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Pumping breastmilk in bathrooms is a common, albeit unspoken, practice at health care conferences

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This was back in 2013, when such accommodations were a rarity. Even though Erin Booth was not thrilled about having to travel to Philadelphia for a conference at six weeks postpartum, this one at least advertised having a private lactation space.

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Q&A: The scientific integrity sleuth taking on the widespread problem of research misconduct

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Bik first became interested in plagiarism as a hobby while working as a researcher at Stanford University in 2013. She later began specializing in image duplication specifically, which she believes is a more serious problem for science as a whole. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Payments by drug and device makers to doctors remain widespread, but also vary considerably

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From 2013 to 2022, pharmaceutical and device companies made more than 85 million payments totaling $12.1 The financial ties between drug and device makers and some physicians remains pervasive, despite concerns such relationships may influence medical practice, according to a new analysis of payments made over a recent 10-year span.

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Opinion: Bashing accelerated approval isn’t supported by the data

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Case in point: Under the seemingly benign title, “Clinical Benefit and Regulatory Outcomes of Cancer Drugs Receiving Accelerated Approval,” an article published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association claims that among “cancer drugs granted accelerated approval from 2013 to 2017, 41% (19/46) did not improve (..)

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STAT+: Goldman Sachs launches $650 million fund for life science investments

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billion was raised by 183 new VC funds, which was the lowest fundraising total for first-timers since 2013, according to Pitchbook. First-time funds have been difficult to raise during the biotech downturn. Last year, around $11.6 Around $25.6 billion had been raised by 556 first-time funds in 2022.

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STAT+: About half of cancer drugs given accelerated approval don’t improve survival or quality of life

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In 2013, it took an average of 9.9 In some cases, failure to show clinical benefit didn’t stop the FDA from converting accelerated approvals into full approvals, and the authors note the agency’s conversion decisions have increasingly been based on less stringent evidence of a drug’s benefits.

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STAT+: AbbVie CEO Gonzalez to step down after a decade fiercely defending its top seller, Humira

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AbbVie announced Tuesday that CEO Richard Gonzalez, who has managed the company’s ascent since it was spun off from the device maker Abbott Laboratories in 2013, will step down in July.