Quick Listen: Scrip's Five Must-Know Things

In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: J&J interested in differentiated obesity assets; Kerendia hits in heart failure; strong HERCULES data keep Sanofi’s MS plans alive; WCLC preview; and Mankind sets eyes on 5x growth.

Scrip Five Must Know Things
weekly audio roundup of selected content from Scrip's global team

Join us for an audio catch-up on the major events in the biopharma industry over the past business week, as reported by Scrip‘s global team, in this podcast version of Five Must-Know Things.

This episode covers insights for the business week ended 6 September 2024, including: Johnson & Johnson interested in differentiated obesity assets; Kerendia hits in heart failure; strong HERCULES data keep Sanofi’s MS plans alive; WCLC preview; and Mankind Pharma Ltd. sets eyes on 5x growth.

This and all our other podcasts are available on the Citeline channel on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, TuneIn and Spotify Podcasts, and via smart speakers if one of these platforms has been set up as your default podcast provider.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

(Also see "J&J Interested In ‘Differentiated’ Obesity Assets" - Scrip, 4 September, 2024.)

(Also see "ESC: Kerendia Hits In Heart Failure, But Usage Unclear" - Scrip, 1 September, 2024.)

(Also see "Strong HERCULES Data Keep Sanofi’s MS Plans Alive" - Scrip, 2 September, 2024.)

(Also see "WCLC Preview: ADCs, Bispecifics And Other Targeted Therapies Command Attention" - Scrip, 2 September, 2024.)

(Also see "Fast And Furious – Leqvio Licensed, Bharat Serums In Bag, Mankind Sets Eyes On 5X Growth" - Scrip, 3 September, 2024.)

Citeline · Scrip’s Five Must-Know Things - 9 September 2024

Open Media

More from Alimentary/Metabolic

Eolo Pharma Advances In Obesity With Thermogenesis Approach

 
• By 

Emerging Company Profile: Early-stage biotech Eolo will seek cash and deals for its novel obesity drug SANA after positive Phase I results for weight loss, lean muscle mass preservation and fat mass reduction.

Protagonist Hopes To Come From Behind In Obesity With Oral Triple Agonist

 

The company announced plans to move an oral GLP-1/GIP/GCG receptor agonist peptide into clinical development for obesity in 2026.

Altimmune’s Phase IIb MASH Data Send Share Price Plunging

 
• By 

Altimmune’s stock price did not recover on June 27, after a 57% dip the day before, despite efforts to position pemvidutide as both resolving MASH and offering weight loss.

Veru’s Enobosarm Market Potential Enhanced By New Obesity Data

 
• By 

The late-stage biotech posted results from the maintenance extension portion of its Phase IIb QUALITY trial in which enobosarm reduced weight regain and helped preserve lean mass in patients who discontinued their semaglutide weight-loss treatment.

More from Therapy Areas

Novartis’s Cosentyx Suffers Rare Phase III Fail

 
• By 

Multi-blockbuster falls short in a giant cell arteritis study.

In Brief: 4DMT Fast-Tracks Long-Acting Wet AMD Therapy Trials, Cuts 25% Of Workforce

 

4D Molecular Therapeutics has fast-tracked its Phase III trials for 4D-150 in wet AMD, with top-line data from one now expected in H1 2027 and another underway ahead of schedule. The company is also cutting a quarter of its staff as it focuses on its late-stage pipeline and to help fund the trials.

Regeneron Wins Long-Sought FDA Nod For Lynozyfic In Myeloma

 

The agency gave accelerated approval to the BCMAxCD3-directed bispecific antibody, which had been the subject of an August 2024 CRL.