Lev Facher

Washington Correspondent

Lev Facher is a Washington Correspondent for STAT, reporting on the politics of health and life sciences. He has written extensively about the federal government's response to the opioid crisis, the pharmaceutical industry's influence on Capitol Hill, and federally funded biomedical research. Lev earned an economics degree from the University of Michigan, where he worked as managing editor of The Michigan Daily. You can reach him via email at lev.facher@statnews.com and by phone/WhatsApp/Signal at (510)-374-8880.

Politics

Lev Facher

Washington Correspondent

Drug pricing could be a slam-dunk campaign issue for Democrats — if only they had a plan

FDA will broaden how it evaluates new addiction treatment drugs

Series of ethical stumbles tests NIH’s reliance on private sector for research funding

Democrats take aim at high drug prices with bill allowing Medicare to negotiate

With latest defeat in South Dakota, drug pricing initiatives unlikely to see the ballot in 2018

Drug industry takes center stage in Senate race, as Hugin punches back against Menendez

Read the fine print: N.J. senator sets up phony health news website to attack challenger Bob Hugin

Hugin comes under fire in New Jersey Senate campaign ad for hiking drug prices

System for reporting suspicious opioid orders repeatedly failed, report finds

Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s pick for court, has left trail of opinions on health care and pharma issues

Trump lashes out against Pfizer over hiking of drug prices

A new messaging tactic on the left: Drug prices rise, as pharma prospers from tax law

Signaling concern over industry funding, Congress presses for transparency at groups supporting NIH, CDC

Justice Department announces crackdown on fraudulent opioid prescriptions

With bipartisan backing, Congress appears likely to increase NIH budget yet again

What’s in the House’s bills to address the opioid crisis — and what’s not

Number of drug makers lobbying Congress on pricing issues skyrockets

Facebook to redirect users searching for opioids to federal crisis help line

Lev Facher

Washington Correspondent

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