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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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Eplontersen halted ATTRv-PN disease progression and improved quality of life through 66 weeks. The drug has a PDUFA date of Dec. 22, 2023.
To give the FDA more time to evaluate updates to quizartinib’s proposed REMS program, the regulator is pushing the target action date to July 24.
Friday, the Supreme Court granted the FDA’s application for a stay, effectively maintaining access to the abortion pill mifepristone as its case goes through the appeals process.
The FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research is aiming to recreate the success achieved with the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines under a program of the same name.
This week, the FDA will release its verdict on Biogen and Ionis’ ALS candidate tofersen and three other investigational medicines for psychiatric disorders, hormonal insufficiency and gut infection.
AbbVie shared more positive results for its migraine prevention drug, Qulipta, just three days after FDA approval to expand its label.
The checkpoint inhibitor is approved for several cancers in China, but after an indefinite FDA delay last summer, BeiGene’s partner Novartis still awaits its first U.S. approval.
Abdera Therapeutics will use the money to fund its ROVEr platform and advance its lead asset ABD-147 for small-cell lung cancer.
Polivy is approved for front-line DLBCL as part of a combination regimen including Rituxan, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone.
As companies prioritize in-person work, many have begun to do more to incentivize a reluctant workforce to come into the office.