What does the MAHA Commission have planned for the drug industry? Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. targeting mRNA vaccines? And what are Adam and Elaine getting up to in Chicago?

We discuss all that and more on this week’s episode of “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast.

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO, kicks off its annual meeting this weekend in Chicago.

 

We discuss what to watch at the meeting. Then, STAT’s infectious disease reporter Helen Branswell joins us to discuss RFK Jr.’s unprecedented move to strike Covid shot recommendations, and the cancellation of a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, test and license vaccines for subtypes of flu.

 

We also welcome chronic disease reporter Isa Cueto to discuss the key takeaways from a closely watched report from Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again Commission.