Jan. 18, 2023... The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reported Wednesday that a phase 3 clinical trial of an HIV vaccine was stopped because the vaccine was ineffective at preventing infection.
July 6, 2022... The STAT summer book/podcast list is back: Check out recommendations from @michaelpollan, @doctorsoumya, @mclemoremr, @drpennyheaton, STAT readers and staff, and more!
Feb. 16, 2022... In 2021, President Biden named Desmond-Hellmann to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a recognition that capped a long career in the philanthropic, academic, and pharmaceutical worlds. She’d recently stepped down from the top position at the Gates Foundation, where she helped vaccine researcher Penny Heaton launch the nonprofit Gates Medical Research…
Feb. 16, 2022... In July 2021, Janssen hired Heaton away from the Gates Foundation, where she’d been director of vaccine development for eight years, and CEO of the Gates Medical Research Institute since its 2018 launch. That landed her in a debate over the efficacy of the “one-dose” adenovirus vaccine developed by Janssen, a division of Johnson &…
Dec. 17, 2021... Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine was going to be the shot for the world. Now, under the weight of a mountain of bad PR, one wonders if the world will want it.
Dec. 16, 2021... A panel that advises the CDC gave a rare preferential recommendation to the Covid vaccines based on messenger RNA technology on Thursday..
Nov. 17, 2021... There’s a changing of the guard at Janssen, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines division. In June, the company announced that Penny Heaton, formerly the founding CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, was joining Janssen as the global therapeutic area head for vaccines, taking over from Johan Van Hoof, who retires at the…
Oct. 15, 2021... Follow STAT's @HelenBranswell and @matthewherper as they live blog the FDA advisory committee meeting on the J&J Covid vaccine booster.
June 18, 2021... From new hires to departures, promotions and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.
July 14, 2020... Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine led patients to produce antibodies that can neutralize the novel coronavirus that causes the disease, while causing minor side effects in many patients.
June 21, 2019... Need a new book to dive into? Check out the great health, medicine, and science reads on STAT's annual summer book list.
June 7, 2018... The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is building a biotech nonprofit, focusing on diseases that disproportionately affect the poor.
