Worth your time

A backroom meeting in a Mexican resort town illustrates an underrated drug industry peril: Bloomberg reports that supercomputers might be getting better at finding and developing new medications than pharmaceutical companies. — Lev Facher

President Trump is bragging about his administration's progress in addressing the opioid crisis. But behind the scenes, STAT's Lev Facher reports, the White House's efforts are increasingly contentious. — Erin Mershon 

STAT also took a look at how often the FDA disagrees with its own expert advisory committees. — Erin Mershon

This New York Times headline actually made me gasp, so I’ll let it speak for itself: When Big Tobacco Invoked Eric Garner to Fight a Menthol Cigarette Ban — Nicholas Florko