Category Archives: Insulin Delivery

Sciwind GLP-1RA Licensing Rumors; Lilly Completes Verve Acquisition; Adocia Ph3 Insulin Lispro Data 

Three cardiometabolic-related news items: Sciwind is reportedly in conversations with a US pharma company interested in licensing its Ph3 obesity asset, ecnoglutide (QW SC GLP-1RA; view article); Lilly announces it completed the acquisition of Verve Therapeutics (view press release); and Adocia and Tonghua Dongbao announce Ph3 insulin lispro results in T2DM (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Novo Loses Wegovy Patent Challenge; New Ph3 Icodec Trial; TIXiMED Appoints Advisors 

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Viatris successfully challenged Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide patent (view court filing); Novo Nordisk registered a new Ph3 study of icodec in T1DM (view CT.gov record); and TIXiMED appoints new advisors for the development of its TIX100 program (view LinkedIn post). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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AstraZeneca Ph3 Baxdrostat Topline Results; FDA Approves Bayer’s Kerendia for HFpEF; Mattel Launches Barbie with T1DM 

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: AstraZeneca announced positive Ph3 topline results for baxdrostat in hypertension (view press release; view CT.gov record), Bayer announced FDA approval of Kerendia’s (finerenone) HEpEF indication (view press release), and Mattel announced the launch of a Barbie with diabetes (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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FDA Publishes Slew of CRLs in Effort to Increase Transparency

FDA announced it has published more than 200 CRLs to increase transparency. The CRLs were issued to applications submitted between 2020 and 2024, and all are for drugs that have since gained approval from the agency, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson told Fierce Biotech (view article). Below, FENIX provides an overview of select CRLs and brief insight into the FDA openness policy.

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Abvance Receives Financing and Expands Leadership 

Abvance Therapeutics announced the closing of its strategic seed financing, which the company plans to use to support its early development programs and expand its executive/board teams. Jaivir Pall, Investment Director for diabetes at Zubi Capital, and Brent Ahrens, General Partner at Canaan Partners have been appointed to Abvance’s Board of Directors as new members. Notably, no specific figures related to the funding were disclosed. Below, FENIX provides a summary of the additional leadership changes and brief insights.

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