No­vo takes on gut-brain ax­is dis­cov­ery with Kally­ope, fo­cus­ing on obe­si­ty and di­a­betes

As the phar­ma gi­ant push­es to keep its pipeline rel­e­vant, No­vo Nordisk has inked yet an­oth­er part­ner­ship — this time, with gut-brain ax­is com­pa­ny Kally­ope.

The duo hopes to dis­cov­er nov­el pep­tides in the obe­si­ty and di­a­betes space, giv­ing No­vo the op­tion to li­cense ex­clu­sive glob­al rights to de­vel­op and com­mer­cial­ize up to six prod­ucts dis­cov­ered in the col­lab­o­ra­tion. Fi­nan­cial de­tails weren’t shared, but we hear Kally­ope will get an up­front pay­ment, along with li­cense fees, R&D/sales mile­stones, and roy­al­ties down the line.

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