Heather McKenzie

Heather McKenzie

Senior Editor

Heather McKenzie is a professional journalist with more than five years experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Since joining BioSpace, she has written more than 200 features and breaking news articles with a particular focus in neuroscience and gene therapy. She has also traveled internationally to cover global biotech hubs such as Israel. In previous roles, she has covered current affairs, sports, education and politics. She previously spent eight years as a senior content producer for executive-level business conferences in the pharma/biotech, legal, energy and business strategy sectors. In her free time, Heather enjoys creative writing, spending time with family and playing with her energetic Russian Blue cat Roofus. She hails from Toronto and has also lived in Chicago and Chesapeake, Virginia. You can reach her at heather.mckenzie@biospace.com.

Moderna will leverage AbCellera’s AI-powered technology to search and analyze natural immune responses in the hopes of identifying antibodies for up to six targets.
Amylyx’s decision to submit the NDA, announced Wednesday morning, came on the heels of recent discussions with the FDA, including a pre-NDA meeting held on July 15.
Centessa Pharmaceuticals and genomics testing firm Sophia Genetics have both announced plans to expand their real estate footprints in Boston.
Everest will pay Providence $50 million in cash upfront for access to its COVID-19 vaccine and other mRNA vaccine candidates targeting specific variants in earlier stages of development.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb estimated that a vaccine for the 5-11-year-old age group could be available by Halloween – in a best-case scenario.
Philip Dormitzer explained that there are plenty of reasons to be excited about the prophylactic and therapeutic potential of mRNA.
Selecta and Cyrus’ partnership will pair Selecta’s immune-modulating ImmTOR platform with Cyrus’ ability to redesign protein therapeutics through its de novo computational approach.
A recently published study points to a previous SARS infection—plus vaccination—as the key to a robust immunity against SARS-CoV-2.
This week, the mRNA leader followed up its announcement of a collaboration with the Institute for Life Changing Medicines (ILCM), with an update on several programs advancing in its pipeline.
Recently launched biotech company Immunai is pairing artificial intelligence and machine learning in an attempt to tailor treatments and improve patient outcomes.
Chin, 57, and Humad, 36, along with the company, were indicted on charges of paying surgeons to use their spinal implants in surgeries.
The new bacterial enzyme has the ability to cut and modify RNA with the exquisite precision that has only been possible so far for DNA editing.
The oncogenicity and neurotoxicity risks of AAVs and possible mitigation strategies were the primary focus on Thursday.
Galt’s decision was based on lessons offered by the pandemic, along with research showing an increase in productivity and creativity brought about by the 4-day workweek model.
Disc’s first program, DISC-0974, is an anti-hemojuvelin (HJV) monoclonal antibody designed to suppress hepcidin and enhance iron levels in order to treat anemia of inflammation.