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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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Neurocrine Biosciences and Voyager Therapeutics inked a CNS-targeted collaboration potentially worth a potential $4.4 billion.
Twist Bioscience announced a partnership with Astellas Pharma on Monday, seeking to discover antibodies against several targets to hit on curative therapies for hard-to-treat diseases.
Takeda and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals’ Phase II trial studying fazirsiran, an investigational RNA therapeutic developed for AATD-LD, was effective in Phase II–but so was the placebo.
Day One Biopharmaceutical reported positive topline data from a Phase II trial in pediatric low-grade glioma, confirming earlier results.
Italian biopharma Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA announced Sunday it was acquiring rare disease-focused Amryt Pharma in a deal that could reach up to $1.48 billion in value.
The pharma titan adds an intriguing blood pressure medication to its line up with a buyout of CinCor.
Ipsen bolsters rare disease portfolio with acquisition of liver disease specialist Albireo.
The FDA approved Eisai and Biogen’s lecanemab (Leqembi) Friday afternoon. It is the second anti-amyloid antibody to be approved for Alzheimer’s disease in two years.
PCN-101, a ketamine-based candidate for treatment-resistant depression being developed by Atai’s Perception Neuroscience, fell short in a Phase II trial.
Thursday, Fate Therapeutics announced it terminated the 2020 collaboration agreement with Johnson & Johnson’s biopharma subsidiary Janssen.