Follow Elaine Chen as she takes on a broader beat covering the biotech industry after absolutely crushing STAT's coverage of weight-loss drugs!

The Arizona Supreme Court shook up the national abortion debate this week, ruling that a ban originally passed in 1864 could be enforced. Host julie rovner and panelists Alice Miranda Ollstein, Rachel Cohrs Zhang, & Rachel Roubein discuss the ruling and more on #WTHealth : kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…

Medicare expects to spend $3.5 billion on the Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi in 2025 — well beyond what Wall Street or even the drug's manufacturer has projected. Read more from Rachel Cohrs Zhang and me: statnews.com/2024/04/11/med…

More tumult at BIO: The group's top lobbyist exits suddenly, and its new CEO signals that more changes may be on the way statnews.com/2024/04/10/bio…

The exit of BIO's top lobbyist might be part of a larger shakeup under the trade group's new CEO John Crowley. By Rachel Cohrs Zhang and me. statnews.com/2024/04/10/bio…

News: Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is weighing his exit from the Biden administration — likely after the November election — to run for California governor in 2026.

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Hospitals must report charity care to the government and their investors / bondholders. But charity care numbers are not always the same — and in some cases are way off. Tara Bannow did some digging and found big inconsistencies at HCA and elsewhere. statnews.com/2024/04/08/hca…

Boehringer Ingelheim layoffs are a sign of dysfunctional Humira biosimilar market statnews.com/2024/04/04/boe… via John Wilkerson

The market is so dysfunctional that Boehringer Ingelheim already is laying off or relocating the sales force for its Humira biosimilar. statnews.com/2024/04/04/boe…

We at STAT are thrilled to be honored with three finalists, for work by Casey Ross Bob Herman Rachel Cohrs Zhang Tara Bannow (in partnership with betsy ladyzhets 📊 MuckRock and the Tradeoffs team). Congrats to all the winners!

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Congratulations to all the incredible finalists for the 30th annual NIHCM awards. At STAT we're honored to have three finalists, Bob Herman Casey Ross Rachel Cohrs Zhang Tara Bannow, including our partners at Tradeoffs

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Senate Finance Committee leaders Mike Crapo and Ron Wyden rallied with pharmacists on a lovely spring morning at the Capitol this morning to push for PBM reform by March 22.

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The circumstances so deftly reported and described by Lev Facher should cause lawmakers and regulators to take notice and take action.

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In oral arguments, drug companies likened leaving Medicare to giving up an arm.

“A lot of people would say pharmaceutical companies could give up an arm. They have a lot of appendages,” the judge said.

STAT' Rachel Cohrs' summary of today's debate:

statnews.com/2024/03/07/med…

A federal judge today heard a quadruple oral argument against Medicare drug price negotiation. Rachel Cohrs Zhang had the nearly impossible job of writing about it. statnews.com/2024/03/07/med…