Category Archives: Insulin Delivery

Insulet Acquires AGC Assets

Insulet announced it has acquired assets from Automated Glucose Control LLC (AGC) which include patents and IP licensed from the Francis J. Doyle III laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara for $25M. Previously, AGC and Insulet entered into a license agreement and partnership in 2016 based on AGC-acquired patents and IP which were used for the development of the Omnipod 5 (view press release). Below, FENIX provides brief thoughts on the acquisition.

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Insulet Acquires Bigfoot’s Insulin Pump IP; Dexcom G7 Receives Medicare Reimbursement; Novo Initiates New Sema Pediatric Obesity Trial; Sanofi Completes $35M Investment in Provention; Sanofi Announces Change in R&D Leadership

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items were observed from Insulet, Bigfoot, Dexcom, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights into the respective news items.

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Abbott Q4 ’22 Earnings; Tidepool Loop Receives FDA Clearance; Lilly to Expand Incretin Manufacturing Capacity; Novo Receives Marketing Practices Complaint; AGC Biologics to Manufacture Tzield; Nemaura Reports Positive Miboko Data; J&J Q4 ’22 Earnings; and Embecta Opens New Headquarters

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items were observed from Tidepool, Lilly, Novo, Embecta, AGC Biologics, and Nemaura. Additionally, Abbott and J&J hosted Q4 ’22 earnings calls. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights into the respective news items including commentary on why the claims against Novo’s marketing practices seem unfounded.

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Another Branded SGLT2i Approved by FDA; Tandem Completes AMF Medical Acquisition; January CHMP Agenda

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: TheracosBio announced FDA approved Brenzavvy (bexagliflozin), a QD 20mg oral SGLT2i, for the treatment of T2DM (view press release; label); Tandem announced it completed the acquisition of AMF Medical (view press release); and the CHMP agenda (view here) for this month’s meeting (January 23-26) has been released. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights into the respective news items including an in-depth analysis of Brenzavvy could be another Nesina.

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Rybelsus Approved as First-Line Therapy for T2DM; Biocon Receives Another CRL; Tandem Initiates Control-IQ 2.0 Feasibility Study in T1DM

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Novo Nordisk announced FDA approved an updated label for Rybelsus, allowing for first-line use (view press release); Biocon received a CRL from FDA for its biosimilar Insulin-R (view announcement); and Tandem initiated a T1DM feasibility study using an updated Control-IQ 2.0 algorithm (view CT.gov record). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items, including thoughts on the impact of the updated Rybelsus label.

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JPM 2023 Day 4: TNDM, ICPT, LXRX, MNKD, and XERS; Oramed Discontinues Ph3 Development ORMD-0801 in T2DM; Versanis Initiates Ph2b Obesity Trial Enrollment

On the fourth and final day of JPM 2023, FENIX has provided coverage of presentations by other CVRM companies including Tandem, Intercept, Lexicon, MannKind, and Xeris. Separately, two CVRM-related news items have been observed: Oramed announced its oral insulin (ORMD-0801) failed to meet primary and secondary endpoints in the first Ph3 T2DM study, and the company is discontinuing development in T2DM (view press release); and Versanis Bio announced that the BELIEVE Ph2b study evaluating bimagrumab alone and in combination with semaglutide for the treatment of obesity has begun enrolling patients (view press release).

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JPM 2023 Day 2: LLY, ABT, PODD, SNY, AZN, MRK, and GSK; Sernova Advances T1DM Cell Pouch Technology; Pfizer Initiates New Ph1 Oral GLP-1RA Trial

On the second day of JPM 2023, FENIX has provided coverage of presentations by major CVRM companies including Lilly, Abbott, Insulet, AZ, and Merck. GSK and Sanofi also presented at JPM 2023, but neither had any meaningful discussion relating to their respective CVRM portfolios. Separately, two CVRM-related news items have been observed: Sernova announced it has made progress toward a first in-human study for its cell pouch system (view press release); and Pfizer initiated a new Ph1 trial (view CT.gov record) for one of its oral GLP-1RA assets (PF-07081532).

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Holiday Hangover: Novo’s Wegovy/Ozempic Featured on 60 Minutes; Intercept OCA NASH NDA Refiled; Amgen Initiates Ph2 AMG 133 Obesity Trial; Steven Russell Joins Beta Bionics; Novo’s Third Cagrisema Ph3 Trial Initiated; Wegovy Pediatric Indication; Lannett Bs-Insulin Updates; Equillium and Metacrine Terminate Merger; and More

During the holiday break, a series of cardiometabolic-related news items were observed from Novo Nordisk, Intercept, Amgen, Beta Bionics, Lannett, Equillium and Metacrine, MindRank, EOFlow, Medtronic, Adocia, and PeptiDream. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Medtronic InPen App Recall; Libre 3 + Ypsomed AID Available in Germany; Altimmune Positive Pemvidutide NAFLD Data; Embecta CY Q3 ’22 Earnings Update; Alnylam Submits ALN-KHK CTA for T2DM; Biocorp Receives EU Medical Device Certification

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed from Medtronic, Abbott, Altimmune, Embecta, Alnylam, and Biocorp. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insight on the respective news items, including thoughts on the Medtronic recall and how the positive Altimmune NAFLD data may not be enough.

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