No­var­tis ties up with the vir­tu­al biotech Parvus to try a new ap­proach on Type 1 di­a­betes

No­var­tis has turned to a small, vir­tu­al biotech in Cana­da for some fresh in­spi­ra­tion on how it might one day de­feat Type 1 di­a­betes.

The phar­ma gi­ant’s No­var­tis In­sti­tute of Bio­med­ical Re­search now has the ex­clu­sive li­cense to use Parvus Ther­a­peu­tics’ plat­form for di­a­betes, com­ing in with an un­spec­i­fied pack­age of mile­stones, an up­front, re­search sup­port and an eq­ui­ty stake to seal the deal.

That’s a very big deal for Parvus, which has been op­er­at­ing for the last few years on about $20 mil­lion in re­search grants and $5 mil­lion in an­gel in­vest­ments with a few full-time staffers to guide the work be­ing done in Pere San­ta­maria’s lab at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­gary.

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