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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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The antibody-drug conjugate will be pitted against chemotherapy in a heavily treated breast cancer subpopulation, with hopes of challenging AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s blockbuster Enhertu.
Two Democratic senators on Thursday sent a letter to the companies’ CEOs informing them that they have until Sept. 15 to disclose the application processes for their insulin assistance programs.
After shoring up quality control at its Reykjavik manufacturing facility, the biotech has resubmitted a BLA to the FDA seeking an interchangeability designation for its Humira biosimilar.
The settlement, announced Wednesday, ends a three-year legal battle allowing Teva Pharmaceuticals to make a generic version of Alkermes’ alcohol and opioid dependence drug Vivitrol.
With a recent study yielding positive results, experts say GLP-1 drugs are making headway in treating Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Following the FDA’s recent rejection of zuranolone in major depressive disorder, Sage Therapeutics has launched a strategic reorganization initiative including a 40% reduction in headcount.
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Amid a supply shortage of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and binge-eating disorder medication, the regulator has cleared a slew of generic drugs of Takeda’s Vyvanse pill.
Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday reported multi-billion earnings from its Kenvue consumer health spinout, with updated 2023 revenue guidance down from its previously announced range.
In this special report, BioSpace examines how the biopharma industry is grappling with impending consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act.
With new Alzheimer’s drugs receiving—and expected to receive—FDA approval, the market for diagnostic biomarker tests is set to expand.