BI Inks Second Obesity Pact With Denmark’s Gubra

The German group has signed a second deal with Gubra to develop poly-agonist peptides for obesity that could be worth up to €240m.

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Having "already achieved important milestones" in a first deal with Gubra ApS signed less than two years ago, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH has entered into a second obesity collaboration with the Danish biotech.

The partners are teaming up again to develop poly-agonist peptides to treat obesity and concomitant diseases, saying that the collaboration...

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