Roche is extending its obesity pipeline signing a US$5.3bn biobucks deal with Zealand Pharma A/S, who will co-develop and co-commercialise a monotherapy of its long-acting amylin analogue petrelintide with the Swiss pharma giant in the US and Europe and do the same for a combo of petrelintide and Roche’s GLP1/GIP receptor agonist CTT388.
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Novo Nordisk A/S’ combined GLP1-, amylin- and calcitonin receptor agonist CagriSema has failed to meet the expected 25% weight loss within 68 weeks in the second of four pivotal Phase III trials. Shares in Novo Nordisk closed down 8% after the data became public.
Novo Nordiks has licenced Photys Therapeutics PHICS platform to target a single cardiometabolic target. Photys got US$186m upfront.
In both, liver fibrosis and resolution of MASH, Novo Nordisk’s GLP1 modulator semaglutide has shown convincing results in the Phase III ESSENCE study suggesting a label extension of the obesity blockbuster.
Italian obesity gene therapy developer Resalis Therapeutics srl has gained an equity investment from French pharma major Sanofi SA sufficient to finance its miRNA-22 antisense blocker RES-010 through Phase II proof-of-concept.
A German-Danish team has discovered that a truncated version of the enzyme adenlyate cyclase 3 can be targeted to transform fat-storing white adipocytes into fat-burning brown adipocytes.
Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug donanemab has speedy removed amyloid plaques in a pivotal Phase III trail halting disease progression for one year in half of patients.