# STAT+: Fatal gene-editing trial in China raises ethics and oversight questions
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Published: 2026-07-24 13:41 EST
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Sanofi insulin pen in short supply, a win for peptide compounds, and more biotech news from The Readout

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Sanofi insulin pen in short supply, a win for peptide compounds, and more biotech news from The Readout

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Today, a win for RFK Jr., as an FDA panel narrowly voted in favor of allowing compounding pharmacies to produce certain unregulated peptides. Also, in heart-wrenching detail, Science writes of the six-year-old girl who died in China after receiving an experimental, brain-directed CRISPR therapy.

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