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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Tackling obesity is a key area for BI • Source: Shutterstock

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 will bring together Gubra’s knowledge in the design, synthesis, pharmaceutical characterization and in vivo testing of therapeutic peptides with BI’s R&D expertise in cardiometabolic disease

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