Category Archives: Insulin Delivery

Thoughts on CeQur/Calibra Acquisition and T2DM Patch Pump Market

CeQur announced it has acquired global rights to commercialize the OneTouch Via patch pump. CeQur’s interest in OneTouch Via is curious since CeQur has developed its own patch pump (PaQ). According to the press release, CeQur plans to launch the OneTouch Via (branded under a new, undisclosed name) in mid-2019. Below, FENIX provides thoughts on whether CeQur will commercialize both devices as well as insight into the T2DM pump market.

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Thoughts on Beta Bionics and Implications to Stable Glucagon, Senseonics, and Fiasp

Beta Bionics has initiated (press release) their home-use clinical trial (CT.gov record)of an insulin-only iLet AP system. Additionally, Ed Damiano, Beta Bionic’s CEO, presented at the Friends For Life conference and provided an update on the iLet commercial device. Below, FENIX provides analysis of the iLet study as well as implications to the glucagon market.

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Medtronic/UHC Value-Based Contract Results

Medtronic has announced first year results from its UHC value-based contract. Medtronic initially discussed these results during the 2018 ADA analyst briefing (previous FENIX insight).

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Thoughts on New Sanofi/Verily Connected Care Pre-filled T2DM Pump Partnership

With Sanofi and Verily’s recent Sensile Medical partnership for a connected pre-filled patch pump (Sensile website), FENIX has conducted an analysis of Sanofi’s connected care strategy with market, manufacturing, and payer implications. Below, FENIX provides insight into the diabetes connected care landscape in the context of the large insulin manufacturers (Sanofi, Novo, and Lilly).

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MannKind Re-Initiates TV DTC; Hosts Analyst Meeting

MannKind hosted an Institutional Investor and Analyst Meeting that was largely focused on providing an overview of the company with the intention of attracting new investors. Of note, senior management disclosed that they have re-initiated itsAfrezza TV DTC campaign. Below, FENIX provides highlights of the event including Afrezza EASD data presentations and Afrezza LCM roadmap as well as thoughts on the future for the Afrezza brand.

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“Smart CGM is a new category” – Medtronic ADA 2018 investor event summary

In conjunction with the ADA 2018 congress, Medtronic hosted an investor event (slide presentation) and the diabetes senior management team provided additional insights into their evolving business philosophy beyond the June 5 investor day. Below, FENIX provides a summary of the investor event, which had a large amount of news, as well as analysis behind Medtronic’s deliberate strategic choice to compete near-term in CGM features and solutions vs. hardware convenience.

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New Novo CVOT strategy; ADA ’18 Analyst Briefing

Novo hosted its annual ADA analyst briefing (presentation slides), predominantly discussing oral semaglutide. Of note, Novo disclosed they are no longer conducting a large-scale CVOT for Ozempic (formerly SOUL), instead leveraging the results of both SUSTAIN 6 and PIONEER 6 between injectable and oral semaglutide. Novo senior management said they believe it will be difficult for PIONEER 6 to demonstrate CV benefit at p < 0.05 given the low number of pre-specified events will require a large reduction in the hazard ratio. Additionally, Novo stated they plan to file oral semaglutide in mid-2019. Below are highlights from the ADA analyst event including three potential scenarios for injectable and oral semaglutide CV indications.

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