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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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Oncopeptides has discontinued the marketing of Pepaxto drug in the US. But, in a recent turnaround, they decided to withdraw this decision of stopping the production.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter to Merck & Co. for its New Drug Application for gefapixant for refractory chronic cough or unexplained chronic cough.
FDA rejected OPKO’s once-weekly human growth hormone, somatrogon, which it co-developed with Pfizer for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in pediatric patients.
Suliman anticipates filing an Investigational New Drug application with the FDA for the PCD asset this year, and next year filing one for the cystic fibrosis asset.
TScan Therapeutics, Lyell, SQZ Biotech and others secured clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for their Investigational New Drug Application.
It’s a landmark no one expected or wanted — more than 70 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. with 866,000 deaths. For that and more COVID-19 news, continue reading.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved SKYRIZI (risankizumab-rzaa), AbbVie’s proposed treatment for adults diagnosed with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Gilead has announced they are pulling cancer drug Zydelig (idelalisib) off the market for certain types of cancer after failing to complete follow-up clinical trials to confirm efficacy and safety.
The San Diego-based immunology company is locating and developing molecules where the mechanism of action has either been proven or makes sense.
After decades of treating the big categories of heart disease – hypertension, for example – the ability to address the genetics of heart disease is within sight.