{"id":17655,"date":"2026-02-03T17:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/pfizer-unveils-data-on-metsera-drug\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:37:23","slug":"pfizer-unveils-data-on-metsera-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/pfizer-unveils-data-on-metsera-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer unveils data on Metsera drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?\u00a0Sign up\u00a0to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Good morning. Did Pfizer overpay for the\u00a0obesity biotech Metsera? It\u2019s probably still too early to tell, but we have some new data this morning.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-need-to-know-this-morning\">The need-to-know this morning<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pfizer<\/strong> reported weight-loss results for a monthly GLP-1 obesity injection that it acquired as part of the $10 billion Metsera transaction. The pharma giant also reported fourth-quarter and 2025 earnings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Merck\u2019s<\/strong> earnings report can be found here. 2026 guidance was slightly below Street consensus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fda-wants-long-term-monitoring-of-autoimmune-patients-receiving-nbsp-car-t\">FDA wants long-term monitoring of autoimmune patients receiving\u00a0CAR-T<\/h2>\n<p>The FDA is advising drug developers to study the long-term effects of using CAR-T to treat patients with autoimmune conditions, out of concern the therapies could cause cancer or fertility issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"restricted-content-breaker article\" aria-labelledby=\"restricted-story-heading\" aria-describedby=\"restricted-story-description\" checked=\"false\">\n<div class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bar\">\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? 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Good morning. Did Pfizer overpay for the\u00a0obesity biotech Metsera? It\u2019s probably still too early to tell, but we have some new data this morning. 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