AI drug developer Insilico Medicine and Lilly ink commercialization deal worth up to $2.75 billion Both companies knock down rumors that the biotech is being acquired

https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/29/insilico-medicine-lilly-sign-ai-drug-commercialization-deal/ By Brittany TrangMarch 29, 2026 Health Tech Reporter

Remembering public health pioneer Barry Bloom: a scientist, a mentor, a mensch The former dean of the Harvard School of Public Health inspired us — and so many others

https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/30/barry-bloom-obituary-public-health-immunology-tribute/ By Marc Lipsitch and Yonatan GradMarch 30, 2026 Lipsitch was hired by Barry Bloom to the faculty of Harvard School of Public Health, where he was professor of epidemiology until 2025, when he moved to join the faculty of Stanford University. Grad is a professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at HSPH.

Washington is on the verge of true PBM reform At last, relief is in sight

https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/30/fair-act-pbm-reform-fiduciary-duty-to-patients/ By Neeraj SoodMarch 30, 2026 Sood is a senior scholar at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and a professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.

Health care jobs growth is stagnating at the biggest for-profit firms Here’s what we found in five years of filings from 50 of the biggest health care companies

https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/30/health-care-employment-stalls-big-for-profit-firms/ By Bob HermanMarch 30, 2026 Bob Herman is the author of Health Care Inc., an award-winning weekly newsletter about the business of health and medicine.

7 big challenges for the next CDC director Staff distrust, vaccine policy fights, and more obstacles await the incoming agency head By Helen BranswellMarch 30, 2026 Infectious Diseases Correspondent

https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/30/cdc-director-nominee-faces-problems-beyond-senate-confirmation/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8s9HF1dq1j6NXio2VNp1F1hhZvyDPG2rYNfMYlu_NimK6--_GsOaDIsc_z2cTSN6W1D4XIRDQ1dJ8zzm_1_joZ9K8Mjg&_hsmi=411068495&utm_content=411068495&utm_source=hs_email

Trump’s first-term surgeon general joins effort to block current nominee, Casey Means Dan Diamond | Washington Post | March 30, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/30/trumps-first-term-surgeon-general-joins-effort-to-block-current-nominee-casey-means/ At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams stood with President Donald Trump at the White House, serving as a prominent face of the president’s health agenda.

Viewpoints: There Are Pitfalls To Using AI In Therapy; Congress, Regulators Have A Practical Plan To Rein In PBMs

https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-there-are-pitfalls-to-using-ai-in-therapy-congress-regulators-have-a-practical-plan-to-rein-in-pbms/