Diabetes prevention signal emerges for Farxiga
SGLT2 inhibitors primarily treat diabetes, with benefits also seen in heart and kidney diseases. Might they also help prevent diabetes in the first place?
Third-quarter events to watch for large drug makers
Biogen’s aducanumab filing is keenly awaited, as are clinical data from Sanofi, Bristol Myers Squibb, Lilly and others.
Big pharma sports smallest late-stage pipeline for a decade
The number of novel, pivotal-stage projects in big pharma pipelines has plunged – just as Covid-19 put the brakes on deal making.
Big pharma heads towards important readouts
Clinical data are expected soon from Novo Nordisk, Bayer and Sanofi, while Roche and Gilead take aim at ulcerative colitis.
Genfit’s predictable liver disease failure sets up a cirrhosis pivot
Five years after failing phase II in Nash, elafibranor fails phase III in Nash; a focus on liver cirrhosis beckons.
Novo’s Nash play takes shape
As semaglutide looks set to move into pivotal trials in Nash, Novo Nordisk lays out hopes for longer-term benefits.
Long term forecasts confirm Keytruda’s dominance
Keytruda sales could be more than double any other product in 2026, new estimates suggests, as Merck’s cancer drug surges into the record books.
Will Novo’s big thinking in obesity pay off?
Novo Nordisk has high hopes that obesity will become a major source of sales, and data on the company’s most promising projects are looming.
Akero’s success gives a new Nash mechanism hope
Before Covid-19 came along investors were looking to several Nash catalysts in 2020, and yesterday Akero delivered on one of these.
