Heather McKenzie

Heather McKenzie

Senior Editor

Heather McKenzie is a professional journalist with more than 8 years’ experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Since joining BioSpace, she has written more than 300 features and breaking news articles, including multiple award-winning stories. Her particular focuses are neuroscience, rare disease and regulatory science. She has also traveled internationally to cover global biotech hubs, including 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, watching her American League champion Toronto Blue Jays, 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.

The company announced Friday that clinical studies have been placed on hold following the development of tumors in mice in a non-clinical study.
The vote to offer a booster to those 65 and older, as well as immunocompromised individuals at high risk of developing severe COVID-19, was a unanimous “yea” at 18-0.
One constant throughout the conversation is that the industry is at a different stage of adapting to the “new normal.”
In a late-breaking presentation on Saturday, EQRx and partner CStone Pharmaceuticals will report data from the phase III GEMSTONE-301 study of its anti-PD-L1 antibody sugemalimab.
NTLA-5001 is being developed for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed science journalism. Semantics aside, though, science and health care have taken a new position in the hierarchy of top news priorities.
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.