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STAT Plus: After 10 hours and a pile of rejected amendments, Democrats advance their drug pricing bill out of two key committees

By Nicholas Florko

Nicholas Florko/STAT

Republicans offered amendment after amendment to try to change the bill — some snarky and political, some more serious. Democrats rejected all of them.

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STAT Plus: The company behind the first-ever CBD-based drug is now eyeing everything from multiple sclerosis to autism

By Nicholas Florko

Kathy Young/AP

GW Pharmaceuticals makes the first-ever CBD-based prescription drug. Here’s what it wants to do with the marijuana derivative next.

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Competitor accuses 23andMe of ‘false negatives’ in cancer-gene testing

By Sharon Begley

Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for LARAS

In a new study, Invitae concludes that in some ethnic groups the chance that 23andMe's tests will miss a cancer-causing DNA variant is 100%.

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STAT Plus: Sanofi pulls Zantac from the U.S., joining a growing list of companies recalling heartburn meds

By Ed Silverman

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The drug maker explained the recall is taking place now as a “precautionary measure” due to “possible contamination” caused by an impurity called NDMA.

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The ‘unbelievable journey’ of CRISPR, now on Netflix

By Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein

Netflix

Mankind's ability to edit the fabric of human life has led to scientific upheaval and global debate. Now, "Unnatural Selection" hopes to explain it all.

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With European backing, the world is on the brink of the first approved Ebola vaccine

By Helen Branswell

DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images

A panel of the European Medicines Agency recommended conditional marketing authorization for Merck’s experimental Ebola vaccine.

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Friday, October 18, 2019

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