Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

After discovering a drug he took for restless leg syndrome caused compulsive gambling, J. Aaron Sanders found himself facing ...

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The FTC settled a lawsuit against Express Scripts over allegations that the company artificially inflated the price of ...

The new PBM law could lead to employers buying directly from drugmakers, just like the administration is encouraging ...

Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, ...

FDA leaders tried to quell concerns about a controversial new program to fast-track certain drugs at an employee town hall ...

Brittany Trang talks to STAT's Mario Aguilar about Doctronic's Utah AI pilot and issues facing AI doctors, in this AI ...

Epic Systems announced more details around its long-anticipated AI Charting feature, which may disrupt the market for ambient ...

Trump administration officials vetoed the FDA's plan to fast-track the review of a psychedelic treatment for severe ...

Diabetes before or during pregnancy — whether pre-gestational, type 1, or type 2 — was associated with a higher risk of ...

The FDA last year wanted to expedite the review of Compass Pathways’ psilocybin treatment for severe depression as part of a ...