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Gottlieb on the newly announced infant formula initiative Operation Stork Speed at #STATBreakthrough
March 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Former FDA commissioner Robert Califf to @matthewherper.bsky.social on why political appointees shouldn't get involved in approval decisions: "Once you open that up, that's a precedent that opens the door to political lobbying and favoritism and all sorts of other issues." #STATBreakthrough
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Until there is an effective way to elevate concerns about papers and have them reliably address, then a space has been created for people to make up how they're going to do it," he says. "But it's not happening at the moment."

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May 16, 2024 at 8:04 PM
More from Jim Wilson on the international scope of his gene therapy work, speaking at #STATBreakthrough:
March 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ahead of a panel at #STATBreakthrough, UnitedHealth sent a statement about how STAT's Pulitzer-recognized investigation of UnitedHealthcare using AI to deny claims is false and accuses STAT of "profiting" off of bias.

UnitedHealth has never gone on the record with STAT on this topic.
May 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Bill Nye takes the #STATBreakthrough East stage for a rare, personal conversation about ataxia — a neurological disease that has impacted his family for generations.
Don’t miss this powerful discussion.
Get your tickets: www.statnews.com/stat-summit-...
@aniloza.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Pleased to be able to speak at the #StatBreakthrough Summit today for #StatNews. And happy to be doing it with my friend and colleague Cathy Collet.
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2024 Breakthrough Summit East - STAT
At 2024 Breakthrough Summit East, we gather industry leaders & patients to find real answers on how to make sure that science is benefiting the ones who desperately need it.
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March 21, 2024 at 11:55 AM
RFK Jr.'s comments on vitamin A and cod liver oil as treatments for measles are "extremely damaging because the impression it leaves to consumers is that there is a treatment available for measles, when in fact there is not," former FDA head @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social says at #STATBreakthrough:
March 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wilson of Gemmabio going thru logic of gene therapy dev and rare and unmet need. Interesting watching his thought process as I have one of the “rare” ones in my mind (that really isn’t all that rare). #statbreakthrough @statnews
March 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a story everyone needs to read in @statnews.com. Casey Ross interviewing Megan Bent about how AI was used to deny her dad’s care, which led to a lot of suffering. www.statnews.com/denied-by-ai... #STATBreakthrough
May 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A invigorating, late-afternoon reality-check on the status of science:

APHA head Georges Benjamin, NEJM editor-in-chief Eric Rubin, and OpenAI and Pfizer board member Susan Desmond-Hellman

Check out their 🔥 quotes below:

#sciencesky #publichealth 🧪🩺🧬💊🧫💉
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"It's so uncommon for me to be this angry, and there's a reason I'm angry. Americans, who deserve better, Americans of all ages…they will suffer and die as a result of what Mr. Kennedy and his colleagues are doing." - Susan Desmond-Hellmann onstage at #STATBreakthrough
May 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A Stanford assistant professor and a Berkeley assistant professor walk into the #STATBreakthrough summit. There’s no punchline, just commiserating about the destruction of American science.
May 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"There were definitely mistakes" in the public health response to Covid, former CDC director @drtomfrieden.bsky.social said at #STATBreakthrough:
March 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Denied by AI

AI has the potential to improve and personalize health care. But what happens when the interests of a health insurance company employing the technology don’t align with those of the patient? Hear the stories of two speakers who were impacted by the use of an AI tool.
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May 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
STAT's @mariojoze.bsky.social has three VCs on stage now at the #STATBreakthrough summit.

He asks about the recent Hinge and Omada IPOs and what it means for health tech:
May 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
On all the 🤑health tech IPOs lately (Omada, Hims, Hinge), Lux Capital's Deena Shakir says: "I think all of this is not a coincidence. I think it’s a referendum and it's foretelling for what next year and the years to come will bring for digital health." #STATBreakthrough
May 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Good morning from NYC!
It's #STATBreakthrough Summit Day!

We have a packed day with over 20 panels.
You can still get virtual passes and explore the full agenda here: www.statnews.com/stat-summit-...

Follow along for live updates!
March 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Hmm. What can we learn from these models for people dealing w much more devastating conditions? #Statbreakthrough ⁦‪@statnews
March 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🎙️ “There’s a gap that won’t be filled... when we lose trainees.”

— Yes, mentorship and the future of biomedical science are at risk. Misinformation and politicized attacks push young talent away from the field

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May 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Leading oncologists said this week that AI will one day be as integrated into cancer care as it is in smartphones — and that this is a change we should welcome. My latest for @statnews.com on a #STATBreakthrough panel moderated by @angusrohan.bsky.social
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Cancer leaders lay out an optimistic vision for how AI will enhance patient care
Leading oncologists said AI will one day be as integrated into cancer care as it is in smartphones and self-driving cars. #STATBreakthrough
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May 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"The federal government might pause, but the measles virus doesn’t pause. Bacteria and viruses don’t pause. They accelerate when we let down our guard,” former CDC director Tom Frieden said at #STATBreakthrough today statnews.com/2025/03/20/t... via @owermohle.bsky.social for @statnews.com
Former CDC director Tom Frieden shares warning for RFK Jr. on measles outbreak
Wavering on vaccines and slashing public health spending could allow the Texas outbreak to turn into a disaster, Frieden says at #STATBreakthrough.
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March 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The preliminary agenda for our STATBreakthrough Summit East is live! Now through the end of February, use the promo code FEB2024 to save 20% off of your virtual Breakthrough East pass.
Register here: www.statnews.com/2024-breakth...
February 13, 2024 at 9:51 PM
How Trump administration actions on DEI and funding cuts are impacting science and research, with Melissa Simon, Jonathan Jackson, @hollylynchez.bsky.social, and STAT's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social at #STATBreakthrough:
March 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Live from NY 🗽 #IncludedHealth is on Bluesky! 🦋

TODAY: CEO Owen Tripp was on stage at the @statnews.com #STATBreakthrough Summit discussing how #ObesityCare + #HealthTech are shifting the future of healthcare.

#GLP1 #VirtualCare
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Included Health CEO Owen Tripp:
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On pharma's AI ambitions, Ryan Fukushima of AI precision med co Tempus says the big Q is whether docs actually change their decisions based on his company's insights. If they do, "the datasets can scale quite dramatically" in oncology, neuropsych, rare diseases. #STATBreakthrough
May 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM