By: Jason Mast, Ed Silverman, Allison DeAngelis, Andrew Joseph, Matthew Herper
STAT gathered reactions from leaders across biotech and pharma about what the new Trump era could mean for them. Many said they'd take a wait-and-see approach, but others took a more definitive stance. “I'm optimistic,” Bausch + Lomb CEO Brent Saunders told STAT. Zach Weinberg, CEO of Curie.Bio, said that while Trump's policies on health care have been known to shift, “R.F.K. is scary and unqualified to lead anything but a trip to the supermarket.”