October 17, 2025
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STAT+ | FDA announces first nine recipients of priority drug review vouchers

Agency promises one- to two-month drug reviews for Sanofi’s diabetes drug and Regeneron gene therapy, among others

By Lizzy Lawrence


STAT+ | German biotech Tubulis raises $358 million to advance cancer treatments

The company, which is developing antibody-drug conjugates, will use the funding to push its lead drug candidate into trials in additional types of cancer. 

By Andrew Joseph


STAT+ | Funding cuts threaten new generation of cancer immunotherapies, researcher says

"We're so close." Dr. Miriam Merad says NIH cuts could derail life-saving cancer research just as scientists close in on new immune cell–based therapies.

By Elizabeth Cooney



From left, STAT's Adam Feuerstein chats with Capricor Therapeutics CEO Linda Marbán and Replimune CEO Sushil Patel at the STAT Summit in Boston on Wednesday.
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STAT+ | Biotech leaders say uncertainty at FDA threatens drug development

After losing key staff and leadership, FDA rejections of Replimune and Capricor therapies show how instability threatens biotech innovation – and patients.

By Lizzy Lawrence


Former NIH leaders lament ‘constant chaos’ at the agency, and caution it’s not over

Former NIH leaders say the worst may be yet to come at NIH, where this year has been "like living in a washing machine."

By O. Rose Broderick


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