October 8, 2025
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STAT+ | Digital health M&A picks up, driven by AI and private equity

As startups run out of cash and companies and investors angle for AI dominance, digital health is ripe for deals in 2025.

By Mario Aguilar


STAT+ | Pharma companies scramble to make deals with Trump after Pfizer scored White House praise

Pharma companies are hoping to announce deals of their own with President Trump as soon as this week, sources told STAT.

By Daniel Payne


More people with psychosis are using cannabis. Medical professionals are worried

THC is known to induce and exacerbate psychosis. New study finds that marijuana use in people with the disorder has risen after legalization.

By O. Rose Broderick



Opinion: When patients refuse cancer treatment

On the “First Opinion Podcast,” an oncologist and a breast cancer survivor discuss the complicated relationship between doctor and cancer patient.

By Torie Bosch


Court ruling allows Medicare to negotiate prices for larger number of drugs

An appeals court declined to limit the government's ability to lump drugs with the same ingredient together.

By John Wilkerson


STAT+ | Sarepta suffers a setback as N.Y. panel recommends state Medicaid pause coverage of Duchenne drug

A board also recommended the state should evaluate a forthcoming regimen that Sarepta is developing to mitigate the risk of liver failure in patients.

By Ed Silverman


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Opinion: Patients shouldn’t be pressured to ‘just check that box’ on informed consent forms

Informed consent is integral to providing high-quality health care, yet it is too often treated as an obstacle.

By Sarah Wright


STAT+ | Opinion: 5 things to consider to bring ambient digital scribes to clinical research

Bringing AI scribes into clinical research will bring regulatory, ethical, contextual, and technical requirements.

By Elise Felicione


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