Andrew Joseph

EXCLUSIVE: Sarepta Therapeutics’ $SRPT Duchenne therapy faces ‘arduous’ path back to market, senior FDA official says statnews.com/2025/07/22/fda… via @Jasonmmast and me.

Latest: A race to develop a new class of narcolepsy drugs could not only transform treatment for patients with the rare sleep disorder, but also many people with common health conditions like Alzheimer's and depression who struggle to stay awake. statnews.com/2025/07/22/nar…

Replimune $REPL skin cancer therapy rejected by FDA The decision is another signal that the FDA’s top regulator of cell and gene therapies is taking a hardened stance on new drug approvals statnews.com/2025/07/22/rep…

The lesson of Sarepta Therapeutics vs. the FDA is clear, @matthewherper writes: In medicine, listening to critics, and responding with data, is the surest path forward. statnews.com/2025/07/21/sar…

FDA to request Sarepta Therapeutics halt shipments of Duchenne gene therapy statnews.com/2025/07/18/sar… via @statnews

Patient dies in Sarepta gene therapy trial, adding to safety concerns statnews.com/2025/07/18/sar…

Sarepta Therapeutics lays off one-third of workforce in drastic cost-cutting move, terminates work on other gene therapies We'll be doing a bit more reporting on this. I'm reachable at [email protected] and JasonMast.05 on Signal statnews.com/2025/07/16/sar…

The FDA commissioner is a gifted talker — but the job is about more than that statnews.com/2025/07/14/fda…

Since becoming health secretary, RFK Jr. has installed former prominent members of that group and other vaccine skeptics in positions at the department he runs or agencies it oversees. Here is who that includes and what it means: statnews.com/2025/07/14/ant…

Event alert! Free tickets to attend STAT's event at the Broad Institute on innovations in women's health are almost gone. The event will feature an on-stage interview with @BillGates and a panel of scientists doing amazing work. If you want to be in the room, sign up now.…

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine owns a stem cell biobank that was once the largest of its kind in the world. It's now racing to sell off thousands of samples before many of them are discarded. My latest for @statnews statnews.com/2025/07/11/ste…

How the GOP, behind closed doors, pushed through health industry fears and passed historic Medicaid cuts statnews.com/2025/07/08/tru…

Exclusive: I spoke with 15 employees at the FDA to get a sense of how the agency is functioning since the April 1 layoffs. They described tanking morale and an intensifying staff exodus. Read more here: statnews.com/2025/07/07/fda…

How the Senate’s bill would reshape health care statnews.com/2025/07/02/tru…

#Breaking: The Senate passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut bill after last-minute changes to its health care provisions, as Republicans scrambled to get their party on board. trib.al/seVM5yZ

European countries and universities have made waves with plans to woo American scientists. But some European researchers say the region needs to fix the issues that have long held it back if it really wants to be a scientific powerhouse statnews.com/2025/06/30/fra…

Today is the last day to nominate for #STATWunderkinds! Wunderkinds is a chance to celebrate early-career researchers who are not yet independent scientists or program leaders. Have someone in mind? Nominate now: trib.al/DergPEo

The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, empowered by RFK Jr., is just getting started   statnews.com/2025/06/26/cdc… via @statnews

Worried about “too many shots, too soon”? Kids today get more vaccines than in 1986 - but are exposed to far fewer immune triggers: 165 antigens today vs ~3,200 in a single 1980s shot. I explain in @statnews. Thanks to @thekibosch for the thoughtful edit.…

Susan Monarez, the nominee to lead the #CDC, supported vaccines during her appearance today before the Senate HELP committee, but side-stepped questions aimed at seeing if she distances herself from the anti-vax views of her would-be boss, Secretary Kennedy.…