Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected by FDA changes, and the emerging psychedelics drug sector. She co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70.

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The FDA’s new hiring push is hitting some complications. Also, a startup is bringing a psychedelic-esque drug to Parkinson’s, and we’ve got mice with human-esque brains.

This WIRED video on Stone Age AI slop is on in the background for me right now, and I enjoy this quote from anthropologist Agustín Fuentes: “Why invent garbage when you actually have science?” 

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   Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected by FDA changes, and the emerging psychedelics drug sector. She co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70.