ADA 2022 Key Press Releases (June 4)
On the second day of ADA 2022, six cardiometabolic-related news items were observed from Lilly, ADA, Insulet, vTv Therapeutics, and One Drop. Below, FENIX provides context and analysis for the announcements.
On the second day of ADA 2022, six cardiometabolic-related news items were observed from Lilly, ADA, Insulet, vTv Therapeutics, and One Drop. Below, FENIX provides context and analysis for the announcements.
Late last week, Lilly disclosed Mounjaro will be offered at $974.33 WAC across all available doses. Additionally, during Lilly’s fireside chat at UBS 2022 (view replay), Mike Mason, Lilly’s SVP and President of Diabetes briefly commented on Lilly’s pricing rationale for tirzepatide (discussed below). As a follow-up to FENIX’s Mounjaro label and website analysis (previous FENIX insight), FENIX has conducted a Mounjaro pricing analysis, including insight into why Lilly may opt to create a second brand for the tirzepatide obesity indication.
Late last week, FDA approved Lilly’s tirzepatide, branded as Mounjaro (mown-JAHR-OH), for the treatment of adults with T2DM (view label; previous FENIX insight). Below, FENIX has conducted a label and website analysis, including potential insight into the Mounjaro launch.
Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: MannKind announced plans to acquire Zealand’s V-Go insulin delivery device; Sernova and Evotec announced an exclusive global strategic partnership to develop an implantable iPSC-based beta cell replacement therapy and hosted an associated investor call (listen to webcast here); and AACE has updated its NAFLD practice guidelines which favor GLP-1RAs (view guidelines). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective new items.
FDA announced it has approved Lilly’s tirzepatide as “Mounjaro” for the treatment of adults with T2DM. Recall, Lilly filed the tirzepatide T2DM BLA with a PRV in October 2021 (previous FENIX insight) which allowed for a 6-month review. Tirzepatide remains under review in the EU. The label has not yet been observed at the time of this publication. FENIX will conduct a full label analysis of tirzepatide in the coming days once the label is available.
A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Novo Nordisk hosted its post-Q1 ’22 earnings event (see previous FENIX insight on Q1 ’22 Novo earnings from April 29); a second trial from Lilly’s Ph3 QW insulin program (BIF; LY3209590) has been observed (view CT.gov record); Lexicon (press release), Ionis (press release; slides), Provention Bio (press release), and Lannett (press release) hosted their respective Q1 ‘22 earnings calls. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective new items.
A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Novo (press release; slides), Dexcom (press release; slides), AZ (press release; slides), Sanofi (press release; slides), Biocon (press release), and Teladoc (press release; slides) hosted their respective Q1 ’22 earnings calls. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the respective earnings calls.
Several cardiometabolic-related news items have recently been observed: GSK announced FDA accepted the daprodustat NDA for the treatment of patients with anemia due to CKD; Sean Saint has started a new company called Luna Diabetes (view website); the CHMP agenda for this month’s meeting (April 19-22) has been released; and J&J hosted their Q1’ 22 earnings call (press release; slides). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective new items.
A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: a Medtronic-sponsored study evaluating the use of Lilly’s Lyumjev in the MiniMed 780G AID system has been observed (view CT.gov record); the Xigduo XR (dapagliflozin + metformin) DAPA-CKD sNDA has recently been approved (view updated label); Galectin Therapeutics reported positive feedback from its first DSMB meeting for its Ph2b/3 NAVIGATE study evaluating belapectin in NASH (press release); and Sciwind Biosciences announced it has started dosing patients in its Ph1 MAD study evaluating the company’s investigational oral GLP-1RA (XW004; ecnoglutide) in healthy volunteers. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective new items.
A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Lannett announced the initiation of its biosimilar insulin glargine pivotal trial; A CV safety meta-analysis for the tirzepatide Ph3 SURPASS program was published in Nature Medicine and showed no increased MACE risk in T2DM (view publication); and Provention Bio announced PRV-101 vaccine positive final results (press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective new items.