Nobel-winning neuroscientist faces scrutiny for data discrepancies in more than a dozen papers

Südhof says mistakes in co-authored publications are honest errors that don’t affect studies' conclusions ⁦Science Magazine⁩ ⁦Elisabeth Bik⁩ science.org/content/articl…

Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak wired.com/story/change-h…

The phrase “cautiously optimistic” was repeated 11 times during the Pfizer 1Q24 earnings call, according to Leerink Partners analyst David Risinger. $PFE

DEA reverses course to avert morphine shortages statnews.com/2024/05/01/dea…

I just went full turtle...

Moderna breaks off deal with CRISPR company Metagenomi

By ⁦Jason Mast⁩ statnews.com/2024/05/01/mod…

As private equity dominates wheelchair market, users wait months for repairs statnews.com/2024/05/01/whe…

In Covid hearing, lawmakers look to bar funds for virus researchers statnews.com/2024/05/01/cov…

Experimental gene therapy seems to alleviate symptoms tied to rare disease statnews.com/2024/05/01/gen…

Brain biopsies on 'vulnerable' patients at Mount Sinai set off alarm bells at FDA

By ⁦Katherine Eban⁩ in ⁦STAT⁩. statnews.com/2024/05/01/bra…

NYPD entering Columbia’s Hamilton Hall where protestors are.
CBS New York

NYPD moving onto Columbia campus in huge waves.

Headed to Hamilton Hall.

People gathered at 116th and Amsterdam booed police as they entered campus.

On campus students calling ‘shame’ at police.

Link to live coverage on WKCR, below. Columbia’s student station — incredible.

From a patient who couldn’t get her health needs covered: “They’ve made it so complicated that nobody can use this system . . . Bigger is not always more efficient. Bigger is more convoluted.” The perspective we need on more of our economy, esp. healthcare.

Patients will have more choice with expanded methadone access statnews.com/2024/04/29/exp…

Today is the last day U.S. hospitals will be required to report COVID admissions, capacity, or occupancy data to the federal government.

This will make it even more difficult to track the state of the ongoing COVID pandemic, as well as monitor potential pandemics like bird flu.

Eli Lilly raises earnings guidance as Zepbound sales beat expectations statnews.com/2024/04/30/eli…

Eli Lilly just hiked its 2024 guidance on strong sales of Mounjaro & Zepbound and 'greater visibility' into its production expansion for the rest of the year.

More on $LLY's Q1 results:
cnbc.com/2024/04/30/eli…

Biden's cybersecurity plan for hospitals entails carrots first, then sticks, a top health official says. trib.al/tCJyzQm

Standing room only for ⁦STAT⁩ DC policy event with ⁦Ed Markey⁩ and many others.

Would really love if Meta could solve the “don’t send birthday alerts for the deceased” problem. Seems like something generative AI could do?