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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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DEM BioPharma has $70 million to get started on novel immunotherapeutics to treat cancer following a successful financing round.
According to a recent report, the New York City Metro area is home to 7% of the U.S. population but contains 10% of all U.S. biochemists and biophysicists and 12% of U.S. chemists.
PhaseBio is working toward mitigating the surgical risks for cardiac patients taking antiplatelet therapies with bentracimab, which is currently in Phase III development.
Funding for life sciences companies picked up this week as investors pumped new money into firms developing treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), immuno-oncology, allergies and rare diseases.
Takeda announced it secured 600,000 square feet of research and development and office space in new construction at Cambridge’s Kendall Square.
Enanta filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer for the latter’s alleged use of its proprietary antiviral component in producing the COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid.
AbbVie filed a supplemental New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval for Qulipta for the preventative treatment of migraine.
Krystal Biotech announced that it submitted a Biologics License Application to the FDA for its candidate B-VEC, intended for the treatment of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Gelesis’ weight loss device, Plenity, has been gaining popularity since the FDA approved its commercialization, but some in the medical community question whether its popularity is deserved.
BioSpace spoke with Jay Johnson, the Director of Talent Acquisition for Orthopedics at Stryker, to find out what it takes to land a job in medical sales.