April 25, 2025

STAT+ | Trump’s first 100 days, seen through 5 lives: Grants terminated. Dreams crushed. Futures in the balance

Massive disruptions at the National Institutes of Health, job cuts, and choked off funding inflict pain far and wide

By Angus Chen, Usha Lee McFarling, Jonathan Wosen, and Megan Molteni


STAT+ | NIH announces six new acting institute directors, many of them filling posts of ousted predecessors

Many are filling vacancies created by the ouster of predecessors as part of Trump administration’s reshaping of science and health agencies

By Jonathan Wosen


STAT+ | Struggling lobbyists, panicked clients: D.C. comes to grips with Trump’s second term

Trump's second term is playing out a lot differently than health care companies and their lobbyists hoped for.

By Daniel Payne



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STAT+ | With the FDA in turmoil, the ‘revolving door’ with industry is spinning faster

The departures appear to run counter to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s goal of eliminating conflicts of interest.

By Allison DeAngelis, Jason Mast, and Elaine Chen


STAT+ | Akeso wins Chinese approval for cancer drug positioned to rival Merck’s Keytruda

New data show early hints of the medicine improving patient survival — the gold standard outcome of any cancer study

By Jonathan Wosen


STAT+ | Vanderbilt medical center warns suppliers not to raise prices due to tariffs, or they may not get paid

Hospitals and health plans are concerned about price hikes, although VUMC is taking a particularly aggressive stance.

By Ed Silverman


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Opinion: NIH cuts will set back research into the rare disease that has terrorized my family

Work on Li-Fraumeni syndrome, which makes people susceptible to a host of cancers, could be set back years or even decades because of NIH cuts.

By Jim Higgins


STAT+ | Court ruling opens door to FDA action against Ozempic compounders

The ruling is the latest development in the fight between compounding pharmacies and pharma companies over who can make GLP-1 drugs and when.

By Elaine Chen


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