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Novo Q3 ’25 Earnings; Lowers FY 2025 Guidance…Again

Novo Nordisk hosted its Q3 ’25 earnings call (press release; slides) and provided updates across its CVRM portfolio and obesity pipeline. Of note, the company has lowered its FY 2025 sales growth guidance again from 8-14% to 8-11% due to continued underperformance of its semaglutide franchise. Recall, at the beginning of the year, Novo originally guided that FY 2025 sales growth would be in the range of 16-24% (view slide). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the Q3 ’25 earnings call, including thoughts on the Metsera acquisition saga.

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Medtronic to Spin Off Diabetes Business and CY Q1 ’25 (FY Q4 ’25) Earnings; Akero Acquisition Rumor 

Two cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Medtronic announced plans to spin off its diabetes business (press release; slides) and hosted its CY Q1 ’25 (FY Q4 ’25) earnings call (press release; slides); and Akero Therapeutics has reportedly received an acquisition proposal from an undisclosed strategic buyer (view article). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items, including thoughts on what the Medtronic diabetes spinoff means for the rest of the market.

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Akero Wins with F4 MASH Endpoint; Semaglutide + Enobosarm Combination Data; January 2025 CHMP Agenda

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Akero Therapeutics announced positive topline results from its Ph2b SYMMETRY trial (view press release), Veru announced Ph2b semaglutide + enobosarm topline data (view press release); and the CHMP agenda for this month’s meeting (Jan 27-30) has been released (view here). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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JPM 2025 Day 2: LLY, AZN, SNY, NVS, BAY, AKRO, SRRK, SDZ, MRK, TDOC, VTRS; Dario Partners for GLP-1RA Solution Expansion

On the second day of JPM 2025, FENIX has provided coverage of presentations by major CVRM companies, including Lilly, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Novartis, Bayer, Akero, Scholar Rock, Sandoz, Merck, Teladoc, and Viatris. Of note, JPM experienced webcast issues during the 9:45 AM PT time slot. Separately, one CVRM-related news item has been observed: Dario partnered with MediOrbis for GLP-1RA solution expansion (view press release).

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EASD 2024 Key Press Releases (Sep 09)

On the first day of EASD 2024, six key news items were observed from Terns Pharmaceuticals, Zealand Pharma, Diamyd Medical, Cytokinetics, Lilly/Superluminal Medical, and Akero Therapeutics. The following topics are covered below (hyperlinks to external items):

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ATTD 2024 Key Press Releases Day 1 (March 6)

On the first day of ATTD 2024, seven cardiometabolic-related news items were observed from Roche, Dexcom, Abbott, Lilly, Know Labs, Akero, and Biomea Fusion. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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SELECT up for CHMP Opinion?; January CHMP Agenda; Akero Initiates Ph3 EFX MASH Trial

Two cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: the CHMP agenda (view here) for this month’s meeting (January 22-25) has been released and includes Novo’s SELECT; and Akero initiated the second Ph3 study evaluating EFX in participants with non-cirrhotic MASH and F2 or F3 fibrosis (SYNCHRONY Histology; view CT.gov record). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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