EMPEROR-Reduced Positive Topline Results; AZ Discontinues its GLP-1RA Small Molecule; Lexicon to Reorganize; Lilly, AZ, and Lexicon Q2 '20 Earnings Updates
Here is a brief preview of this blast: Lilly (press release; slides), AstraZeneca (press release; slides), and Lexicon (press release; slides link unavailable) hosted their respective earnings calls. Importantly, BI/Lilly announced positive topline results from the EMPEROR-Reduced outcomes trial in HFrEF patients with and without T2DM, AZ discontinued its small molecule GLP-1RA (MEDI7219), and Lexicon is restructuring its business to shift focus toward R&D. Below, FENIX provides insights into the EMPEROR-Reduced results in the context of the evolving SGLT2i HF market as well as thoughts on how Lexicon's restructuring could be an indicator for the sotagliflozin CVOT results.