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.

Mark Charest, Ph.D., of LifeSci Fund Management, said the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference will set the tone for biotech stock performance in 1H 2022.
BioSpace is proud to present its NextGen Bio “Class of 2022,” a list of up-and-coming life sciences companies in North America that recently launched.
From the continuing fight against COVID-19 to new companies emerging in exciting therapeutic areas to the people who mattered most, here’s a look at just some of the biggest successes, most dramatic flops – and a few that fall somewhere in between.
A member of BioSpace’s Class of 2021, CODA aims to modify neuronal cell populations using gene therapy to express a tunable ligand-gated ion channel.
If successfully finalized, the transaction will give CSL access to Vifor’s pipeline of treatments for iron deficiency, kidney and cardio-renal diseases.
The deal, which could be worth as much as $12 billion USD, was also confirmed by CSL speaking to Reuters Monday morning.
Making its ASH debut this year was Novartis’ T-Charge CAR-T platform. Novartis presented early data from two first-in-human dose-escalation trials: YTB323 and PHE885.
A TikTok video went “viral” in November, claiming that vaccine regretters should take complex “detox” baths featuring ingredients such as borax.
Newpath is guided by the ethos: “Do the right thing and good things will happen.”
The news comes just three weeks after Merck paused its Phase II IMAGINE-DR trial, which was studying a combination of islatravir with MK-8507.
LAG-3 is a priority focus in cancer immunotherapy because its inhibition has the potential to make PD-1 inhibitors work in more patients.
Surrozen’s ethos is “CLIMB ON”. This catchy and focus-appropriate acronym stands for Collaborate, Lead, Innovate, Motivate and be Brave, Open and Nurturing.
In the CRL, the FDA indicated that the single registrational trial (106 Phase III) did not provide sufficient proof of efficacy to demonstrate benefit.
As the late-stage trials continue to progress, Talaris is rapidly ramping up its resources and investments.
The World Health Organization officially declared omicron – aka. B.1.1.529 – a variant of concern (VOC) on Friday.