s note: A recording of the event is embedded below. After the biggest meeting in cancer research, sit down with cancer’s biggest decision-maker: the director of the Food and Drug …
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The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug, a decision with far-reaching implications for patients, clinicians, and others. Here’s a rundown on some basic questions and …
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The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly two decades, a landmark decision that has been eagerly awaited by millions of …
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“Mount up! Let’s hear more about this unicorn.” So begins every episode of a new reality show called “Unicorn Hunters,” built around an outlandish twist on a well-worn premise: What …
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