
Olivia Goldhill
Investigative Reporter at STAT
Investigative reporter @statnews • Writing a book on psychedelics @BloomsburyPub • New America fellow 2024 • She/ her
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Aug 9, 2024 |
statnews.com | Olivia Goldhill |Meghana Keshavan
The Food and Drug Administration rejected MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder on Friday, in a blow to drug activists and veterans who’ve long campaigned for the psychedelic treatment. Although two Phase 3 trials suggested the treatment was effective, strong opposition by an agency scientific advisory committee in June and allegations of missing adverse event data and research bias may have doomed the application by Lykos Therapeutics.
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Aug 8, 2024 |
statnews.com | Meghana Keshavan |Olivia Goldhill
A decades-long campaign to legalize MDMA as a mainstream medical treatment will reach a climax as soon as Friday, with the Food and Drug Administration poised to decide whether the psychedelic should be approved as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in conjunction with psychotherapy. The regulators face an Aug. 11 deadline to decide whether to sign off on the drug or reject it.
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Aug 8, 2024 |
bostonglobe.com | Olivia Goldhill
In a speech earlier this year, former President Trump was mocking President Biden’s ability to walk through sand when he suddenly switched to talking about the old Hollywood icon Cary Grant. “Somebody said he [Biden] looks great in a bathing suit, right? When he was in the sand and he was having a hard time lifting his feet through the sand, because you know, sand is heavy. They figure three solid ounces per foot. But sand is a little heavy. And he’s sitting in a bathing suit.
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Aug 6, 2024 |
statnews.com | Olivia Goldhill
In a speech earlier this year, former President Trump was mocking President Biden’s ability to walk through sand when he suddenly switched to talking about the old Hollywood icon Cary Grant. “Somebody said he [Biden] looks great in a bathing suit, right? When he was in the sand and he was having a hard time lifting his feet through the sand, because you know, sand is heavy. They figure three solid ounces per foot. But sand is a little heavy. And he’s sitting in a bathing suit.
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Jul 18, 2024 |
statnews.com | Olivia Goldhill
At a contentious advisory committee meeting in June, the Food and Drug Administration announced it was investigating allegations of data suppression and misconduct in clinical trials of MDMA-assisted therapy.
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RT @rickberke: Kudos to @WeillCornell, one of the few of 100 hospitals nationwide who agreed to be interviewed by @OliviaGoldhill about cha…

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