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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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An independent panel of advisers voted to approve Genentech’s Polivy after internal FDA staff raised concerns regarding the efficacy and risk-benefit profile as a first-line treatment for large B-cell lymphoma.
Three years after the FDA rejected its initial biologic license application, Mesoblast announced its resubmission for Ryoncil. Now, the treatment is getting a second chance.
Women are often at the forefront of innovation, making up nearly half of the life sciences industry despite a shrinking but persistent wage gap. Inceptor Bio is at the forefront of closing inequality.
If biopharma-focused co-working spaces continue to catch on, they could expand job opportunities for those outside of the typical hot spots.
BioMarin announced Tuesday that the FDA has accepted its supplemental New Drug Application to expand Voxzogo for children younger than five years with achondroplasia.
Volastra Therapeutics has in-licensed Amgen’s sovilnesib, a KIF18A inhibitor being studied for high-grade ovarian cancer, triple-negative breast cancer and other solid tumors.
BridgeBio posted data Monday from its small but highly anticipated Phase II study of infigratinib in achondroplasia - a drug that could give BioMarin a run for its money.
Merck presented Phase IIb data at ACC Monday showing that its hypercholesterolemia hopeful met the primary endpoint.