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Ascletis Advances ASC37 as an Oral Triple Agonist for Metabolic Disease

Shots: Ascletis Pharma has selected ASC37 tablets (PO), a GLP-1R/GIPR/GCGR triple peptide agonist, as a clinical development candidate ASC37, utilizing Ascletis’ POTENT tech, showed an average of 4.2% absolute oral bioavailability, higher than semaglutide, tirzepatide, & retatrutide in oral SNAC formulations, & ~57-fold greater AUC vs retatrutide (PO) in NHP studies, with an observed t½ of…

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Novo Nordisk Reports the US FDA’s sNDA Submission for Higher Wegovy Dose for Weight Management

Shots: The US FDA has received an sNDA for a higher dose of Wegovy (7.2mg semaglutide) along with lifestyle intervention for chronic weight management in adults with obesity, with sNDA to be reviewed under CNPV program sNDA was supported by 72wk. STEP UP trial assessing Wegovy (7.2mg, QW) vs Wegovy (2.4mg) & PBO alongside lifestyle intervention in 1,407 obese…

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Novo Nordisk Reveals P-III (REDEFINE 1) Trial Data on CagriSema for Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Shots: The post hoc analysis of P-III (REDEFINE 1) trial assessed CagriSema (cagrilintide 2.4mg & semaglutide 2.4mg) vs PBO & individual components effects on CV risk factors in 3,417 obese/overweight pts with ≥1 obesity-related comorbidities, & without T2D Trial showed CagriSema reduced systolic BP by -10.9 mmHg over 68wks. (vs -8.8 with semaglutide, & -2.1 with PBO),…

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Novo Nordisk Reports the Health Canada’s Approval of Ozempic to Reduce Risk of Kidney Disease Progression & Cardiovascular Death in T2D & CKD Adults

Shots: Health Canada has approved Ozempic to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening & CV death in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) & chronic kidney disease (CKD) Approval was based on P-IIIb (FLOW) trial assessing Ozempic (1mg, Q1W, n=1767) vs PBO (n=1766) in type 2 diabetes & CKD pts (N=3533) Study met its 1EP of 24% relative…

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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…

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Novo Nordisk Reports Headline Results from P-IIIb (STEP UP) Study of Semaglutide 7.2mg in Obese Adults without Diabetes

Shots: The P-IIIb (STEP UP) study assessed semaglutide (7.2mg) vs semaglutide (2.4mg) & PBO as an adjunct to lifestyle intervention in obese adults (n=1,407; BMI ≥30kg/m^2) without diabetes for 72wks. STEP program also includes STEP UP T2D study of semaglutide (7.2mg) in obese adults (n=512) with T2D for 72wks. Study met its 1EP, depicting…

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