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):
A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed from Senseonics, Abbott, Neuraly, Cytokinetics, Inventiva, and Terns. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.
Two cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Boehringer Ingelheim announced a partnership with Walgreens for clinical trials, including obesity (view press release); and Cytokinetics announced the initiation of pediatric aficamten oHCM study, CEDAR-HCM (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.
A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed from Novo, Amgen, Dexcom, and Boehringer Ingelheim. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.
On the fourth and last day of JPM 2024, FENIX has provided coverage of presentations by other CVRM companies, including Madrigal, Lexicon, MannKind, and Akebia. Xeris also presented at JPM 2024 but had no meaningful discussion relating to its CVRM portfolio. Separately, one CVRM-related news item has been observed: Novartis has reportedly decided to no longer pursue a Cytokinetics acquisition (view article).
On the first day of JPM 2024, FENIX has provided coverage of presentations by major CVRM companies, including Dexcom, Medtronic, Amgen, Akero, Arrowhead, Cytokinetics, Novartis, Vertex, Alnylam, and Regeneron. Pfizer and Merck also presented at JPM 2024 but had no meaningful discussion relating to their respective CVRM portfolios. Additionally, three separate CVRM-related news items have been observed: Tandem and Abbott announced the Tandem X2 Control-IQ AID system now integrates with Abbott’s Libre 2 Plus CGM (view press release); Novo announced topline results from the COMBINE 3 study evaluating icosema vs. basal-bolus treatment in T2DM (view press release); and Supersapiens announced the launch of its Supersapiens Diabetes platform (view post).
During the holiday break, a series of cardiometabolic-related news items were observed from Zealand, Cytokinetics, NeuroBo, Insulet, Royal North Shore Hospital, Novo Nordisk, and Glucotrack. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.
Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Novo Nordisk and GE HealthCare partner to further advance the clinical and product development of peripheral focused ultrasound (PFUS) for T2DM and obesity (view press release); Cytokinetics announced updates on its cardiac myosin inhibitor programs during its virtual Investor and Analyst Day (view webcast; slides); and AstraZeneca initiated a new Ph3 dapa+zibotentan combination trial in CKD and high proteinuria, called ZENITH High Proteinuria (view CT.gov record). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights into the respective news items.
Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced a research partnership with Novo Nordisk to identify drug targets for T2DM and genetic roots of cardiac fibrosis (view press release); Viking Therapeutics initiated a Ph2 trial evaluating the company’s SC QW GLP-1 + GIP dual agonist, VK2735, in obese and overweight patients (view press release); and Cytokinetics initiated a pivotal Ph3 trial of aficamten in patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM; view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights into the respective news items.
Four cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: On May 10, 2023, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a widely covered hearing with Sanofi, Lilly, and Novo Nordisk’s CEOs as well as executives from top PBMs (view broadcast here); Zealand Pharma (view press release; slides) and Dario (press release) hosted their respective Q1 ‘23 earnings calls; and Cytokinetics announced the initiation of a Ph1 trial evaluating CK-4021586 (CK-586) as a potential treatment for HFpEF (view press release). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights into the respective news items.