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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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In a recent interview with BioSpace, Imagine Pharma CEO Ngoc Thai shared the vast potential posed by a polypeptide called IMG-1 to treat Type 1 diabetes.
Pfizer is looking to strengthen its grip on mRNA research and development with a $470 million new facility, and Eikon is planning to open a 25,000 facility. Both will be based in New York.
Companies from across the life sciences added new executive and financial leaders, as well as scientific and regulatory additions. Here are this week’s Movers & Shakers.
Freeline Therapeutics’ hemophilia B drug demonstrated the strong possibility that a single injection of FLT180a, an experimental gene therapy, can reduce or eliminate the need for weekly injections.
Assembly Biosciences and X4 Pharmaceuticals have announced significant layoffs and reprioritization endeavors to let go of underperforming initiatives.
Frontera Therapeutics closed on a Series B funding round worth $160 million and announced an IND approval by the FDA for rare genetic retinal disease
The whistleblower claim was brought by former employee Michael Bawduniak, who accused the company of paying off doctors to favor its multiple sclerosis drugs over those of its competitors.
Sandoz hopes its high-concentration formulation of an already greenlit biosimilar will be approved by the time AbbVie’s blockbuster drug Humira loses patent protection in the United States.
As Severin Schwan prepares to step aside from the day-to-day leadership of Roche, Thomas Schinecker is waiting in the wings to assume the company’s top leadership spot.
A new study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience by researchers at Tufts University further supports the theory that there’s a link between gum disease and Alzheimer’s.