Recon: Drugmakers pivot to AI to speed trials, submissions; MHRA impounded 20M illegal drugs last year

• Drugmakers turn to AI to speed trials, regulatory submissions (Reuters)
• CDC pauses, then unpauses billions in public health infrastructure grants to states (STAT)
• CDC vaccine advisors contradict each other on committee goals (Endpoints)
• FDA’s new ‘plausible mechanism pathway’ for personalized gene editing raises concerns (STAT)
• Shared decision-making on vaccines is not the enemy (STAT)

• UK medicines agency seized 20M illegal drugs last year, including GLP-1s (Endpoints)
• EU kicks off one-year pilot to expedite multinational trials (Endpoints)
• Astrazeneca CEO Soriot to join Starmer delegation to China, source says (Reuters)
• Ethiopia declares end of Marburg outbreak that killed nine (Reuters)

• Endometriosis often takes years to diagnose. Startups want to change that (STAT)
• Sarepta touts three-year Duchenne gene therapy data after patient deaths rattled field (Endpoints)
• Genmab halts enrollment for cancer drug from ProfoundBio buyout (Endpoints)
• Novo's Wegovy pill gets off to solid start, while analysts remain cautious (Endpoints)
• F2G CEO outlines biotech's FDA resubmission plans, funding and expansion (Endpoints)
• Sanofi's Phase 3 eczema data cloud hopes for potential immunology blockbuster (Endpoints)

• STAT Plus:Former executives of device maker Zynex Medical indicted for fraud (STAT)
• Intuitive’s cardiac initiative includes valve repair, LAA closure (MedTech Dive)
• Medtronic wins CE mark for single-shot pulsed field ablation catheter (MedTech Dive)
• Congress eyes tackling healthcare consolidation (MedTech Dive)
• Intuitive pushes into cardiac robotic surgery, ASCs (MedTech Dive)
• Be Wary Of Chatbots Dispensing Health Advice, Warns ECRI (MedTech Insight)
• EIT Innovation Program Delivers A KIC-Start For EU Medtech Ventures (MedTech Insight)

• Powdered whole milk could be a culprit in the ByHeart botulism outbreak, tests show (STAT)
• Explainer: What is cereulide, the toxin suspected in recalled baby formula? (Reuters)
• Infant formula recall hits Danone, Nestle shares (Reuters)
• Think RFK Jr.’s Vitamin Crusade Is All MAGA? Think Again (Bloomberg)

• Dozens of hospitals demand better security for patient record sharing in letter to officials (STAT)
• Public health giant William Foege, who helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89 (STAT)
• Our podcast ‘Why Should I Trust You?’ connects MAHA and public health. Here’s what we’ve learned (STAT)
• Meta, TikTok, YouTube to stand trial on youth addiction claims (Reuters)