During Apple’s keynote presentation at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Kevin Lynch, Apple’s VP Technology, mentioned that the iWatch is able to receive real-time CGM data from Dexcom CGMs. Dexcom’s stock rose over 4% after the announcement.
An ADA abstract titled “A Novel Formulation of Insulin Lispro Containing Citrate and Treprostinil Shows Faster Absorption and Improved Postprandial Glucose Excursions vs. Humalog in Patients with T1DM” will be presented by Lilly at the General Poster Session on June 10, 2017.
J&J hosted their pharmaceutical business review and provided commentary on the Invokana boxed warning, CANVAS/R and CREDENCE, and their pipeline dual GLP-1/glucagon agonist from Hanmi.
FDA has issued a Drug Safety Communication regarding an increased risk of lower limb amputations associated with canagliflozin therapies (Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR) based on results from the CANVAS CV outcomes study. As such, FDA is requiring a Boxed Warning to be added to the labels of the respective drugs.
Lexicon has announced additional positive data from the Ph3 inTandem1 study. Of note, a slight increase in DKA was seen in the sotagliflozin groups during the extension period with 6 cases (2.5%) on 200mg and 3 cases (1.3%) for 400mg compared to 1 patient (0.4%) on placebo.
MannKind held its Q1 2017 earnings call and provided updates on commercial and clinical activities for Afrezza.
On May 10th, Mylan hosted its Q1 2017 earnings call and briefly discussed its insulin glargine development program.
MannKind Corporation and One Drop are entering into a collaborative agreement that would extend One Drop’s subscription service and digital health platform through the addition of Afrezza as a rapid-acting insulin offering integrated in-app with Bluetooth technology.
Lexicon hosted its Q1 earnings call and provided updates to their T1DM and T2DM diabetes development programs for sotagliflozin and LX2761.
Lilly hosted its Q1 ’17 earnings call and provided an update to its diabetes portfolio including pipeline and LCM activities.