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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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Eli Lilly said Friday it plans to pay up to $1.925 billion to acquire Versanis and its lead asset, bimagrumab, a monoclonal antibody that aims to reduce fat mass without affecting muscle mass.
Bringing new drugs to the market costs billions of dollars. It could not be done without investments by both the NIH and biopharma companies.
The Swiss pharma is in talks to acquire Roivant Sciences’ RVT-3101, an anti-TL1A antibody that recently showed promising results in a Phase IIb ulcerative colitis trial, reports The Wall Street Journal.
A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that despite the promise of regenerative medicine technologies they are held back by regulatory and manufacturing challenges.
In a Phase I trial, Caribou’s allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy candidate induced high rates of treatment response in patients with relapsed or refractory B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
After beginning July with a splash in the Alzheimer’s space, the FDA is expected to make three decisions during the next two weeks; two for cancer and one for a viral skin disease.
For over three years, no interest has accrued on federal student loans and no payments were required. Soon, mandatory payments will resume, leaving workers with less money in the bank.
Recent data from the Phase III study of donanemab emphasize a correlation between amyloid and tau. Experts say a greater understanding of this link could further Alzheimer’s drug development.
The regulator on Thursday approved Opill, the first oral contraceptive available in the U.S. without a prescription. Perrigo shares rose 6% in response to the news.
Data from the OCARINA II trial shows that a 10-minute subcutaneous injection of Ocrevus achieves similar pharmacokinetics as the typical hours-long intravenous infusion in multiple sclerosis patients.