Coronavirus Update: Novartis Joins Antiviral Therapies Search With Novel DARPin Alliance

Plus: Japan Passes Bill For Free Vaccines

Swiss biotech Molecular Partners will receive upfront payment of CHF60m, including equity.  

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Novartis' global headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Molecular Partners is located in nearby Zurich-Schlieren. • Source: Shutterstock

Novartis is to collaborate with Molecular Partners to develop and potentially commercialize the Swiss biotech company’s anti-COVID-19 DARPin program, consisting of two therapeutic candidates, MP0420 and MP0423.

DARPins or designed ankyrin repeat proteins are genetically engineered antibody mimetic proteins. They are derived from ankyrin proteins, one of...

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