Skip to content Skip to footer

Ascletis Pharma Reports First Patient Dosing with ASC30 in P-IIa Trial for Obese or Overweight Patients

Shots:Ascletis Pharma has dosed first participants with ASC30 (PO, QD) in its US P-IIa trial for obesity (BMI ≥30kg/m^2) or overweight pts (BMI ≥27kg/m^2 but <30kg/m^2) with ≥1 weight-related comorbidityTrial will assess 2 ASC30 formulations (tablets & tablets A1), with pts starting at 1mg & undergoing weekly titrations to maintenance doses of 20 or 40mg…

Read more

Deep Apple Therapeutics Enters a Research Collaboration and Licensing Deal with Novo Nordisk to Advance Oral Small Molecules

Shots:Deep Apple & Novo have partnered to discover, develop, & commercialize oral small molecules targeting novel non-incretin GPCRs for cardiometabolic diseases, incl. obesity, using Deep Apple’s drug discovery techNovo will gain exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture, & commercialize assets discovered & optimized by Deep Apple for ~$812M in upfront, research costs, &…

Read more

Regeneron Enters a ~$2B In-Licensing Deal with Hansoh Pharma for HS-20094, Expanding its Obesity Portfolio

Shots:Regeneron has entered into an in-licensing agreement with Hansoh for exclusive global clinical development & commercialization rights of HS-20094, excl. Mainland China, Hong Kong & MacauAs per the deal, Hansoh will receive $80M upfront & ~$1.93B in development, regulatory & sales milestones, with low double digits royalties on sales in Regeneron-licensed areasHS-20094…

Read more

Skye Bioscience & Arecor Therapeutics

Skye Bioscience Enters a Formulation Development Agreement with Arecor Therapeutics for Nimacimab

Shots:Skye Bioscience has partnered with Arecor Therapeutics to develop a higher concentration formulation of Skye’s nimacimab, leveraging Arecor’s Arestat formulation platformAs per the deal, Skye will fund Arecor's development efforts, with the option to license rights of the new proprietary formulation & its intellectual property for further development & commercializationNimacimab (CB1 inhibitor,…

Read more

Novo Nordisk and Septerna

Novo Nordisk Enters a ~$2.2B Deal with Septerna to Develop Oral Small Molecules for Cardiometabolic Diseases

Shots:Septerna & Novo Nordisk to identify, develop & market oral small molecules for obesity, T2D & other cardiometabolic diseases under an exclusive global collaboration & license agreementAs per the deal, Septerna will receive ~$2.2B, incl. over $200M in upfront & near-term milestones, plus research, development, & commercial milestones, along with net sales-based tiered…

Read more

Pfizer New

Pfizer to Discontinue Danuglipron’s Development Program for Chronic Weight Management

Shots:Pfizer has discontinued the development of danuglipron (PF-06882961) as a potential therapy for chronic weight managementDanuglipron was evaluated in 2 P-I trials (NCT06567327 & NCT06568731), meeting key PK objectives & confirming formulation & dose with potential for strong efficacy & tolerability in P-III. However, a case of drug-induced liver injury & recent regulatory input led…

Read more

Novo-Nordisk

Novo Nordisk Reveals P-III (REDEFINE 2) Trial data of CagriSema for Weight Loss in Obese/Overweight and T2D Patients

Shots:Novo Nordisk has reported P-III (REDEFINE 2) trial data assessing CagriSema (cagrilintide 2.4mg + semaglutide 2.4mg, QW, SC) vs PBO in 1,206 obese/overweight pts (~102Kg) and type 2 diabetes for 68wks., and followed flexible dosing protocol with 61.9% pts reaching highest dose after 68wks. Trial met its co-1EPs demonstrated 15.7% superior weight loss…

Read more