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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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1E Therapeutics announced $120 million seed funding, a remarkable feat for an early-stage biotech company. The funding is the largest of its kind for an Israeli biotech company.
As the year comes to an end, biopharma and life sciences companies are strengthening their leadership teams and boards with the latest round of Movers & Shakers.
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Deciding on when to switch your job can be a difficult decision to make.
Throughout her defense, she cast blame for Theranos’ troubles on her former partner and lover, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, as well as subordinates who she claimed misled her.
Reuters alleges Johnson & Johnson knew of the ketoacidosis risk of its diabetes drug Invokana but covered it up.
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Shares of Reata Pharmaceuticals have plunged nearly 40% in premarket trading after an FDA advisory panel recommended against the approval of its Alport syndrome disease treatment, bardoxolone.
Researchers published a study proving that SARS-CoV-2 infects human adipose or fat tissue to multiply and elicit an inflammatory response corresponding with severe COVID-19.
The cash came rolling in for four biopharma companies Thursday morning, with collective Series A rounds totaling more than $125 million.
Pfizer and BioNTech reported laboratory assays indicating that three doses of their mRNA COVID-19 vaccine are effective against the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.