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The $230 billion nobody needs to approve
Inside the $230 billion our new Longevity Biotech Report says the pipeline is already worth – no regulatory rewrite requ…
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STAT+: Licensing deals on generic versions of Roche flu drug aimed at preparing for pandemic
With an eye toward pandemic preparedness, a U.N.-backed agency has signed sub-licensing deals related to generic version…
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Creatine Protects Lean Mass Even Without Exercise
According to a new study, creatine supplementation might help maintain and increase lean mass even without diet or exerc…
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STAT+: Lilly wins approval for once-weekly insulin shot
The FDA approved Eli Lilly’s Onswik, a once-weekly basal insulin for adults with type 2 diabetes, offering patients an a…
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AI model predicts pancreatic cancer risk 3 years before diagnosis
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have designed an artificial intelligence model that could predict an individual's risk of dev…
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Metastatic colorectal cancer is more advanced in younger patients than in older ones, but they survive longer
Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) continues to increase among patients 45 and younger. Their longer survival and diffe…
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Opinion: FDA commissioner nominee Heidi Overton is ignoring the science on abortion drug
“With this latest appointment, mifepristone has a new boss but an old problem,” writes Julie F. Kay, founder and CEO of …
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a reticent FDA commish nominee, a Novo deal, and more
President Trump’s nominee to lead the FDA was grilled by senators on hot button topics like China, vaccines, and abortio…
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Federal judge rolls back landmark disability protections
The Justice Department said in June that it would no longer enforce laws that prioritized people with disabilities livin…
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Known Cancer-Associated Genetic Sequences are More Conserved in Long-Lived Species
Suppression of cancer is a necessary component of species longevity, and finding out how exactly cancer incidence is in …
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Arguing for Some Age-Related Changes in Cognitive Function to be Adaptive and Programmed
Here find a small slice of programmed aging consideration focused on some of the changes in cognitive function that take…
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How Big Tobacco flooded the FDA with public comments to kill a menthol cigarette ban
Virtually all of the 175,000 public comments on a 2022 FDA proposal to ban menthol cigarettes were form letters, most ec…
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At least five candidates vie to become the next WHO leader, as questions over U.S. role loom
At least five candidates are in the running to become the next director-general of the WHO, a job that will come with ex…
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Organ‐Specific Proteomic Aging Clocks Reveal Complexities Underlying the Healthy Drinking Paradox
Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 10, October 2026.…
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STAT+: FDA commissioner nominee Heidi Overton keeps opinions to herself in Senate hearing
Senators focused on asking Overton about vaccines, abortion, and vapes.…
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The FDA’s Overton era, and dispatches from Shanghai
The Readout LOUD is going international this week with a dispatch from Shanghai, along with notes on the FDA's Overton e…
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Giving Cells Fresh Mitochondria Helps Clear Damaged Ones
Researchers have discovered that BNIP3, which regulates mitochondrial maintenance, is increased with aging, harming the …
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Proposing a Novel Set of Proxy Measures of Aging Rate
It is well understood in the aging research community that the lack of a useful, consensus measure of biological age or …
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Senate Finance committee backs Chris Klomp, advancing him to full Senate vote
Klomp, a behind-the-scenes HHS power player, is likely to be confirmed as second-in-command to RFK Jr.…
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STAT+: Indonesian ruling against ‘patent evergreening’ by pharma industry sends critical message, patient advocates say
A recent court decision in Indonesia sends an important message to other countries to challenge the pharma industry's us…
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STAT+: Kyverna’s cell therapy shows lasting autoimmune benefit
Kyverna Therapeutics is one step closer to launching the first cell therapy for an autoimmune disease, with new data in …
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the FDA commissioner nominee, a Lilly partnership in China, and more
During a Senate hearing today, Heidi Overton, the nominee to lead the FDA, plans to emphasize the need for speed and eff…
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STAT+: The rise of the AI-native radiology practice
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Radiology startups say owning a practice makes it easier to develop AI tools, and i…
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One of the most contagious diseases on the planet is having its worst U.S. outbreak since 1991
The CDC has added a single measles death to its online counter. In the last few weeks, four unvaccinated people have die…