Adam Feuerstein
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Amylyx’s ALS drug launch starts strong. That could be trouble for the FDA
Behind the stellar launch of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for ALS lies an uncomfortable question: Does early success of the drug make it more complicated to pull it from the market if we find out next year that it doesn’t work? → Read More
Pfizer buys Seagen, maker of targeted cancer drugs, for $43 billion
Pfizer said it is acquiring Seagen, a maker of targeted cancer drugs, for $43 billion. → Read More
FDA approves first treatment for Rett syndrome, a genetic neurological disease
The FDA has approved the first treatment for Rett syndrome, a genetic disease mostly affecting girls that causes severe neurologic impairments. → Read More
SVB, biotech’s bank of choice, just failed. It could have ripple effects
Silicon Valley Bank, which does business with roughly half of the nation’s tech and biotech companies, failed on Friday. Now biotech startups are left wondering: Who’s going to finance the industry? → Read More
Listen: The next CRISPR fight, cheaper insulin, & an FDA shuffle
Who invented CRISPR 2.0? What happens when a drug company actually lowers prices? And is Novavax going to survive? STAT's podcast covers all that and more. → Read More
FDA approves Reata's treatment for rare neurological disease
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare, neurological disease. → Read More
New head of FDA’s neuroscience office takes over at crucial time
The new head of the FDA's Office of Neuroscience is stepping into an increasingly powerful position at the agency. → Read More
FDA's Billy Dunn to leave the agency
Billy Dunn, who presided over the polarizing approval of the Alzheimer’s disease treatment Aduhelm, is leaving the FDA after more than 15 years at the agency. → Read More
For Cytokinetics, an FDA rejection of its heart drug would help, not hinder
For investors, an FDA rejection of Cytokinetics' heart drug would, perhaps unexpectedly, be a welcome relief. → Read More
Listen: Vertex vs. insurers, Moderna's future, & biotech's long winter
What makes a drug quintuple in cost? How do you follow inventing a Covid-19 vaccine? And what did we learn from biotech's unicorn era? Find out on the latest episode of "The Readout LOUD." → Read More
Once high-flying Rubius to shut down. Its flameout is a lesson for biotech
The official end of Rubius Therapeutics marks one of biotech’s highest-profile flameouts. → Read More
‘Practice changing’: Antibody treatment benefits leukemia patients receiving bone marrow transplant
An experimental antibody that delivers lethal radiation directly to the bone marrow improved the outcomes of stem cell transplants for older patients with relapsed leukemia — and may change the way transplant medicine is practiced. → Read More
FDA approves first treatment for leading cause of blindness in older people
The FDA approved the first treatment for geographic atrophy, a progressive eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in older people. → Read More
Christi Shaw, leader of Gilead’s cancer cell therapy unit, to depart
Christi Shaw, the CEO of Gilead’s Kite Pharmaceuticals cell therapy unit, is leaving the company, Gilead said Friday in a statement. → Read More
Reata's 'toss up' drug approval decision is in the unpredictable hands of FDA's Billy Dunn
Will Dunn apply the doctrine of “regulatory flexibility” to a medicine with less-than-convincing clinical data? → Read More
Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan talks PhRMA, gene therapy, and much more
Vas Narasimhan has been CEO of Novartis since 2018. He talked with STAT about the industry's struggles in Washington, the future of Novartis, and whether the biotech sector is still a little overvalued. → Read More
Listen: Vas Narasimhan on the future of pharma, plus Moderna’s vaccine promise & a biotech presidential bid
Is the pharmaceutical lobby on the ropes? What does it mean when a vaccine is "free"? And does biotech prepare you for the presidency? All that and more on the new episode of "The Readout LOUD." → Read More
Biogen, having ‘lost its way,’ looks to drug launches for Alzheimer’s and depression for return to growth
“We have two major products to launch ... that’s not an opportunity you have very often," said Biogen CEO Chris Viehbacher. → Read More
A CAR-T from Bristol Myers benefits myeloma patients at earlier stage of care
The CAR-T cancer therapy called Abecma reduced the risk of multiple myeloma relapse by half compared to standard treatment. → Read More
The return of bird flu and the effects of pandemic fatigue
Just how alarming is bird flu? And did we learn enough from Covid-19 to be sensible about it? All that and more on the new episode of "The Readout LOUD" podcast. → Read More