Alchemab Therapeutics LtdBritish antibody specialist Alchemab Therapeutics Ltd has secured a US$32m Series A extension after it completing preclinical development of ATLX-1282 and starting a Phase I clinical trial.
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Adobe stock photos - JimEli Lilly, the US market leader in the lucrative diabetes and obesity space, is now challenging its competitor Novo Nordisk in the area of oral GLP-1 receptor agonists. Lilly’s orforglipron has met the primary endpoint of its registration study and is set to be submitted for approval in the United States.
asobe stock photos - catalin 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.
Adobe stock - maurice norbert 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.
Photys TherapeuticsNovo Nordiks has licenced Photys Therapeutics PHICS platform to target a single cardiometabolic target. Photys got US$186m upfront.
By Benff - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128081038In 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.
Resalis/VimeoItalian 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.