Gail Dutton

Gail Dutton

Freelance writer

Gail Dutton is a veteran biopharmaceutical reporter, covering the industry from Washington state. You can contact her at gaildutton@gmail.com and see more of her work on Muckrack.

The new CEO of Freenome has a talent for “making his own weather.” That’s a phrase he heard often growing up in Rapid City, South Dakota and, when applied to his life and career, comes down to assessing himself accurately and looking for opportunities to contribute.
A recent Deny-Colton Virtual Salon pitted human intelligence against AI/ML to weigh not just the outcomes, but the process.
For the first time in an organ-on-a-chip model, the live SARS-CoV-2 virus has successfully infected and replicated in human tissue.
Perseverance is the foundation of impactful scientific discoveries, and is a core value that Precision BioSciences’ newly-appointed chief medical officer, oncology giant Alan List, shares.
With business taking him throughout North and South America, Asia, and Europe, he’s learned to adapt and appreciate the nuances of a multicultural environment.
Positive results from Sellas Life Sciences Group’s Phase I/II trial using galinpepimut-S (GPS) as a combination therapy with pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) were announced Wednesday, shortly after similarly positive news was issued from a combination study in which GPS was evaluated as a treatment for mesothelioma.
Sheets of functionalized graphene quickly detected the SARS-CoV-2 virus in research conducted at the University of Illinois Chicago, paving the way for an alternative to PCR testing in the form of an accurate, real-time optical test for COVID-19.
Craig Fraser, CEO of Windtree Therapeutics, became a U.S. Marine at age 17, learning to perform and lead under pressure in the field before eventually leading in the C-suite.
Innate Pharma has an alternative to T cell-based immunotherapy that has the potential to quickly and safely eradicate solid and metastatic tumors in the body.
It’s been a bumpy ride for Biogen as news swirls around its overall Alzheimer’s program… but not for its competitors with investigational therapies for that disease.
Brad Perkins, M.D., newly appointed CMO of Karius, has had his eyes on grand scientific achievements since childhood.
Roche presented results from several Phase II and III trials at the 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Annual Meeting held virtually June 19-22.
Researchers at the virtual 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology consistently report significant, lingering cognitive and behavioral problems in multiple studies.
Repurposed drugs became the front-line defense against COVID-19 within a few months of the pandemic’s emergence. Now bucillamine, currently in Phase III trials in the U.S., may be poised to join them.
A sense of urgency, powerful science, relentless ingenuity, hope and trust drove the development of Pfizer and BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the crisis appears to lessen, Pfizer is preparing for the next pandemic.