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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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Pfizer made an upfront payment of $8 million to Codex DNA. Additionally, the latter is eligible for milestone payments of up to $90 million in clinical milestone payments.
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New Year is coming, and COVID-19 is still at play. For more COVID-19 studies, vaccines, and treatments, here are the latest updates.
In addition to the beginnings of the Jazz PTSD study, Revive announced its Phase III study of Bucillamine in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 will continue.
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Not surprisingly, the week between Christmas and New Year was quiet in terms of clinical trial news. However, there were some announcements. Here’s a look.
Korea Economic Daily, published a story saying that Samsung Group was in talks to acquire Biogen. However, Samsung BioLogics stated in a regulatory filing yesterday that the rumor is not true.
Janssen Pharmaceutical has recently applied for Biologics License Application for its relapsed or refractory (r/r) multiple myeloma drug. Here’s all about it.
The two companies are already looking at the coming year and seeing the potential for their experimental treatment ofATTR, Eplontersen, formerly known as IONIS-TTR-L.
Part of what is being discovered about the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is how fast it appears to infect people, a median of about three days, compared to four or five with other variants.