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Get the health information and medications you need every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. good morning. You have until 9pm ET tonight to vote in the final round of STAT Madness! Make your voice heard, then be sure to read Sarah Todd’s excellent article on the Fanny Dooley reversal attitude that RFK Jr. and others seem to be taking on peptides vs. vaccines. 12% How much does the White House want Congress to cut spending for the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the 2027 federal budget proposal released Friday? This is largely…

To commemorate its 150th anniversary and the arrival of a college basketball star in his home city, Eli Lilly released a video about how medicines impact lives. Indianapolis-based Lilly will celebrate its 150th anniversary next month. Although the full-fledged anniversary celebration is still a few weeks away, the company decided to start some of its campaigns early with the NCAA Final Four basketball game being held in Indianapolis this weekend. A spokesperson for Lilly said the basketball game created an early cultural moment in Lilly’s hometown. Lily’s video begins with the message, “It’s easy to think of medicine as being…

Researchers have identified four previously unknown species of tarantula in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, but they turned out to be much rarer than expected. “Based on both morphological and molecular data, they are so different from their closest relatives that we had to establish an entirely new genus to classify them, which we named Satyrex,” explains Dr. Alireza Zamani from the University of Turku, who led the study. The name Satilex is satyra half-man, half-animal figure from Greek mythology known for his exaggerated anatomy, with a Latin word. roarmeaning “king”. Record-breaking anatomy distinguishes these tarantulas This…

Novavax began an identity shift in 2023, moving away from the fully integrated business ambitions once fueled by the pandemic-era vaccine gold rush and toward a leaner structure built on an “amplification strategy.” After eliminating expensive commercial infrastructure and pivoting to a partnership model, the company is now positioning its Matrix-M vaccine adjuvant as a versatile, license-ready asset for other biopharmaceutical companies such as Sanofi and Pfizer. “The best way to increase access to our technology platform is to put it in the hands of our partners, right?” Sylvia Taylor, Novavax’s chief executive officer and head of its Swedish operations,…

Clinical researchers face explosive growth in trials for obesity, rare diseases, oncology, and more. Dive into top 2026 trials, AI-driven methodologies, decentralized trials, and strategies to overcome challenges.

Pharmacists are among the most accessible health care providers in the system. Their responsibilities now extend far beyond dispensing to include immunizations, medication management, chronic disease support, and preventive care efforts. However, even as clinical expectations expand, much of a pharmacist’s day can still be spent on operational tasks, limiting time to engage with patients.At many pharmacies, the workday is defined by constant interruptions, including calls regarding prescription status, prior authorization and insurance issues, and system alerts that require immediate attention. Individually, these disruptions are routine, but together they create a reactive workflow that takes pharmacists away from intensive clinical…

The 5th annual Abarca Forward Conference, hosted at the headquarters of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Abarca Health in San Juan, Puerto Rico, delved into important aspects of prior authorization (PA). This invitation-only event brought together payers, PBMs, specialty pharmacies, and clinicians to discuss how advances in technology and improved processes and communications can return PA to its roots in protecting patients while lowering healthcare costs.Abarca invited five leading PA companies to showcase their innovations and insights into today’s PA and utilization management transformation. Throughout the session, the speakers returned to one idea. The challenge is not just pre-approval, but the…

On a recent Saturday in Orem, it was sunny and warmer than usual, but the Cardons were indoors, surrounded by cardboard boxes and bubble wrap. As they cleared shelves and put away family photos, they spoke, sometimes tearfully, about the decision they slowly revealed to friends and neighbors. When the school year ends, the family of six leaves for Kansas City. This is something they never wanted to do, but Adrian and Jared Cardone are worried. Three of their four children strict asthma. When you get sick in the winter, you need supplemental oxygen, and when there’s smoke from wildfires,…

Most people think of Alzheimer’s disease as a disease of aging. But in reality, the changes that characterize the brain begin much earlier, around the third decade of life. In the early stages of these changes, protein tangles called tau begin to accumulate in a small region deep in the brain called the locus coeruleus, which is involved in sleep, attention, and wakefulness. Tau later spreads to other parts of the brain. The occurrence of tau tangles does not mean that a person has Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, Alzheimer’s disease affects nearly everyone to varying degrees. But because these changes…

The largest health insurance company and medical technology vendor Xeris Inc. must face a lawsuit alleging they conspired to reduce out-of-network reimbursements to health care providers, a federal judge ruled March 30. Judge Brian E. Murphy of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the plaintiffs, made up of several medical, dental, and chiropractic providers from multiple states, plausibly asserted antitrust standing and damages in this case. The judge denied Mr. Zellis and the insurance company’s joint motion to dismiss. The lawsuit centers on allegations brought by health care providers against Xellis, Aetna, Cigna, Elevance,…