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ASH19 Lymphoma
In the Lab

Tweaking how CAR-T therapy kills tumors could stop a dangerous side effect, study finds

By Sharon Begley

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The Readout LOUD

Listen: A J.P. Morgan recap, a plan to bust pharma monopolies, and a website for cancer patients

By Rebecca Robbins, Damian Garde, and Adam Feuerstein

stem cells from bone marrow
Health

Previously unseen mutations in stem cells of young donors can be passed to recipients, study finds

By Andrew Joseph

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Health

‘How long do I have?’ A website on cancer survival rates, from the co-founder of GoodRx, seeks to provide clarity

By Elizabeth Cooney

JPM 2020 Lombard St
Biotech

At JPM, a debate on Alzheimer’s disease, some family drama in oncology, and a beaten-down biotech

By Adam Feuerstein, Matthew Herper, and Damian Garde

SHATTERED DIGIPILL
Exclusive

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

By Rebecca Robbins

lung caner jan 20
Health

Not so fast: 5 reasons to view declining cancer death rates with a dash of skepticism

By Karen Weintraub

DNA strand repair
Biotech

Blueprint gains approval for its first drug, a treatment for a rare gastrointestinal cancer

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

Celgene
Pharmalot

They did what? Celgene backs out of a $55 million deal to settle claims of thwarting generics

By Ed Silverman

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Execs vow to place patients ahead of profits; conservatives like Republican drug pricing bill

By Ed Silverman

Lung cancer cell dividing
Health

U.S. cancer death rate drops by largest annual margin ever, report says

By Associated Press

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Cancer MoonShot 2016
Biotech

At 2020 deadline, progress in Patrick Soon-Shiong’s ‘cancer moonshot’ is hard to find

By Rebecca Robbins

Breast Cancer Cells
Health Tech

Google AI tool can pinpoint breast cancer better than clinicians, new study suggests

By Erin Brodwin

First Opinion

Precision medicine has a blind spot: children with cancer

By Gwen Nichols

Patient centric care
First Opinion

Improving the next generation of drugs through patient-centric design for clinical trials

By Richard Ghalie

Dr. Jonathan Hartwell
Matt's Take

The debate over America’s drug-pricing system is built on myths. It’s time to face reality

By Matthew Herper

Melanoma
In the Lab

New study in mice points to why melanoma spreads — and perhaps how to prevent metastasis

By Sharon Begley

Dr. Bar Peled
Health

In novel partnership with cancer group, biotech venture firm doles out grants for research

By Kate Sheridan

Good CEOs
Adam's Take

Here are the nominees for best biopharma CEO of 2019. Vote for your favorite!

By Adam Feuerstein

Play
The Readout LOUD

Listen: The future of CAR-T, an alarming cancer trend, and Sarepta’s FDA legacy

By Damian Garde, Rebecca Robbins, and Adam Feuerstein

Breast Cancer cells
Health

Breast cancer drug picked up by AstraZeneca shrinks tumors in majority of women with common tumor

By Matthew Herper

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Biotech

Bristol-Myers CMO on cell therapies: ‘This is the best time to be in drug development’

By Adam Feuerstein

ASH 19 - Fluorescent osteoblast cells
Biotech

Constellation’s blood cancer drug shows strong results, but skepticism may not fade

By Adam Feuerstein

Colorful DNA molecule
Biotech

Merck and Sanofi buy smaller cancer drug firms at big premiums, fueling investor excitement

By Matthew Herper

Infusion pump
Pharmalot

More hospital drug spending is going toward cancer immunotherapies

By Ed Silverman

Eli Lilly headquarters
Biotech

Eli Lilly places the team from a startup it bought in January in charge of its cancer research

By Matthew Herper

Charles L. Sawyers
Health

Longtime cancer researcher Charles Sawyers named first STAT Biomedical Innovation Award winner

By Shraddha Chakradhar

CAR-T Therapy in France
First Opinion

Letting academic medical centers make CAR-T drugs would save billions

By David Mitchell, Saad Kenderian, and S. Vincent Rajkumar

Exercise in space
In the Lab

Exercise helps astronauts cope with side effects of spaceflight. Could it help cancer patients too?

By Shraddha Chakradhar

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