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Japanese NDA Submitted for Imeglimin; Poxel H1 ’20 Earnings Update

Yesterday, Poxel hosted its H1 ’20 earnings call and provided updates to its Japanese and US Imeglimin development. Of note, Poxel has submitted the Japanese NDA for Imeglimin and its US partner, Metavant, is actively preparing to initiate a Ph3 program in the US. Below, FENIX provides an overview of the Poxel earnings call and thoughts on Imeglimin development, including its market potential.

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Apple Cites T1DM Omnipod Patient Story at Tuesday Event; Jardiance Post-MI Trial (EMPACT-MI) Receives FDA FTD; Adocia Topline Results from M1Pram Ph1b Trial Extension; Welldoc/UMD Employs AI to Identify Digital Health Habits; Oramed’s Positive Diabetes Market Survey Results; Diamyd Receives $13.9M Towards Companion Medical Shares

A series of diabetes-related news items have been observed: Apple featured a T1DM patient story during the Apple Watch portion of its event; BI/Lilly announced Jardiance has received Fast Track designation for its EMPACT-MI study; Adocia announced positive topline results from its Ph1b M1Pram extension study in PWT1D; Welldoc and the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Information and Decision System (CHIDS) announced findings from a user engagement analysis; Oramed announced results from a diabetes market survey; and Diamyd received $13.9M from its divestment in Companion Medical. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from 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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Diamyd’s Ph2b DIAGNODE-2 Trial Topline Results; New MicroTech Medical BGM 510(k) Clearance; Voluntis Announces €2M in Funding

A series of diabetes-related news items have been observed: Diamyd announced topline results from its Ph2b DIAGNODE-2 trial, and hosted a brief webcast to discuss the results; MicroTech received 510(k) clearance for its first BGM; and Voluntis secured €2M in financing. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights related to the respective news items.

About The Author

Matthew Maryniak

|
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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Thoughts on Newly Permanent Lilly Insulin+Baqsimi Copay Cards; New Novo+ACC ASCVD Registry; ProSciento Receives VC Investment

A series of diabetes-related news items have been observed: Lilly permanently committed to the Insulin Value Program $35 copay card besides other savings options for Humulin R U500 and Baqsimi; Novo Nordisk and ACC are launching a new ASCVD T2DM registry; and ProSciento closed a venture capital funding round. Below, FENIX provides an overview of the respective news items as well as thoughts on the economic benefit of the $35 insulin copay card compared to Semglee in addition to how the ACC partnership is beneficial to Novo.

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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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Danilo Verge and David Kendall Join Zealand

Zealand announced it has appointed Danilo Verge and David Kendall to lead the company’s Medical Affairs organization. Verge, the former VP of AZ CVRM and VP of Novo Medical Affairs USA, will serve as Zealand’s Head of Global Medical Affairs for Zealand’s metabolic and gastrointestinal franchises (pictured bottom left; view LinkedIn profile). Kendall, former CMO at MannKind and VP of Lilly Global Medical Affairs, will serve as Senior Global Medical Advisor Metabolism (pictured bottom right; view LinkedIn profile). Below, FENIX provides thoughts on the new leadership in the context of Zealand’s emerging commercial business as well as Verge and Kendall’s moves.

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Matthew Maryniak

|
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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Former Head of BI Diabetes/CardioMetabolism Joins Novo

Boehringer Ingelheim’s former Head of Medicine for the Diabetes and CardioMetabolism business, Jyothis George (pictured below; view LinkedIn profile), has recently joined Novo Nordisk as the VP of Clinical, Medical, and Regulatory for Northwest Europe. Below, FENIX provides thoughts on George’s move, including insight into why it seems to make sense given Novo’s expanding focus beyond diabetes.

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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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ACC 2021 Scheduled as Live Conference

ACC announced that its 2021 conference is scheduled to be held live in Atlanta, GA from May 15-17 (view conference website). While there is no additional information on the ACC 2021 website, it seems likely that there would be a large virtual component to the meeting, catering to those who are unable or unwilling to travel. Furthermore, the conference organizers are presumably making backup plans to host an entirely virtual conference in the event the COVID-19 pandemic prohibits a live event.

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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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Bayer Commits ~$100M in One Drop Series C

One Drop and Bayer announced an updated agreement for the joint development of digital health products in CV, oncology, and women’s health. As part of the agreement, Bayer has led One Drop’s $34.7M Series C funding round and has committed to an additional $64M in development fees and potential commercial milestone payments. Below, FENIX provides thoughts on how One Drop got this far with Bayer, if One Drop took a down round, and some potential irony with Bayer’s focus on diabetes.

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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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One Drop Launches New Membership Program; AZ Partners with RenalytixAI for Chronic Disease Precision Medicine

Two diabetes-related news items have been observed: yesterday, One Drop announced it has launched a new “Digital Membership” platform and AstraZeneca has entered into a partnership with RenalytixAI for “precision medicine strategies” in CV, renal, and metabolic diseases. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the respective news items, including thoughts on why One Drop’s Digital Membership may be an admission that its current diabetes solution and commercial infrastructure is lacking.

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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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Sensyne to Launch New Diabetes Remote Monitoring Software

Sensyne Health announced it has developed a new diabetes remote management system called “DBm-Health,” which focuses on people at risk of diabetes, pre-diabetes, T1DM, and T2DM. Sensyne plans to launch DBm-Health in the UK over the coming months with a US launch scheduled “toward the end of the current financial year” (March 31, 2021). Of note, Sensyne already offers other remote monitoring solutions for gestational diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, COPD, and COVID-19 (view Sensyne website). According to Sensyne, the new DBm-Health solution was created in response to increasing HCP demand for remote monitoring systems. Below, FENIX provides thoughts on the Sensyne DBm-Health solution, including insight into how some perceived deficiencies of the platform may preclude its use with patients and HCPs.

About The Author

Matthew Maryniak

|
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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