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STAT #ASCO25 housekeeping notes (as we wait for tonight's abstract drop...) If you'll be in Chicago, please join us at our STAT @ ASCO event on Friday evening, May 30. Details, registration here: statnews.com/event/stat-at-…

The Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus $MRNA

There’s one man at the center of it all and, chances are, you haven’t even heard of him. The shrewd startup founder who led DOGE’s cost-cutting at HHS trib.al/EYC7rBh

Several hundred NIH employees are coming together to protest many of the agency's moves in the last several months Modeled after Jay Bhattacharya's Great Barrington Declaration, they're asking him to hold true to his promise to embrace dissent statnews.com/2025/06/09/nih…

RFK Jr.'s promises to Cassidy are in the spotlight: statnews.com/2025/06/10/rfk…

Breaking: Private equity firm will finance Harvard research lab, in possible template for future statnews.com/2025/06/16/har… via STAT Allison DeAngelis

China, where obesity levels are low, becomes hotbed for weight loss drug trials statnews.com/2025/06/17/wei… via Allison DeAngelis

China has one of the lowest rates of obesity in the developed world. So why has it emerged as one of the top locations for testing the scores of new weight loss drugs cropping up every month? I dig into this for STAT! statnews.com/2025/06/17/wei…

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…

Interesting tidbit, for the times we're in: Vaccine developer Centivax has raised $45 million for a Series A round. The company plans to begin its first clinical trial of a universal flu vaccine early next year.

Amgen’s monthly obesity candidate led to substantial weight loss but a high rate of side effects and discontinuations in a mid-stage trial, Elaine Chen reports from the ADA conference in Chicago. statnews.com/2025/06/23/amg…

Top FDA drug regulator tells staff much is still in flux, as she prepares to retire Mike Davis, a psychiatrist who worked in psychedelics, introduced as CDER deputy director statnews.com/2025/06/24/top… via Lizzy Lawrence

.Elaine Chen reported earlier this month that fmr employees feel Novo Nordisk has been overly cautious in the obesity race. Now, Elaine has a great follow-up, where execs acknowledge their past conservative approach and map out the future. statnews.com/2025/06/25/nov…

Today is the last day to nominate for #STATWunderkinds! Wunderkinds is a chance to celebrate early-career researchers who are not yet independent scientists or program leaders. Have someone in mind? Nominate now: trib.al/DergPEo

New: AbbVie will pay up to $2.1 billion to acquire Capstan Therapeutics, a startup developing CAR-T therapies for autoimmune conditions, fibrosis, and cancer. statnews.com/2025/06/30/abb… $ABBV

#Breaking: The Senate passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut bill after last-minute changes to its health care provisions, as Republicans scrambled to get their party on board. trib.al/seVM5yZ

We love an interactive industry Bingo card 🤖🧪 statnews.com/2025/07/02/wha…

Inside the staff exodus and tanking morale that threaten Makary’s FDA by Lizzy Lawrence statnews.com/2025/07/07/fda…