Boehringer Ingelheim, Gubra Enter Third Obesity Deal
New pact builds on duo’s R&D activities begun in 2017
• By Sten Stovall
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The independent, family-controlled German group has signed a third R&D pact with Danish biotech Gubra to develop poly-agonist peptides for obesity.
Collaboration will further explore peptides and the gut-brain axis • Source: Shutterstock
Clearly happy with their collaboration to date, German drug company Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH has inked a third R&D pact with Danish biotech Gubra ApS focused on obesity.
BI entered its first obesity deal with Gubra in late 2017 and followed that up less than two years later...
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