Category Archives: Dual/triple agonist

Novo Board Updates; Viking Ph1 Maintenance Study

Two cardiometabolic-related events have been observed: Novo Nordisk announced proposed changes to its board of directors, including the return of Lars Rebein Sørensen as chair (view article); and Viking initiated an exploratory Ph1 maintenance dosing study of VK2735 (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Rybelsus CVRR Approval; FDA Hands Out First CNPVs, Including Tzield; Novo Hires New SVP; Ascletis Ph2 ASC30 Trial Update; BI Appoints New Obesity and Liver Head

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed from Novo Nordisk, FDA, Sanofi, Ascletis Pharma, and Boehringer Ingelheim. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Obesity Spotlight: How Will Lilly Maintain Market Leadership?

In the ninth installment of FENIX’s Obesity Spotlight Series, FENIX has conducted a deep dive analysis of Lilly’s current position in the obesity market. The analysis includes insights into Lilly’s strategy to maintain a broad portfolio to stay at the top ahead of the impending wave of obesity competitors.

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Kailera Raises $600M for its Ph3 Obesity Program

Kailera Therapeutics announced a $600M Series B financing, with plans to initiate its global Ph3 program of KAI-9531 (QW SC GLP-1/GIP dual agonist) by YE 2025. Kailera completed an end-of-Ph2 meeting with FDA and discussed the Ph3 program, which will evaluate KAI-9531 in adults with obesity or overweight with and without T2DM. The company is also planning a trial in adults with a BMI of 35 or higher. For context, in May 2024, Kailera acquired exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize HRS9531 from Hengrui outside of greater China as KAI-9531 (previous FENIX insight). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the news item.

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Novo Cuts Cell Therapy R&D Division; FDA Accepts Afrezza Peds sBLA; Ascletis Selects Obesity Candidate; Lilly Initiates Ph2 Macupatide and Eloralintide Trial; October CHMP Agenda

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items has been observed from Novo Nordisk, MannKind, Ascletis Pharma, Lilly, and EMA. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Novo Acquires Akero for EFX in MASH

Novo Nordisk and Akero Therapeutics announced they have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement for Novo to acquire Akero for an upfront payment of $4.7B, with a total deal value up to $5.2B. An associated call was held following the announcement (view webcast; view slides). For context, Akero’s lead asset, efruxifermin (EFX; FGF21) is currently in Ph3 development for the treatment of MASH. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the deal in the context of Novo’s organizational changes.

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Biomea Ph2 T2DM Results; AZ Ph3 Baxdrostat Data; Ionis 2025 Innovation Day; New Hanmi Ph2 Triple Agonist Study; MannKind Completes scPharmaceuticals Acquisition; Fractyl Health Preclinical Gene Therapy Data

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items has been observed from Biomea Fusion, AstraZeneca, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Hanmi Pharmaceuticals, Fractyl Health, and MannKind. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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New Orforglipron SUI Trial; Amgen VESALIUS-CV Results; EASO Recommends GLP-1RAs

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Lilly initiated the Ph3 RESTRAIN-SUI study investigating orforglipron (QD oral GLP-1RA) in female participants with obesity or overweight and stress urinary incontinence (SUI; view CT.gov record); Amgen’s Repatha met primary endpoints for its Ph3 VESALIUS-CV trial in a primary prevention population (view press release); and EASO published a framework for obesity management, recommending semaglutide and tirzepatide as first-line AOMs (view publication). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Alnylam/Roche Initiate Zilebesiran CVOT; Hanmi Files Obesity IND; Sagimet Ph1 MASH Study

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Alnylam/Roche dosed the first patient in the Ph3 ZENITH CVOT study evaluating zilebesiran in uHTN (view press release); Hanmi Pharmaceuticals filed an IND for its muscle-sparing obesity candidate (view press release); and Sagimet Biosciences dosed the first participants in its Ph1 study of denifanstat + resmetirom (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Metsera Ph2b VESPER Results; NovoCare Partners with LifeMD; Novo Terminates CV Partnership; MindRank Ph1b Obesity Results; Cascade Initiates Ph2 MASH Study

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items has been observed from Metsera, Novo Nordisk, HeartSeed, MindRank, and Cascade Pharmaceuticals. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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