April 7, 2026
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STAT+ | Gilead to buy cancer biotech Tubulis for more than $3 billion

Tubulis, based in Munich, is developing antibody-drug conjugates, which are next-generation chemotherapies.

By Andrew Joseph


STAT+ | Stealth biotech Stipple bets on secretive ADCs

Today's biotech news includes how thin science fuels peptide hype, blowback to proposed NIH cuts, and a stealth biotech's secret ADCs

By Meghana Keshavan


STAT+ | How a four-month FDA delay forced a small biotech company to close its doors

By the time FDA agreed to meet with Kezar Life Sciences it was in the process of closing. The chain of events fits a pattern of FDA volatility recently.

By Elaine Chen



FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.
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STAT+ | FDA backs proposals to entice pharma companies to test, make drugs domestically

Trump's White House is embracing ideas to bring more pharmaceutical manufacturing to the U.S.

By John Wilkerson and Lizzy Lawrence


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