{"id":594446,"date":"2026-04-19T22:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/594446\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:18:30","slug":"medicare-travere-cochrane-roche-eli-lilly-readout-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/594446\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare, Travere, Cochrane, Roche, Eli Lilly: Readout Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/readout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a>\u00a0to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA is revisiting its stance on compounded peptides with plans for advisory panel meetings. Also, a sweeping Cochrane review is fueling fresh debate over amyloid-targeting Alzheimer\u2019s drugs. And more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The need-to-know this morning<\/p>\n<p>Roche said it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/04\/16\/roche-elevidys-pivotal-trial-europe-sarepta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">run another trial<\/a>\u00a0of Elevidys, the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy\u00a0developed by Sarepta Therapeutics, in an attempt to win European approval. Sarepta markets the drug in the U.S., while Roche has rights to the therapy outside the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Eli Lilly said its GLP-1 pill Foundayo <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.lilly.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/achieve-4-longest-phase-3-study-lillys-foundayo-orforglipron\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">showed<\/a> non-inferiority compared with insulin glargine in a cardiovascular outcomes trial of people with diabetes and obesity. The company said it will submit Foundayo to the FDA as a treatment for type 2 diabetes by the end of the second quarter under the Commissioner\u2019s National Priority Review Voucher.<\/p>\n<p>FDA reopens door to compounded peptides<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration is calling for an outside advisory panel to reconsider whether compounding pharmacies should be allowed to make a spate of controversial peptides it previously moved to restrict. The first meetings\u00a0will be in July, and a later one will be held before February 2027, STAT\u2019s Lizzy Lawrence and Sarah Todd write.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765280600_844_stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?\u00a0Sign up\u00a0to get our biotech newsletter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[244,245,10790,97,252,253,1728],"class_list":{"0":"post-594446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-biotechnology","9":"tag-drug-development","10":"tag-drug-prices","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-care","13":"tag-healthcare","14":"tag-research"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}