Category Archives: Glucagon

New Sanofi CEO; Xeris delayed: SENS approval, InPen-Dexcom; Zeal-BB; vTv; Adocia

Today, seven major new items were observed across Sanofi, Dexcom/Companion Medical, Xeris, Senseonics, Zealand/Beta Bionics, vTv, and Adocia. Below, FENIX provides context and analysis for the announcements.

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Zealand/Beta Bionics Initiate iLet In-home Closed-Loop Trial

Zealand and Beta Bionics announced the first patients have been dosed in Beta Bionics’s iLet in-home closed-loop trial. Recall, during Zealand’s Q1 ’19 earnings call, senior management disclosed that the Ph3 pivotal dual-hormone iLet study is projected to initiate in 2020. Below, FENIX provides an overview of the trial as well as thoughts on the potential market outlook for a dual-hormone closed-loop system and impact on Zealand’s dasiglucagon business.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Zealand Q1 ’19 Earnings Update

Zealand hosted its Q1 ’19 earnings call and provided updates to its diabetes business including dasiglucagon (hypoglycemia rescue, congenital hyperinsulinism, and bi-hormonal closed-loop) and its GLP-1/GCG dual agonist with Boehringer Ingelheim. Recall, Zealand recently disclosed that its dasiglucagon hypoglycemia rescue filing has been delayed to early 2020. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the call.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Zealand’s Dasiglucagon Filing Delayed; Positive Ph3 Dasiglucagon Topline Results

Zealand announced positive topline results for its confirmatory Ph3 hypoglycemia rescue study evaluating dasiglucagon administered via the HypoPal autoinjector. Of note, Zealand also said its FDA filing timeline has been pushed back to early 2020 (previously YE ’19) based on recruitment difficulties with its Ph3 pediatric study. Below, FENIX provides an overview of the Ph3 HypoPal topline results in the context of Zealand’s pursuit of a commercial partner as well as thoughts on the potential impact of the regulatory filing delay.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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ADA 2019 Abstract and Session Titles Available

ADA 2019 abstract and session titles are available through the ADA desktop app. According to the ADA website, full abstract text will be available Tuesday, June 4 at 5:00 pm ET.

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Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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REWIND Filed; Empa T1DM, Nasal Glucagon Delayed; Lilly Q1 ’19 Earnings Update

Lilly hosted its Q1 ’19 earnings call and provided updates to its diabetes business. Of note, Lilly disclosed that it submitted REWIND (US and EU), URLi (EU, Japan, and maybe the US), a connected prefilled pen (US), and the empa+lina+metXR triple combination (US). Furthermore, Lilly also disclosed two regulatory delays. FDA refused to accept the sNDA for Jardiance in T1DM for “technical reasons,” and the review for Lilly’s nasal glucagon rescue product was extended by 3 months after FDA requested additional data. Below, FENIX provides thoughts and context to the significant Q1 ’19 regulatory events in diabetes.

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Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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No Lilly Nasal Glucagon Update?

Curiously, there has been no news from Lilly regarding the US regulatory status of its Locemia nasal glucagon product. Recall, during Lilly’s Q2 ’18 earnings, the company disclosed that it filed the nasal glucagon with FDA in Q2 ’18 (and July in EU). Assuming a 10-month review period, approval was projected by the end of April 2019. Below, FENIX provides thoughts on the Lilly nasal glucagon regulatory situation including the possibility that Lilly received a CRL from FDA.

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Zealand and Xeris Q4 ’18 Earnings Updates

Zealand and Xeris both released their respective Q4 ’18 earnings. Of note, Xeris did not have an associated call for investors. Recall, Xeris’s Gvoke glucagon rescue product PDUFA date is on June 10, 2019, and Zealand remains on track to file an NDA for its dasiglucagon HypoPal by YE ’19. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the respective earnings releases.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Diabetes Takes a Backseat During Part II Drug Pricing Hearing

Today, the Senate Finance Committee held the second drug pricing hearing of 2019 (Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part II). Part I was held on January 29, 2019. While the Part I drug pricing hearing spent much time discussing insulin pricing, diabetes-specifically was hardly mentioned. When a specific drug was mentioned, it was most often AbbVie’s Humira. Below, FENIX provides diabetes-related highlights and insights from the hearing.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Xeris Glucagon to be Branded “Gvoke”; Xeris Issues 5M Additional Shares

Xeris announced a proposed public offering of 5M additional shares; and, in the S-1 document, disclosed the commercial name of its stable glucagon as “Gvoke” believed to be pronounced (gee’-voke), which appears to be a play on the word “evoke.”   Below, FENIX provides key highlights from the S-1 filing, thoughts on the impending Xeris glucagon launch in H2 ’19 (June 10, 2019 PDUFA date), and insight on potential read-through to Xeris from FDA’s upcoming decisions on Sanofi/Lexicon’s sotagliflozin in T1DM (March 22, 2019 PDUFA date) and Lilly’s nasal glucagon (PDUFA believed to be in April 2019).

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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