Wegovy Faces Supply Shortage in Germany; Abata Announces Novel Pre-clinical Treg Cell Therapy Candidate for T1DM; Bayer Initiates Additional Ph3 Finerenone HF Trials; Merck Initiates Oral PCSK9i CVOT
Here is a brief preview of this blast: Four cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Novo Nordisk is reportedly having difficulties meeting Wegovy demand in Germany (view article); Abata Therapeutics disclosed its development candidate, ABA-201, to be a disease-modifying Treg cell therapy for T1DM (view press release); Bayer announced it will initiate three additional finerenone Ph3 studies as part of its HF MOONRAKER development program (view press release); and Merck initiated its oral PCSK9i (MK-0616) CVOT (view CT.gov record). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights into the respective news items.