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On this episode Katherine Eban discusses her two-year investigation into brain tissue research at Mount Sinai. Also, Adam Feuerstein ✡️ Allison DeAngelis welcome STAT's new biotech reporter, Elaine Chen

Amgen goes all in on its injectable obesity drug MariTide as it scraps an early-stage pill.

It's planning a broad Phase 3 program and plans to expand manufacturing capacity 'with both clinical and commercial supply in mind.'
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Novo's CEO said the number of people on Ozempic/Wegovy “is to some degree putting strains on health care systems,” but the drugs' full value hasn't been realized.

This comes after Bernie Sanders launched a probe into the drugs' 'outrageously high' prices
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A STAT Investigation 🧵

Documents show that brain biopsies on ‘vulnerable’ patients at Mount Sinai set off alarm bells at FDA. trib.al/txdpvzT

Wheelchair users in the U.S. routinely wait months! to get their wheelchairs repaired. My latest for STAT: why these delays are happening, the cost of inaction and what activists in one state are doing to improve this service
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Attention early-career journalists! STAT is extending applications for the Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship by one week. The deadline is now Friday, May 3. KSJ at MIT trib.al/L3F92qD

Follow the fantastic Megan Molteni on #H5N1 . Here's her latest. statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n…

Takeda is the fourth big company to leave BIO since December. It joins Pfizer, UCB and WuXi, though WuXi was an unusual situation. statnews.com/2024/04/24/tak…

USDA orders H5N1 testing of some dairy cows to limit spread of bird flu statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n… via STAT

GLP-1Ra Spending would likely have been even higher if not limited by manufacturing limitations statnews.com/2024/04/24/wei… by Elaine Chen STAT

Two reports out this morning show spending on GLP-1 drugs have surged, and is set to climb still more this year and beyond.

Health entities spent $38.6 billion on Ozempic/Wegovy last year (double the year before), making it the top-seller among all drugs
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In a dicey infectious disease situation, there's nobody better than Helen Branswell 🇨🇦. Super thorough exploration of what H5N1 vax rollout would take:

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FTC’s noncompete ban would force sweeping changes in health care, if it survives legal battle statnews.com/2024/04/23/ftc… via STAT

1. So much today on the #H5N1 #birdflu story! Just coming up for air. U.S. FDA has found genetic evidence of the virus in commercial milk, but so far it sounds like killed virus. More info on where they found it/how prevalent it was would be useful. statnews.com/2024/04/23/h5n…

Telehealth startups are seeing an opportunity in long-ignored, complex chronic diseases. New from me🔒 With a lift from the great Katie Palmer:

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