Ep. 340 - Obesity Data, Kymera & FDA Survey Results

Obesity readouts continue to be hot for biotech with new top-line data from both injectable and oral therapies pushing the boundaries on efficacy. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts break down last week’s readouts from Eli Lilly, Structure  and Wave Life Sciences, and discuss a deal in the space by Pfizer. Lilly reported the latest for its triple agonist contender retatrutide for best-in-class weight loss, while strong Phase IIb data put Structure back in the oral GLP-1 race. Meanwhile, Pfizer added an oral GLP-1R agonist via a deal). Structure and Wave parlayed their data into follow-on cash, as did Kymera after posting data for its STAT6 program KT-621 that hints at a new era for degraders in immunology. The analysts then detailed the results of BioCentury’s industry sentiment survey on FDA, which found that politicization of the agency’s leadership, volatility and uncertainty are casting a long shadow over investor and drug developer sentiment. Finally, they discuss the impact of the congressional stalemate over the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/657880 #ObesityDrugDevelopment #TargetedProteinDegradation #STAT6 #FDARegulation #SBIRFunding 00:00 - Introduction 01:45 - Obesity Data 12:17 - Kymera"s Breakthrough 21:45 - FDA Survey Results 29:41 - SBIR Funding Stalemate To submit a question to BioCentury’s editors, email the BioCentury This Week team at podcasts@biocentury.com. Reach us by sending a text