{"id":124436,"date":"2026-09-02T14:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/124436\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:12:18","slug":"arpa-h-rna-roche-trump-drug-pricing-readout-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/124436\/","title":{"rendered":"ARPA-H, RNA, Roche, Trump drug pricing: Readout Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-bio\">Elaine\u2019s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected by FDA changes, and the emerging psychedelics drug sector. She co-writes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/readout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Readout newsletter<\/a>, and co-hosts STAT\u2019s weekly biotech podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/category\/readout-loud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Readout Loud<\/a>. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good morning. I was extremely confused when I saw a Spirit Halloween pop-up yesterday, but then realized October is indeed next month. Very spooky.<\/p>\n<p>The need-to-know this morning<\/p>\n<p>UniQure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniqure.com\/investors-media\/press-releases\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">submitted applications<\/a>\u00a0to the FDA and the UK\u2019s MHRA, seeking the marketing approval of AMT-130, its treatment for Huntington\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>New Trump\u00a0deals may undercut efforts to lower costs\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The midterms are fast approaching, and President Trump hailed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/08\/31\/trump-most-favored-nation-drug-pricing-new-round-price-cuts-announced\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new deals he struck<\/a> with biopharma companies\u00a0this week as part of his commitment to lowering\u00a0drug costs. But in reality, the agreements may not amount to much, STAT\u2019s John Wilkerson writes \u2014 and could even undercut the administration\u2019s own efforts.<\/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.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788358338_59_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":"Elaine\u2019s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[124],"tags":[336,324,1000,338,134],"class_list":["post-124436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-roche","tag-biotechnology","tag-drug-development","tag-drug-prices","tag-research","tag-roche"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117201859359367722","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}