Damian Garde

Eli Lilly’s obesity pill approved by FDA, setting up fierce competition with Novo Nordisk statnews.com/2026/04/01/eli…

I've never fully understood why Insilico Medicine is so popular. But talking to CEO @biogerontology, you start to understand why the company is the way it is — and why he wants to model it after SpaceX. Only in @statnews: statnews.com/2026/04/01/ins…

The scientists behind treating Baby KJ say the FDA is imposing standards that could make it too expensive for them — or any academics — to bring such bespoke therapies to approval. statnews.com/2026/03/31/bab…

America needs more clinics of last resort for patients who can’t get answers statnews.com/2026/03/31/und…

Biotech VCs move upstream in China’s scientific pipelines as competition grows fiercer statnews.com/2026/03/31/ven…

"This kind of hype is dangerous. It undermines more serious science and brings into play doubt about data that’s yet to be presented.” statnews.com/2026/03/31/psy…

Barry Bloom, former dean of @HarvardChanSPH & a leading immunologist, recently died at the age of 88. Two colleagues, @mlipsitch & Yonatan Grad, have written a lovely tribute of the man and his work. statnews.com/2026/03/30/bar…

In private meetings, White House works to win pharma companies’ support for drug pricing bill statnews.com/2026/03/27/mos…

RFK Jr. and a top adviser are continuing the search for a new CDC director past a statutory deadline. trib.al/4P0ZgHK

One thing that really makes the in-person summits we run at STAT so amazing: the people in the room. Here's what happened when we asked some of them for the last big breakthrough they saw. Featuring: the infectious @DrBlytheAdamson, genomcis pioneer @RobertGreene, former FDA CMO and ARCH VC @llborio, biotech leader @ksbosley, and the godfather himself, Stelios Papadopoulos. The answers: AI, gene and cell therapy combined with sequencing babies' DNA, a new take on mRNA vaccines, CRISPR, and data science in health. #STATBreakthrough

FDA approves Denali Therapeutics drug for Hunter syndrome statnews.com/2026/03/25/den…

WASHINGTON — Robert Malone, an outspoken medical doctor and ally of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is stepping away from a panel of federal vaccine advisers after a federal… trib.al/zvBLZ98

Health records giant Epic Systems has "opened up a Pandora’s box," @brittanytrang writes. What happens now? statnews.com/2026/03/23/epi…

Her son needed a fecal transplant for a fearsome C. diff infection. Getting one required a tortuous journey. trib.al/mskPTvJ

Pfizer’s Lyme vaccine shows efficacy, but misses key statistical hurdle statnews.com/2026/03/23/lym…

Inside the delicate, high-stakes search for a new CDC director, via @rickberke statnews.com/2026/03/20/new…

This week's Readout LOUD podcast is now available on all your favorite podcast outlets -- Stelios Papadopolous, the ‘godfather’ of biotech, in conversation with @damiangarde statnews.com/2026/03/20/rea… via @statnews

Adam Sherwat, the director of the office of infectious diseases in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, is leaving the agency. trib.al/TYaqdfn

How a Texas couple is getting rich off out-of-network medical bills statnews.com/2026/03/18/no-…

Very excited to interview former FDA commissioner Rob Califf about the recent turmoil at FDA, from leadership upheaval to politicization of science, at STAT's Breakthrough Summit East in NYC on Thursday. You can register for tickets here: statnews.com/stat-summit-ea… #STATBreakthrough