Pharma reporter for @WSJ. Signal is lizzylaw.53, email is [email protected]
Joined November 2017
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@MHackman is one of the coolest people I know, and in this amazing video she takes you to her Persian Jewish community to explore the complicated politics of the ongoing war in Iran. Definitely worth watching: wsj.com/video/series/rooted-…
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A 3-year-old was woken minutes into a nap to get more autism therapy. Was it good treatment or “simple business math”? wsj.com/health/healthcare/au… via @WSJ
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EXCLUSIVE - Top RFK Jr. ally and adviser Calley Means has quit the Trump administration.
Means was frustrated by White House delays of some of Kennedy’s popular food policies and blamed others in the administration for allowing food companies and special interests to have too much sway, people familiar with the matter said.
One of them described him as “disillusioned.” wsj.com/politics/policy/call…
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Helen Branswell was a gift — to family and friends, to colleagues, and to masses of people whose lives were made better by the work to which she was so devoted. I was lucky to know her.
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Huge congratulations to @LizzyLaw_
@statnews’ third Loeb award in a row, and fourth in our history
.@uclaanderson presents the 2026 Loeb Award for the beat reporting category to:
STAT’S REPORTING ON FDA CHAOS
From: STAT
#LoebAwards
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In Ohio, a trucker tries to make sense of the moment when Pierre Damas Bel, a Haitian immigrant, stepped in front of his path. “I keep on thinking about it,” Jack Buhring told @mccrummens: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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NEW with @LizzyLaw_: The Trump administration is rolling out a program aimed at getting Medicare to match drug prices in other countries for certain high-cost drugs
Pharma companies that cut deals with the admin expected to be exempt
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SCOOP with @ByKLong @ceostroff:
- The CFTC is examining unusual Kalshi trades with near-identical sizes that now total over $5B
- Prop-trading firms Jump Trading (a Kalshi shareholder) and Wintermute were two of the parties involved in the transactions
We analyzed months of Kalshi data. The trades, all clustered near $5,500, began in late August (see chart).
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NEW: States haven’t yet been able to obtain updated Covid-19 shots from the CDC, delaying their distribution to millions of children through federal programs, according to people familiar with the matter wsj.com/health/healthcare/st… via @WSJ
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Personal news: I’m joining the pharma beat for @WSJ 💊
Look out for more coverage from me, @LizzyLaw_ and @xavierjohnm on the people, companies and science shaping the drug industry.
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SCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer.
The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park.
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Heidi Overton, a doctor and White House adviser, is expected to be President Trump's pick to lead the FDA. trib.al/DVWv1hp
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STAT's @matthewherper and @elaineywchen are tracking the FDA expert review of Replimune’s melanoma treatment trib.al/yEEiOWS
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Exclusive: Katie Miller has called for Anthony Fauci to be jailed. But since-redacted excerpts from his diary suggest the two had a close relationship in 2020. notus.org/health-science/red…
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NEW -
At a May lunch at his golf course, President Trump asked HHS Secretary RFK Jr. why he wasn’t doing more to probe vaccines and autism.
The health secretary had the yips, Trump told Kennedy.
Kennedy was taken aback.
🎁🔗 below
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Extremely alarming. Ex-FDA toxicologist says agency approved Zyn pouches without first verifying whether the pouch itself could harm health by shedding microplastics.
statnews.com/2026/07/14/zyn-…
ALT "The Examination asked the FDA three times to say what Zyn pouches are made of, but the agency didn’t respond. Nor did Philip Morris International. Its website says the pouches are cellulose, or plant fiber, but doesn’t elaborate. Danish researchers have concluded nicotine pouches are made of a material similar to cigarette filters, which take years to decompose; a major United Kingdom retailer says pouches are “not fully biodegradable.” Two weeks ago, the FDA gave Zyn another endorsement when it ruled that Philip Morris International could state in its marketing that using Zyn instead of cigarettes lowers the risk of certain smoking-related diseases. That likely will help the company convince other countries to open up their markets to Zyn. "
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Our series, "The Deadliest Drug," captured the American drinking problem. Today we turn to solutions.
Here are a dozen ways the U.S. can start addressing excessive drinking and its many harms. (No paywall!)
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ALT photo illustration by Camille MacMillin
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an early #WTHealth this holiday week, with @AliceOllstein, @LizzyLaw_ and @AmandaSeitz. plenty of fireworks for your July 4!
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