STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: A Novartis drug cut inflammation. Can it improve heart outcomes? A newly acquired Novartis drug cut signs of inflammation. The test will be whether that can improve people's heart health. https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/29/novartis-pacibekitug-inflammation-il6-tourmaline-heart-disease/ statnews.com