Why does getting household medical insurance by a job value as a lot as shopping for a brand new automotive? How did a whistleblower tackle an insurance coverage contractor? And who could be the brand new Meals and Drug Administration commissioner?
We focus on all that and extra on this week’s episode of “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s weekly biotech podcast.
STAT reporter Bob Herman joins us to debate his new collection, “Out of Pocket, Out of Attain,” which dives into how hovering prices for medical insurance are hurting Individuals and small enterprise house owners. We additionally communicate with Chris Deacon, who filed a whistleblower lawsuit after recognizing how an insurer might have violated contracts to supply well being advantages for New Jersey’s state employees.
We additionally focus on the most recent information in life sciences, together with Anthropic’s push into drug improvement and Vertex’s largest-ever acquisition.
To learn the “Out of Pocket, Out of Attain” collection, go right here; for extra data on AstraZeneca and Ionis Pharma’s trial failure, go right here; for extra data on the FDA commissioner candidates, go right here; to examine Vertex’s acquisition of Crinetics, go right here; and to examine Claude Science, go right here.
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