$NVS Strategy to 2026
main approvals by mkt potential & current "strength of evidence"
earlier stage pipe in pharmaceuticals & oncology
on LP(a) & $NVS antisense
on IgAN: correlates vs proteinuria & LT outcome $NVS $CALT $CALTX & others
on peanut allergy: $NVS launching a ph3 with its anti-IgE mAb ligelizumab
on Sjögren & other AI dzz: $NVS lanalumab/VAY736 (anti-BAFF-R mAb) from $MOR
I skip the neuroscience & jump straight to $NVS onco
only 1 $NVS slide on anti-IL-1B canakinumab in lung cancer, also mentioning gevokizumab backup or in // (different binding mode to IL-1B, more an allosteric modulator than an inhibitor like canak)
More slides on #KRAS obviously, with JDQ443 anti-KRAS G12C
$NVS JDQ443 con't: ph1 in mono & combos with SHP2i, anti-PD-1, SHP2i & anti-PD-1
$NVS SHP2i TNO155: some PC combo data w/ anti-KRAS showing pot. synergy, pot. interest with other TKIs (EGFR, ALK)
$NVS SHP2i TNO155 (cont'd): ph1 summary, broad combo program (incl with $MRTX KRAS G12C inh)
Summary of $NVS agents on the KRAS-MAPK
Of note, the recent FIH of YAD/TEAD inh IAG933 (lots of publication on this pathway in past 2/3y or so)
Now the turn of CAR-Ts w/ $NVS new rapid manuf T-Charge platform, to be featured at #ASH21
<2d manuf (assumedly excl. quality control), aimed to retain naive & stem cell memory T cells in the final soup (same idea than $GRCL Fast-CARs) vs prior process leading to more
differentiated central memory T cells
2 inital programs: CD19 & BCMA
among the $NVS wild card: anti-TGF-Beta (under active form) mAb NIS973, tested in PDAC
$NVS betting on new modalities, also incl. protein degradation with many early stage programs, and through collaborations
EMA status on last Friday: 142 cases in April out of 17m doses w/ $AZN vaccine➡️316 at the end of May = 174 new cases out of 19m add. -first- doses of 1st doses in the EEA, i.e. stable
rate, but↘️in fatal events (deemed related to the awareness work of the agency)
Weird not to have seen a decrease, as most of the countries had spared the youngest pop. to receive the $AZN vaccine. Or maybe it's due to a delay in reporting of the AEs, and the late implementation of some restrictions?
$MOR finally pulling the trigger on M&A, putting cash from Bonds to work on this $CNST acquisition, with the assist of Royalty Pharma to increase the range of accessible M&A targets. BET & EZH2 inhibitors indeed seem to be relevant target to $MOR positioning. Had to do tradeoffs
Debate on potential for single dose in the UK. Which is aligned with a thought I previously shared. You cannot do it just like that but at least it deserves some second thoughts.
There's also this mention of the rigid "by age" strategy for vaccination, which I agree with. After the most vulnerable and the 60-65+, I also thought at vaccinating the population of potential super-spreaders, i.e. 18-25y or 18-30y (or 16-25y/16-30y), then going downwards from
60-65y. In the medium term, I guess it would make more sense to do that than doing the 18-25/18-30y at the end.
$LYS +32% in Paris trading this morning, with a press release worded like the "highly stat. sig." mean change in CSF HS concentration was saying it all, but unfortunately that's not really the case.
Directionally the variation seems OK, but 1/ p-values don't provide any magnitude
of an effect by themselves (unless you reverse some other data), and 2/ one also needs to take into account where the bar is ideally.
On point #1, Abeona already provided data with "highly stat. sig." (assuming this measn "p-val in the range of ~0.001 vs baseline") according to
rapid calculations (60-80% reductions obsverved across cohorts with ABO-102 at 6-12mo) & data/charts available on HS in CSF of MPS IIIa patients. However, coming to point #2, when one looks at the HS in CSF in MPS IIIa vs control, one would ideally need to see reductions >= ~90%.