{"id":359736,"date":"2025-12-20T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359736\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:00:17","slug":"pfizer-fda-biomarin-worst-ceo-of-2025-readout-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359736\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer, FDA, BioMarin, worst CEO of 2025: Readout Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/readout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a>\u00a0to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Morning. Today, we exclusively write about how politics are shaping the new FDA voucher program, see how the U.K. might buoy U.S. science with renewed investment, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The need-to-know this morning<\/p>\n<p>BioMarin said it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biomarin.com\/news\/press-releases\/biomarin-to-acquire-amicus-therapeutics-for-4-8-billion-expanding-position-as-a-leader-in-rare-diseases-accelerating-revenue-growth-and-strengthening-financial-outlook\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">acquiring<\/a> Amicus Therapeutics, maker of rare-disease drugs, for $4.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>FDA voucher program enables political influence in science, staffers say<\/p>\n<p>A new FDA program meant to speed drug reviews is becoming a vehicle for political interference, STAT\u2019s Lizzy Lawrence reports exclusively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765280600_844_stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?\u00a0Sign up\u00a0to get our biotech newsletter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[244,245,10790,97,252,253,1728],"class_list":["post-359736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-biotechnology","tag-drug-development","tag-drug-prices","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}