RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings, MASH drugs, and a controversial obesity ad

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Why have drugs to treat the liver disease MASH reached a tipping point? How did Hims & Hers convince Childish Gambino to license his song “This is America” for a Super Bowl ad about compounded GLP-1 drugs? And did Robert F. Kennedy Jr. help or hurt his chances to become the next HHS Secretary after two days of Senate confirmation hearings? 

We talk about all that and more on this week’s episode of the “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast. Our colleague Rachel Cohrs Zhang joins us to break down RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearings, including some contentious questions about vaccines and autism from Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). 

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