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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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Junshi Biosciences announced Tuesday that its ovarian cancer candidate, senaparib, met the primary endpoint in a Phase III interim analysis.
Following mixed Phase I/II data for its homocystinuria hopeful pegtarviliase, Aeglea lays off all but 10 employees and launches a sweeping strategic review.
An interim analysis of the Phase III P302 study showed Moderna’s investigational flu shot, mRNA-1010, fell short of the statistical threshold for early success.
A California judge denied Elizabeth Holmes’ motion for release pending appeal, ruling that the former Theranos CEO must serve her prison sentence while she appeals her guilty verdict.
Data from two mid-stage studies show HI-Bio’s investigational therapy felzartamab lowers pathogenic antibody titers in patients with primary membranous nephropathy (PMN).
Karuna Therapeutics’ KarXT and Acadia Pharmaceuticals’ pimavanserin are sparking hope that a treatment for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia could be on the horizon.
In an open letter published Monday, more than 480 biopharma industry leaders expressed their support for the FDA after a Texas federal judge ruled to hold the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.
The Boston Business Journal reported the layoffs would affect the multiple sclerosis team, but Biogen declined to confirm the details.
AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson will withdraw the accelerated approvals for Imbruvica in mantle cell lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma, the companies announced Thursday.
The FDA is set to decide on a Humira biosimilar and hold an Adcomm meeting for an Alzheimer’s agitation treatment. Also on its calendar for April are decision dates for two vaccine hopefuls.