J&J presented its Q1 ’17 earnings results and provided a brief update to its diabetes business including drugs and devices. Of note, J&J is hosting its Pharmaceutical Business Review on May 17.
The ClincalTrials.gov record for the CREDENCE trial has been updated to reflect a later primary completion date. The estimated primary completion date has been pushed back from February 11, 2019 to June 28, 2019, which may be due to trial recruitment.
Lilly has announced intentions to invest $850M in its US operations in 2017 including $85M to expand the Trulicity device assembly operations. Additionally, Lilly announced the dedication of a $140M insulin cartridge facility.
Lilly and the William Sansum Diabetes Center in Santa Barbara, California have entered into a research collaboration to further understand the unmet needs related to diabetes in the Latino population.
Lexicon hosted its Q4 and full-year 2016 earnings call and provided an update to its diabetes pipeline.
Merck/Pfizer quietly filed their SGLT2i, ertugliflozin, FDC with metformin, and FDC with Januvia (sitagliptin) in December 2016.
Lexicon recently presented at the Leerink Global Healthcare Conference and provided updates to its diabetes development programs.
EMA has issued a warning that Invokana is associated with increased cases of lower limb amputations, particularly toes, in the CANVAS and CANVAS-R studies. The underlying cause remains unknown. While EMA has concluded the risk exists, the issue remains under investigation with FDA.
Merck hosted their Q4 and full-year 2016 earnings update today. Overall, there was minimal diabetes-related discussion as the primary focus was on Keytruda.