The British NICE has defined the conditions for the reimbursement of Eli Lilly’s obesity blockbuster tirzepatide. This makes the UK the first country in which patients do not have to pay for the drug out of their own pocket.
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After securing an equity investment from French pharma giant Sanofi, Italian gene therapy company Resalis Therapeutics srl has begun enrolling participants for a Phase I study of its obesity gene therapy, RES-010, which converts white adipocytes into brown adipocytes.
Novo Nordisk is putting down up to US$362m to tap into Ascendis’ TransCon technology for treatments in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The pharma powerhouse has its sights set on developing a once-monthly GLP-1 receptor agonist.
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.
Swiss HAYA Therapeutics SA has inked a US$1bn biobuck deal with pharma giant Eli Lilly to discover new lncRNA targets in obesity and related metabolic conditions.
Belgian GPCR specialist Confo Therapeutics NV has raised €60m in an Series B financing round led by Ackermans & van Haaren to advance clinical development of two clinical programmes and preclinical candidates to treat rare endocrine diseases and obesity.
Drug discovery CRO Evotec SE announced has entered into a partnership with Inserm, Lille University Hospital and Inserm Transfert to screen new biomarkers and targets in obesity and metabolic diseases.
Obesity candidate CT-388, which Genentech added to Roche’s pipeline with the acquisition of Carmot Therapeutics, is at least not a disappointment, according to new trial data.
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.