Tag Archives: Onglyza

Obesity Spotlight Series: Who is the Next Sanofi?

In the twelfth installment of FENIX’s Obesity Spotlight Series, FENIX asks a provocative question: In today’s obesity market, who will be the next Sanofi? Once a diabetes powerhouse, Sanofi missed both the SGLT2i and GLP-1RA waves, and with the modern-day obesity market projected to exceed $150B by 2035 (view article), the company now finds itself on the sidelines of arguably the biggest growth opportunity in the industry’s history. This Spotlight examines how Sanofi’s past strategic mishaps transformed a potential contender into an observer and which other major pharmas may now be drifting toward the same fate.

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Diabeloop Initiates DBL-4pen Trial; Glenmark’s Generic Onglyza Receives Tentative Approval

Two cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Diabeloop initiated a trial evaluating its self-learning AID software via the DBL-4pen smartphone app in patients with T2DM in France (SERENIT2; view CT.gov record); and FDA granted tentative approval for Glenmark Pharma’s generic saxagliptin (Onglyza) 2.5mg and 5mg tablets (view Drugs@FDA). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the respective news items, including readthrough from the Diabeloop trial for Sanofi and Novo.

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DECLARE Approval Timeline Moved Up; AZ Q2 ’19 Earnings Update

AZ hosted its Q2 ’19 earnings call and provided updates to its diabetes commercial, clinical, and regulatory activities. Importantly, AZ updated the DECLARE US/EU regulatory decision timelines which are now both anticipated in H2 ’19 (previously said to occur in 2020). AZ also disclosed it has a new Ph1 GLP-1RA compound (MEDI7219). Discussion regarding the Farxiga T1DM CRL was minimal. Below, FENIX provides diabetes-related highlights and insights from the call.

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