STAT May 10, 2024
Meghana Keshavan

Hi all. Today we’re talking about improving the global reach of gene therapies, and about why offering access to ancestral populations could be so powerful. We see in a KFF survey that a majority of Americans want obesity drugs to be covered by Medicare, offer up a cool new podcast, and more.

The need-to-know this morning

  • Sanofi reached a licensing deal to sell Novavax’s Covid shot going forward as well as to try to combine the vaccine with Sanofi’s own flu shot. The pact includes a $500 million upfront payment, with up to $700 million in future payments if regulatory and launch milestones are achieved.
  • Maze Therapeutics...

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