STAT
STAT is a global digital media brand that focuses on delivering fast, deep, and tough-minded journalism about the life sciences industries. STAT takes you inside academic labs, biotech boardrooms, and political backrooms, casting a critical eye on scientific discoveries, scrutinizing corporate strategies, and chronicling the roiling battles for talent, money, and market share. With an award-winning newsroom, STAT provides indispensable insights and exclusive stories on the technologies, personalities, power brokers, and political forces driving massive changes in the life sciences industry — and a revolution in human health.
Why did you call it STAT?
In medical parlance, “stat” means important and urgent, and that’s what we’re all about — quickly and smartly delivering good stories. Read more about the origins of our name here: https://www.statnews.com/why-stat/.
Who’s behind the publication?
STAT is produced by Boston Globe Media.
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