Hormone
Pfizer, Astellas’ Xtandi Combo Extends Survival in Early Prostate Cancer
Pfizer; Astellas; Xtandi; Enzalutamide; prostate cancer; overall survival; combination therapy; leuprolide; non-metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (nmHSPC); EMBARK study; biochemical recurrence (BCR)
FDA Approves Updated Dosing for Lilly’s Kisunla to Lower Brain Swelling Risk
FDA; Kisunla; Eli Lilly; Alzheimer’s disease; dosing regimen; brain swelling; ARIA; safety; label update; TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 6
Altimmune’s Incretin Misses Fibrosis Improvement Endpoints in MASH Trial
Altimmune; incretin; pemvidutide; fibrosis; MASH; GLP-1; clinical trial
Vertex’s Islet Cell Therapy Shows Dramatic Reduction in Dangerous Low Blood Sugar Levels in Type 1 Diabetes Trial
Vertex; islet cell therapy; zimislecel; Type 1 diabetes; hypoglycemia; phase 1/2 trial; endogenous insulin; stem cell therapy
Zealand Pharma’s Dual GLP-1/GLP-2 Agonist Dapiglutide Shows Promising 11.6% Weight Loss at 28 Weeks
Zealand Pharma; dapiglutide; GLP-1; GLP-2; weight loss; obesity; phase 1b trial; clinical trial; dual agonist; safety
Metsera Reports Once-Monthly Amylin Analogue Matches GLP-1 Efficacy in Early Phase 1 Results
Metsera; MET-233i; amylin; obesity; weight-loss; GLP-1; once-monthly; clinical trial; phase 1
Novo Nordisk and Septerna Forge $2.2B+ Collaboration on Oral Obesity and Diabetes Drugs
Novo Nordisk; Septerna; GPCR; oral drugs; obesity; type 2 diabetes; cardiometabolic diseases; GLP-1; GIP; glucagon receptors; small molecule therapies; collaboration; pharmaceuticals
Pharma’s wins and losses in Trump’s sprawling executive order on drug prices
Medicare, Medicare, Industry, drug price, Mediation, small molecule drugs, losses, IRA, Insulin, Prices
Back to the drawing board for Vertex’s ‘cells plus device’ diabetes programme
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, VX-264, type 1 diabetes, cell therapy, implantable device, clinical trial failure, zimislecel, insulin production
Novo Nordisk pens $2B deal for triple G agonist tied to 15% weight loss at 12 weeks
Novo Nordisk, UBT251, obesity treatment, triple agonist, weight loss, GLP-1, GIP, glucagon, The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited