Would you recognize Tom Hanks at a party?

Is drug pricing too complex for the Trump administration? And what does it mean when famous executives quit?

We discuss all that and more on the latest episode of “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast. First, STAT Washington correspondent Lev Facher joins us to break down a baffling week for drug pricing in D.C., with a mysterious executive order, a pair of Trump administration setbacks, and a weighty closed-door meeting. Then, we discuss billionaire Sean Parker, his ever-growing work in immuno-oncology, and what it’s like on the business end of celebrity journalism. Later, STAT’s Matthew Herper joins us to remember Michael Becker, a biotech stalwart who became an arresting patient advocate after his cancer diagnosis.

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