Lilly Initiates Tirzepatide Obesity Trial in Adolescents; Survodutide CVOT Observed; FDA Creates New Digital Health Advisory Committee; Better Therapeutics Announces AspyreRx Subgroup Topline Results; Virta Partners with Navitus for T2DM and Obesity
Five cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Lilly initiated a Ph3 study evaluating tirzepatide vs. placebo in adolescents who have obesity or are overweight with weight-related comorbidities (SURMOUNT-ADOLESCENTS; view CT.gov record); BI’s SYNCHRONIZE-CVOT, evaluating survodutide in people with overweight or obesity with CVD, CKD, or at least two risk factors for CVD was observed on CT.gov (view CT.gov record); FDA announced the creation of a new Digital Health Advisory Committee (view press release); Better Therapeutics announced topline results from a subgroup analysis of AspyreRx in T2DM (view press release); and Navitus Health Solutions announced a partnership with Virta Health to make Virta’s T2DM health solutions available to Navitus clients (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights into the respective news items.