Medicaid & Government Pricing Congress (5/16 - 5/18/23)

Foghorn Therapeutics and Eli Lilly discontinue their SMARCA2 degrader program, Novartis licenses Abogen's autoimmune mRNA therapy while AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, and Summit Therapeutics team up on a breast cancer combination trial, and Corxel's Bo Liang makes the case for oral GLP-1 therapies.

Foghorn Therapeutics and Eli Lilly are discontinuing their SMARCA2 degrader Fhd-909 after Phase I data fell short on efficacy.

Novartis licenses Abogen's mRNA-encoded CD19xCD3 T-cell engager, while AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo partner with Summit Therapeutics.

CORXEL’s Dr. Bo Liang on why small molecule oral therapies will be the long-term winners in a GLP-1 market driven by consumer preference.

Regeneron and Sanofi expand their antibody alliance with four new drug candidates, FDA approves Camzyos for adolescents with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and Michael Abrams questions digital health's savings claims to employers.

FDA has expanded Camzyos's approval to treat symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in pediatric patients as young as 12.

Regeneron and Sanofi are expanding their two-decade antibody alliance to co-develop four new long-acting immunology antibodies in a deal worth up to $8 billion.

Digital health's point-solution era is giving way to broader platforms, and the cost-savings claims those platforms make to employers often don't hold up to methodological scrutiny.