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Science writing from the last two years that stuck with me: (1/many)

What a deal!

The most thorough rundown of RFK Jr.'s new CDC advisory panel you will find — all eight members — brought to you by a hearty cast of STAT reporters. statnews.com/2025/06/11/rfk…

A closer look at the new members of the CDC vaccine advisory panel statnews.com/2025/06/11/rfk… via STAT

HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings statnews.com/2025/06/11/hhs… via STAT

Eli Lilly to buy gene-editing biotech Verve for up to $1.3 billion statnews.com/2025/06/17/eli… via STAT

A Sarepta gene therapy was supposed to provide the first hope in decades for older DMD patients facing a grim prognosis Now two teenagers are dead, at least one more is battling liver failure, and the community is reeling and divided over what to do next statnews.com/2025/06/16/duc…

On the current trajectory, Marty Makary sounds like Peter Marks on steroids :) Had Peter Marks proposed in "plausible mechanism pathway", he would have been crucified on Sensible Medicine

HIV protection with just two shots a year: FDA approves Gilead $GILD drug statnews.com/2025/06/18/fda… via Jason Mast pharmalot

BREAKING: What could be a seminal moment in the decades-long fight against HIV. New from Jason Mast pharmalot statnews.com/2025/06/18/fda…

Nicole Verdun, the FDA's top regulator of cell and gene therapies and a former close collaborator with Peter Marks, has been placed on admin leave and escorted out of the building Story coming soon

“The Office of Therapeutic Products of CBER played an absolutely essential role,” Urnov said... He paid tribute to Super Office Director Nicole Verdun, MD, and her staff. “They made the return of Baby KJ possible.” genengnews.com/topics/genome-…

Along with loss of other senior FDA staff, this is a significant setback for cell gene therapy. The advent of these advances was one of Pres Trump's first term triumphs, along with his efforts to expand access to them. The field now faces a harder future statnews.com/2025/06/18/top…

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Nicole Verdun, director of the cell and gene therapy office, has been placed on forced out of the FDA statnews.com/2025/06/18/top…

Really bad is right

HIV can now be reliably prevented with a simple shot every 6 months. biotech slayed a plague that just 30 years ago posed a death sentence. we should not accept the loss of our health quietly, knowing that these better worlds are possible.

Top gene therapy regulator forced out at FDA statnews.com/2025/06/18/top… via STAT Jason Mast Adam Feuerstein ✡️

EXCLUSIVE: STAT takes you inside the FDA to explain the ouster of Nicole Verdun, the agency's chief regulator of cell and gene therapies. Centered around disagreements over Capricor $CAPR Duchenne therapy and Verdun's management style statnews.com/2025/06/20/fda…

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