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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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In a volatile year, marked with challenges, BioSpace is taking a pause to reflect on the many “wins” in biopharma.
Lysogene’s investigational gene therapy LYS-SAF302 failed to meet its primary and key secondary efficacy endpoints in mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA.
With a $1.36 billion buyout, Merck bolstered its oncology program with the acquisition of Biotech Bay-based Imago Biosciences, a company focused on chronic bone marrow cancers.
Teva Pharmaceuticals has found its new president and CEO. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, Richard Francis will take the company’s reins as Kåre Schultz retires.
The FDA has a number of PDUFA dates for the remainder of November for Spectrum, ImmunoGen, Scynexis and Y-mAbs.
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes will serve 11 years in prison on four counts of fraud, according to her sentencing by a federal judge in a California courtroom on Friday afternoon.
Large pharmaceutical companies are making plans to comply with sustainability and carbon net zero targets. Hear from AstraZeneca and Merck KGaA’s MilliporeSigma about their strategies.
Pfizer and BioNTech reported positive data Friday from their Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent booster. This followed a similar announcement by Moderna Monday.
Therapeutics to halt the progression of chronic kidney disease are in Phase III trials, and others will enter that stage soon. NDAs could follow as early as 2024 with regulatory determinations in 2025.
Iovance Biotherapeutics announced the FDA’s Biologics License Application for lifileucel will likely be completed in Q1 of 2023, a short delay after the agency requested additional data.