Adocia has announced a partnership with Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceuticals for the development and commercialization of BioChaperone Combo (lispro+glargine) and BioChaperone Lispro. The partnership agreement is said to cover China and other designated countries.
Livongo announced a new $105M round of funding and a new strategic partnership. The new funding round brings the total capital raised by Livongo to $243.2M. The new strategic collaboration with Cambia Health Solutions will focus on improving personalized health care for patients with chronic conditions and brings on a new investor named Echo Health Ventures.
Zealand has announced a collaboration with Roche for the Ph3 development of Zealand’s dasiglucagon for the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism. Below, FENIX further analyzes this scenario.
Lilly and Sigilon Therapeutics announced a collaboration to develop encapsulated beta cell therapies for the potential treatment of T1DM. While other beta cell therapies have remained in early stages of development, Lilly’s financial support and considerable resources greatly increase the likelihood of Sigilon’s therapy advancing.
It was reported on Twitter that at ATTD 2018, Dexcom displayed a slide (pictured below) showing a representation of a smart insulin pen. Additionally, Dexcom presented information on the “fully enhanced Dexcom G6 CGM system” including “Urgent Low Soon Alerts.”
JDRF announced a partnership with EOFlow, a South Korean medical device company, to develop a patch pump automated insulin delivery system. EOFlow currently has two diabetes pipeline products including a wearable insulin pump-only (EOPatch) and an artificial pancreas system (EOPancreas).
Lilly disclosed major announcements about its diabetes connected care strategy, including intentions to develop an in-house automated insulin-delivery (AID) device as well as a wireless smart pen injection device. As a part of this endeavor, Lilly has engaged in collaborations with Deka R&D Corp., CGM-manufacturer Dexcom, and acquired Montreal-based algorithm startup Class AP. In light of these developments, Lilly has indicated plans to initiate trials by YE 2017 and has suggested it will take 2-3 years for these new devices to reach the market.
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.
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.