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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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A federal court sided in favor of Vanda Pharmaceuticals in its Freedom of Information Act case against the FDA regarding the CRL for its sleep drug label expansion.
In an earnings call Wednesday, bluebird bio revealed it is unlikely to meet its first-quarter goal to submit a Biologics License Application for sickle cell disease (SCD) gene therapy lovo-cel.
There have already been several big biotech licensing deals in Q1. See inside for some of this quarter’s biggest licensing deals — from the surprising and pivotal to the lucrative and consequential.
Citing reports of “alarming toxicity” among other accusations, short-seller Scorpion Capital will file a Citizen’s Petition with the FDA to have its approval of Wakix withdrawn.
Boston-based Covant Therapeutics gained $10 million upfront in a deal with Boehringer Ingelheim to chase after a cancer immunotherapy target, ADAR1.
Tuesday, Viking Therapeutics released Phase I results for its weight-loss candidate VK2735, which demonstrated a good safety and tolerability profile and resulted in significant weight reductions.
Intra-Cellular Therapies’ Caplyta met its primary endpoint in the Phase III Study 403 trial, easing the burden of depressive episodes in patients with major depressive disorder or bipolar depression.
Bristol Myers Squibb is expanding its strategic collaboration with German partner Evotec for eight more years to discover and develop treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.
Bicycle Therapeutics and Novartis announced Tuesday they have inked a deal worth up to $1.7 billion to discover and develop targeted radioligand therapies in oncology.
Monopar Therapeutics is dropping its lead candidate, Validive, after it failed to meet efficacy markers in Phase IIb/III trials for severe oral mucositis.