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Zealand to Receive PRV?; Zealand Q3 ’25 Earnings; Pfizer Completes Metsera Acquisition; WeightWatchers to Offer Oral Wegovy; Ascletis Preclinical Combination Data; MangoRx Partners with NovoCare and LillyDirect? 

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items has been observed from Pfizer/Metsera, Zealand Pharma, WeightWatchers, Ascletis Pharma, and Lilly/Mangoceuticals (MangoRx). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items, including how Zealand can use a PRV to decrease the review time of petrelintide.

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Pfizer Wins Metsera Bidding War; Lilly Partners for RNAi Drug Discovery; AZ Acquires Obesity Start-Up; Tandem’s Mobi Cleared for Android Use; Merck, Amgen, AZ, Ionis Data at AHA 2025; November CHMP Agenda 

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed from Metsera/Pfizer, Lilly, AstraZeneca, Tandem Diabetes Care, Merck, Amgen, Bayer, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Camurus, and EMA. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Pfizer Faces Legal Setback in Metsera Battle, Set to Submit New Bid; MannKind and Biomea Q3 ‘25 Earnings

Three cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: A Delaware court denied Pfizer’s request to temporarily block Novo’s amended bid for Metsera (press release); MannKind hosted its Q3 ‘25 earnings call (press release; slides); and Biomea Fusion released its Q3 ‘25 earnings report  (view press release).  Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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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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Novo Initiates Metsera Bidding War  

Novo Nordisk announced it submitted an unsolicited proposal to acquire Metsera in a deal valued up to $9.0B. Recall, last month, Pfizer announced it entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire the New York-based biotech in a deal valued up to $7.3B (previous FENIX insight). Following the news, Metsera’s stock price soared ~23% to $64/share. Below, FENIX provides insight into the Metsera bidding war, including thoughts on Novo as a strategic fit, Pfizer’s potential response, and readthrough to other acquisition targets. FENIX’s bold prediction: Pfizer will ultimately win and acquire Metsera.

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