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STAT+: With big ambition — and a family name to match — Reed Jobs charts his own course in biotech

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He was a sophomore studying biology at Stanford University and, up until October 2011, had always planned to pursue a career in cancer research. In the months after his father died of complications from pancreatic cancer, Reed Jobs found it difficult to go back to life as it was before.

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US Congress passes bill to end Parkinson’s disease

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The US Congress has passed the first-ever federal bill dedicated to ending Parkinson’s disease, modelled on similar legislation for Alzheimer’s enacted in 2011

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M&A or affiliation improved rural hospitals' margins, reduced risk of closure: report

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The analysis, conducted by healthcare consulting firm Dobson DaVanzo, found that among 110 rural hospitals that closed between 2011 and 2021, more than half were standalone hospitals without support from larger systems.

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California Wildfires in the 2010s Exacerbated Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions

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Researchers studied the effect of wildfires on mental health in California from 2011 to 2018.

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STAT+: With a major patent cliff coming, will JPM play host to some serious deal-making?

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By comparison, the last major patent cliff that hit the industry, in 2011, jeopardized around $250 billion in drug revenue.)  Drug companies stand to lose more than $400 billion in revenue as patents expire for Keytruda, Eliquis, Jardiance, Opdivo, and other blockbuster therapies. (By

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Opinion: The FDA’s risky action on compounding weight loss drugs

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When Makena, a drug designed to prevent preterm births, hit the market in 2011 at $1,500 per dose, it drew rife backlash. The drug was based on an active ingredient that had been available for many years at a much lower cost.

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More than 70 babies have been born from uterus transplants: ‘It’s a complete new world’

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The first successful transplant was performed in 2011 — but even then, the recipient wasn’t immediately able to get pregnant and deliver a baby. The first modern attempt at transferring a uterus from one human to another occurred at the turn of the millennium.

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