STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about another FDA reversal, pharma’s M&A spree and much more
The latest pharma news from the Pharmalot campus via the Pharmalittle newsletter is here Source: https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/06/22/another-fda-reversal-pharma-merger-and-acquisition-spree/?utm_campaign=rss
STAT+: FDA to launch pilot program to speed up early-stage clinical trials
Federal health officials aim to speed up drug development and better compete with China. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/fda-speed-up-early-stage-single-study-clinical-trials/?utm_campaign=rss
STAT+: Despite transplant referrals, most kidney patients don’t make the waitlist
An NIH grant proposal poses new threats, more cases of a livestock disease in Europe, and more health news from Morning Rounds Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/health-news-most-kidney-failure-patients-never-get-transplant/?utm_campaign=rss
STAT+: Another big deal, another sign biotech M&A is back
AbbVie buys Apogee Therapeutics, LSD therapy Phase 3 results, and more biotech news from The Readout Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/biotech-news-another-big-deal-another-sign-ma-is-back/?utm_campaign=rss
Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo outbreak top 1,000 with 254 deaths, authorities say
Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said, as tracing those who had been in contact with patients remains a major challenge. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/ebola-congo-1000-cases-254-deaths-civil-war-impedes-search-patient-zero/?utm_campaign=rss
Tennessee pharmacies sell potent ivermectin, led by anti-vaccine doctor who’s taken ‘bucketloads’
Tennessee pharmacies are selling potent versions of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin, led by an anti-vaccine doctor who’s taken "bucketloads." Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/19/tennessee-ivermectin-market-how-to-create-booming-sales-unproven-drug/?utm_campaign=rss
Federal grant delays could jeopardize essential disability services, research
Disability researchers across the country worry about their jobs, and the future of their institutions, as a delay in issuing federal grants drags on. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/19/federal-grant-delays-jeopardize-essential-disability-services-research/?utm_campaign=rss
RFK Jr. claims his calendar is publicly available. We’ve been trying to get it for a year
None of STAT's requests for Kennedy's schedule have been completed, and some haven't even been acknowledged. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/rfk-jr-cites-publicly-available-calendar-never-released-foia-requests/?utm_campaign=rss
Drinking during pregnancy rose after 2020, new CDC data suggest
A new CDC report underscores that drinking during pregnancy, while generally thought of as a thing of the past, is still a matter of concern. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/cdc-report-alcohol-pregnancy-growing-problem/?utm_campaign=rss
An obesity drug deep-dive, and peptides move mainstream
Can any of the new obesity medications in development stand out from the pack? Which company just broke records with its IPO? And will the Food and Drug Administration allow… Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/an-obesity-drug-deep-dive-and-peptides-move-mainstream/?utm_campaign=rss
Diabetes Association in uproar after members expelled from annual meeting over protest of NIH cuts
The condemnations keep coming after five diabetes experts were escorted out of an ADA meeting for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal research cuts. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/american-diabetes-association-uproar-over-expulsion-of-members/?utm_campaign=rss
STAT+: Trump’s health care affordability czar takes aim at hospitals
Plus a buried alcohol study gets published, and a Biosecure update. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/trumps-affordability-czar-backs-medicaid-cuts-alcohol-study-published-dc-diagnosis/?utm_campaign=rss
STAT+: The shortage of many medicines in the U.S. remains a ‘systemic’ problem, a new analysis finds
The number of prescription drug shortages in the U.S. fell by 23% last year, but a new analysis found other troubling signs about medicines in short supply. Source: https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/06/09/drug-shortages-systemic-problem-analysis/?utm_campaign=rss
Opinion: If Americans risk their lives fighting Ebola overseas, they deserve the right to come home
Outbreak response is difficult enough without asking responders to wonder whether they will have access to the best available care if they become ill. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/americans-ebola-kenya-protests/?utm_campaign=rss
Texas AG investigating energy drinks
The limitations of private health insurance, the quiet collapse of America's research ethics watchdog and other Morning Rounds news Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/health-news-texas-ag-investigating-energy-drinks/?utm_campaign=rss
STAT+: Will Makary’s FDA voucher program survive?
RevMed's cancer drug feels out of reach for some, SCOTUS preserves key generic drug pathway, and more biotech news Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/biotech-news-will-makarys-fda-voucher-program-survive/?utm_campaign=rss
Senior NIH scientist, research fellow charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into U.S.
A senior NIH scientist and his research fellow were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/02/nih-scientist-federal-charges-mpox/?utm_campaign=rss
STAT+: Radiopharmaceutical shows promise in post-Pluvicto setting
Abivax's ulcerative colitis data, Fulcrum's scrapped sickle cell drug, and more biotech news from The Readout Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/02/biotech-news-radiopharmaceutical-shows-promise-in-post-pluvicto/?utm_campaign=rss
STAT+: Longevity startup NewLimit raises $435 million ahead of first clinical trial
Longevity startup NewLimit plans to launch its first clinical trial of a liver medicine after raising a staggering $435 million in new funding. Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/02/longevity-startup-newlimit-announces-435-million-clinical-trial-financing/?utm_campaign=rss
Trump says latest medical exam went ‘PERFECTLY’
The conference where death is (theoretically) optional, new trends among undocumented patients, and more health news from Morning Rounds Source: https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/health-news-trump-says-latest-medical-exam-went-perfectly/?utm_campaign=rss