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Recording artist and venture capital investor D.A. Wallach's perspective on medicine changed when his wife died after giving birth. Hear what he had to say at the #STATSummit about the lobbying groups that keep health care from truly helping everyone, including patients.
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' Dr. Yvonne Greenstreet said she believes the company's experimental #heartdrug vutrisiran will become a multibillion-dollar product for ATTR-cardiomyopathy, despite increasing competition. For the last 20 years, Alnylam has converted Nobel-winning research on RNA-based gene-silencing into medicines, winning approvals for drugs delivered to the liver. That’s where some misfolded proteins are made, and in an increasingly diagnosed heart disease called ATTR cardiomyopathy, they eventually jam up muscles in the heart and contribute to heart failure. But ATTR isn't the company's only target. If vutrisiran is approved next year to treat ATTR-CM, Greenstreet is ready to embrace competition. Read more from her appearance at #STATSummit here: https://trib.al/2dPvm2J
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Shelby Campbell, a young girl with beta thalassemia, received bluebird bio’s gene therapy for the disease which offered her a one-time cure. But it also meant enduring a difficult, months-long journey. She shared her story alongside her mother Michelle at #STATSummit. Read more about the family's journey here: https://trib.al/V8a4NoY #genetherapy #raredisease #betathalassemia
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Ramisa Fariha, PhD, a biomedical engineer at Brown University’s RNA Center, credits the famed wrestler Dave Bautista as her inspiration for a career in science. Watch this clip to understand why. Read more from three of this year's #STATWunderkinds who discussed the importance of translational research with Nicholas St. Fleur at #STATSummit: https://trib.al/PRl4HH7
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“What do they have right as you’re trying to check out? All of the junk food. The last thing I want is my grandkids pitching a fit in front of everybody in the store. So you buy it,” said Robert Califf. The cardiologist and commissioner of the U.S. FDA has been deeply involved in cardiovascular research: investigating health outcomes, health care quality, and clinical research in large, complex studies. As part of a series of interviews with STAT, Califf discussed why cardiovascular health is moving in the wrong direction, how primary care is the missing piece, where technology might make a difference, and the impact of obesity drugs. https://trib.al/jV3414g
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"It's one of the simplest, safest, most effective vaccines that's ever been made." Listen to Barney Graham talk about the #mRNA Covid-19 vaccines during #STATSummit.
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Last month, Summit Therapeutics, Inc.'s ivonescimab beat Merck's blockbuster Keytruda in a head-to-head lung cancer trial. CEO Dr. Maky Zanganeh discussed how she and co-CEO Bob Duggan are thinking about the company's future at #STATSummit.
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UnitedHealth Group rewarded doctors for completing checkups with Medicare Advantage patients and pushed them to diagnose more illnesses. Read the new story in our 'Health Care's Colossus' investigation here: https://trib.al/6UaAXQd
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STAT asked former Trump adviser Joe Grogan about the former president's 'concepts of a plan' for #healthcare during the 2024 #STATSummit. Grogan also laid out how the GOP should revisit fights over drug pricing and the ACA during this session. Read more from this interview here: https://trib.al/25hDj6V