The biotechs wear Prada

Biotech The biotechs wear Prada The Meta Gala outfits seen as biopharma logos? Why not Manage alerts for this article Email this article Share this article By Elaine ChenMay 8, 2026 National Biotech Reporter Elaine Chen[email protected]Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70.

This is an excerpt from The Readout, STAT’s newsletter about biotech. Sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday. Longtime subscribers of STAT’s newsletter The Readout may recall that when early May rolls around, we have an annual tradition: Met Gala outfits as biopharma logos.

(See the previous years’ editions here and here.)Advertisement This year’s Met Gala dress code was “Fashion is Art.” I do believe that all fashion is art, and I’m sure the marketing teams at biotech companies would argue that corporate logos are art, too. Credit goes to my colleagues Brittany Trang and Allison DeAngelis for finding these pairings! biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals Submit a correction requestReprints Elaine Chen National Biotech Reporter Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud.

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