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In this episode of Denatured, you’ll hear from Jack Crawford, CEO of Demeetra, and Magnus Gustavsson, chief commercial officer at NorthX Biologics. We unpack the evolution of cell line development — CHO cells, targeted integration, transposases and the collaboration models speeding biologics from sequence to GMP.
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Psychedelics are gaining momentum in depression, with one treating physician predicting that the drug class could “wipe out the SSRIs” if safety and durability hold up.
Saol Therapeutics is the latest biotech to resubmit for approval of a drug rejected under former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, following REGENXBIO and Replimune.
Even as FDA approvals for biologic therapies fell in the first half of 2026, regulatory experts are optimistic about a turnaround in the rare disease space after the departure of key leaders at the agency. Still, there will continue to be tension between science and politics.
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Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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The collaboration will focus on expanding targeted protein degradation therapies through the discovery of previously unrecognized molecular glues or monovalent degraders.
CRISPR Therapeutics and ViaCyte dosed their first patient in Phase I clinical trial of a novel gene-edited cell replacement therapy to treat Type 1 Diabetes.
In Roche’s 2021 annual report, the company detailed that group sales rose 9%, pharmaceutical sales up 3%, and diagnostics up a whopping 29%.
Alfred Sandrock Jr., the former head of research and development at Biogen, has taken a position on the board of directors of Cambridge, Mass.-based Voyager Therapeutics.
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Pfizer has filed a lawsuit against execs at Regor Therapeutics after an investigation pointing company trade secrets were used to develop therapeutics at the center of Regor’s partnership with Eli Lilly.
J&J said it was terminating development of bermekimab for atopic dermatitis after looking at additional efficacy data.
The Omicron surge appears to be waning in the U.S., but a subvariant of Omicron seems to be surging in other countries where the Omicron surge faded.
Gilead Sciences revealed in a call with analysts that the hold has now been expanded to additional magrolimab studies.