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Inventiva Updates Lanifibranor NASH Development Program; Galectin Completes Ph2b/3 NAVIGATE Study Enrollment; Novo Signs Stemcell Deal with Fujifilm

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Inventiva announced changes to the clinical development of lanifibranor, including a new Ph3 trial in NASH and compensated cirrhosis (view press release); Galectin announced enrollment completion for its Ph2b/3 NAVIGATE study evaluating belapectin in patients with liver cirrhosis caused by NASH (view press release; CT.gov record); and Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics announced an iPSC-derived cell therapy license agreement with Novo Nordisk (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items, including readthrough from Inventiva’s new NASH clinical development strategy.

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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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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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Lilly Initiates Final Ph3 QWINT Trial; Madrigal Announces $300M+ in Financing Events to Advance Resmetirom; Akebia Receives Interim Response to Appeal for Vadadustat CRL

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: The final trial from Lilly’s Ph3 QW insulin QWINT program has been observed (QWINT-1; view CT.gov record); Madrigal announced plans to leverage $300M+ in financing events to support planned commercial and clinical activities for resmetirom in NASH (view press release); and Akebia announced it received an interim response from FDA to its Formal Dispute Resolution Request regarding the vadadustat CRL issued in March 2022 (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insight on the respective news items, including thoughts on Lilly’s strategy to pursue a QW insulin fixed-dose escalation regimen as well as readthrough from GSK’s impending daprodustat PDUFA to Akebia’s vadadustat.

About The Author

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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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.

About The Author

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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Madrigal Wins Big with Ph3 NASH Data; Novo Expands Partnership for Dose Check; AZ Announces DELIVER Positive CHMP Opinion

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Madrigal Pharmaceuticals announced positive topline results from its Ph3 resmetirom MAESTRO-NASH study and hosted an investor call, although the company provided conflicting guidance on the filing timeline (view press release; webcast); Amalgam Rx announced the expansion of its global agreement with Novo Nordisk for the commercialization of Dose Check (view press release); and AstraZeneca announced Forxiga (dapagliflozin) received a positive CHMP opinion for DELIVER (view press release). Below, FENIX provides insights on the respective news items, including readthrough from the Madrigal data to other NASH players.

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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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Lilly Partners with Sosei Heptares for Metabolic Drug Discovery; FIGARO-DKD and DELIVER Positive CHMP Opinions

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Sosei Heptares announced an R&D collaboration with Lilly for diabetes and metabolic diseases (view press release); Bayer announced Kerendia (finerenone) received a positive CHMP opinion for the FIGARO-DKD study (view press release); AZ’s Forxiga received a positive CHMP opinion to broaden its HF indication based on results from DELIVER (view opinion). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights on the Lilly partnership and respective positive CHMP opinions.

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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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Alnylam Hosts 2022 R&D Day; Movano Health Initiates First Beta Program for Smart Ring

Two cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Alnylam hosted its 2022 R&D webinar and provided clinical and commercial updates (view press release; slides); and Movano Health announced the launch of its Movano Ring beta program with Novant Health (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights on the two news items, including thoughts on Alnylam’s clinical and preclinical pipeline.

About The Author

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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Tandem Acquires Sigi Patch Pump; Novo Reports Ozempic Supply Shortages; Novo Initiates Second 7.2mg Sema Ph3 Trial in T2DM; Cytokinetics Host Post-adcom Investor Call

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Tandem announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AMF Medical SA (view press release); it has been reported that Novo Nordisk is experiencing a shortage of Ozempic (view article); Novo Nordisk initiated a second 7.2mg QW SC semaglutide Ph3 trial (view CT.gov record) in T2DM; and Cytokinetics hosted an investor event to discuss the results of the omecamtiv adcom (view press release; webcast). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights on the respective news items, including questions regarding Tandem’s acquisition decision.

About The Author

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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FDA Adcom Votes Against (3-8) Omecamtiv Approval

Today, FDA held an advisory committee meeting to discuss the use of Cytokinetics’s omecamtiv to reduce the risk of CV death and HF events in patients with HFrEF, and panelists voted overwhelmingly against (3-8) the omecamtiv benefit/risk profile. For context, in June 2022, FDA accepted the omecamtiv NDA and set a PDUFA date for February 28, 2023 (previous FENIX insight). Recall, the NDA submission is based on data from the Ph3 GALACTIC-HF trial (view CT.gov record) which were initially presented at AHA 2020 (previous FENIX insight) and published in the NEJM (view publication). Below, FENIX provides key commentary from the adcom panel as well as insight on the future for the asset.

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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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Lilly Green Lights Two Next-Gen Incretin Ph3 Programs; Lilly 2023 Guidance Call

Lilly hosted its 2023 guidance call (slides; webcast) and provided key pipeline updates and an overview of potential upcoming milestones. Importantly, Lilly announced plans to advance its GGG tri-agonist (retatrutide) and oral GLP-1R NPA (orfoglipron) into Ph3 development. Additionally, Lilly disclosed that the final pivotal QW insulin trial (QWINT-1) will evaluate a fixed dose using the same Mounjaro/Trulicity auto-injector. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the event including a readthrough to new obesity development entrants, specifically Pfizer and Amgen.

About The Author

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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