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Data show panic and disorganization dominate the study of Covid-19 drugs

By Matthew Herper and Erin Riglin

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Pharma giants to unveil major $1 billion venture to push novel antibiotics

By Ed Silverman

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Researcher involved in retracted Lancet study has faculty appointment terminated, as details in scandal emerge

By Matthew Herper and Kate Sheridan

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Gilead ups its donation of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir for U.S. hospitals

By Eric Boodman

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Biotech’s new chief lobbyist says she’s a social justice advocate. Will the industry walk the walk?

By Nicholas Florko and Matthew Herper

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A secret experiment revealed: In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson’s with a novel brain cell transplant

By Sharon Begley

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Inside the NIH’s controversial decision to stop its big remdesivir study

By Matthew Herper

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Many states are far short of Covid-19 testing levels needed for safe reopening, new analysis shows

By Sharon Begley

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Director of U.S. agency key to vaccine development leaves role suddenly amid coronavirus pandemic

By Nicholas Florko

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Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment

By Adam Feuerstein and Matthew Herper

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Rapid coronavirus test, commonly used in U.S., may miss infections in some situations

By Matthew Herper

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Contract offers unprecedented look at Google deal to obtain patient data from the University of California

By Rebecca Robbins

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CDC director: More person-to-person coronavirus infections in U.S. likely, but containment still possible

By Helen Branswell

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This VC firm once pledged to never invest in health care. Now it’s launching its third life sciences fund

By Erin Brodwin

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Top WHO official says it’s not too late to stop the new coronavirus outbreak

By Helen Branswell

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Medical data startup Syapse cuts 10% of workforce as it prioritizes data analytics and insights

By Rebecca Robbins

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Verily tangos at JPM with a health tech partner — and steps on a few toes

By Erin Brodwin

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A forerunner in ‘smart pills’ adopts a new tack as key pharma partnership unravels

By Rebecca Robbins

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The history of OxyContin, told through unsealed Purdue documents

By Shraddha Chakradhar and Casey Ross

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Purdue’s Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks, and wanted drug maker feared ‘like a tiger,’ files show

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Citing ‘nerd tunnel vision,’ biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein

By Sharon Begley

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PhRMA’s top lobbyist will leave at the end of August

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The latest CRISPR patent fight is on. So is the mudslinging

By Sharon Begley

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Fight for coveted CRISPR patents gets knottier, as MilliporeSigma makes new claims

By Sharon Begley

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Billionaire Sean Parker is nerding out on cancer research. Science has never seen anyone quite like him

By Rebecca Robbins

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GSK partners with CRISPR pioneer Doudna to search for new drugs

By Matthew Herper

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One of the world’s best drug hunters went after Alzheimer’s. Here’s how he lost

By Matthew Herper

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Troubled microbiome startup uBiome to lay off some employees, refund payments from federal insurers

By Rebecca Robbins

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‘She’s wiggling her toes’: New fetal surgery for spina bifida may be safer for both baby and mom

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