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BI Partners With Yale for HF Digital Solutions Trial; New Lilly Lyumjev T1DM TIR Study; Roche Q3 ’20 Earnings Update

A series of diabetes-related news items have been observed: Boehringer Ingelheim and Yale announced a collaboration to evaluate heart failure digital technologies (press release); Lilly initiated new Lyumjev (ultra rapid-acting lispro) + degludec U100 T1DM MDI TIR study; and Roche hosted its Q3 ’20 earnings call (press release; slides). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items, including thoughts on how the new Lilly Lyumjev trial likely relates to the recent educational partnership between Lilly and Dexcom (previous FENIX insight).

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Farxiga Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation for CKD

AstraZeneca announced FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) to Farxiga for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients with and without diabetes. Below, FENIX provides thoughts on the impending DAPA-CKD regulatory review in the context of Janssen’s CREDENCE and readthrough to BI/Lilly’s EMPA-KIDNEY.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Apple Cites T1DM Omnipod Patient Story at Tuesday Event; Jardiance Post-MI Trial (EMPACT-MI) Receives FDA FTD; Adocia Topline Results from M1Pram Ph1b Trial Extension; Welldoc/UMD Employs AI to Identify Digital Health Habits; Oramed’s Positive Diabetes Market Survey Results; Diamyd Receives $13.9M Towards Companion Medical Shares

A series of diabetes-related news items have been observed: Apple featured a T1DM patient story during the Apple Watch portion of its event; BI/Lilly announced Jardiance has received Fast Track designation for its EMPACT-MI study; Adocia announced positive topline results from its Ph1b M1Pram extension study in PWT1D; Welldoc and the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Information and Decision System (CHIDS) announced findings from a user engagement analysis; Oramed announced results from a diabetes market survey; and Diamyd received $13.9M from its divestment in Companion Medical. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the respective news items.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Merck In-licenses Hanmi’s Dual Agonist for NASH; Generic Empagliflozin Tentative Approval

Two diabetes-related news items have been observed: Merck announced it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Hanmi for the development and commercialization of efinopegdutide, a QW GLP-1/glucagon dual agonist for the treatment of NASH (formerly HM12425A and JNJ-64565111) and Lupin received tentative FDA approval for its generic empagliflozin (view article). Below, FENIX provides thoughts on why Merck has Janssen and Novo to thank for the favorable deal terms.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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EMPEROR-Reduced Positive Topline Results; AZ Discontinues its GLP-1RA Small Molecule; Lexicon to Reorganize; Lilly, AZ, and Lexicon Q2 ’20 Earnings Updates

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.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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New Jardiance Post-MI HF Trial (EMPACT-MI)

BI/Lilly announced plans to conduct a new pragmatic trial, called EMPACT-MI, to investigate the effect of Jardiance on heart failure patients ±T2DM who have been hospitalized with an acute MI. The trial is being conducted in collaboration with the Duke Clinical Research Institute, and is being led by Adrian Hernandez and Javed Butler. A preliminary search of CT.gov did not show any results for EMPACT-MI, and BI/Lilly did not provide a timeline of when it plans to initiate the study. Below, FENIX provides thoughts on EMPACT-MI, including BI/Lilly’s motivation to conduct such a trial as well as potential readthrough to Farxiga.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Empa T1DM Discontinued; Lilly Q1 ’20 Earnings Update; AZ Initiates Farxiga COVID-19 Trial

Lilly hosted its Q1 ’20 earnings call and provided updates to its diabetes business. Of note, Lilly disclosed that the empa T1DM program has been discontinued. Separately, AstraZeneca announced plans to evaluate Farxiga as a treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are at increased risk of complications, such as organ failure. The trial is being conducted at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute and led by Mikhail Kosiborod. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the Lilly earnings call as well as thoughts on the new AZ trial.

About The Author

Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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CRL for Empa 2.5mg in T1DM

BI/Lilly announced late Friday that the FDA has issued a CRL for the T1DM sNDA of empagliflozin 2.5 mg (press release). Of note, the CRL indicates that “the FDA is unable to approve the application in its current form.” Below, FENIX provides thoughts on the empa T1DM CRL in the context of other SGLTi T1DM initiatives.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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Trijardy XR (empa/lina/met XR FDC) Approved; Trijardy Label and Market Analysis

Late yesterday, Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly announced FDA approval for their empagliflozin+linagliptin+metformin XR triple FDC, branded as “Trijardy XR.” Below, FENIX has conducted a Trijardy XR label analysis which includes a comparison to AstraZeneca’s Qternmet XR (dapa+saxa+met XR) as well as thoughts on the potential impact of the triple FDCs on the OAD market segment.

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Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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JPM 2020 Day 4: Lexicon and Hanmi; Generic Jardiance Tentative Approval

On the final day of JPM 2020, there was a single diabetes-related presentation from Lexicon, which highlighted the upcoming CDER decision on sotagliflozin in T1DM as well as the expansion of the SOLOIST-WHF trial to include non-T2DM patients. Furthermore, Hanmi’s presentation at JPM was not webcast, but the company issued a press release with highlights of its obesity and NASH pipeline. Separately, FDA recently granted tentative approval to Alembic LTD for a generic version of BI/Lilly’s Jardiance. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the respective news items including additional insight and context from the ongoing litigation between BI and Alembic.

About The Author

Matthew Maryniak

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President of Fenix Group International

Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.

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