Novo Nordisk A/S, developer of the semaglutide and liraglutide injectable medicines for obesity, has enlisted the help of Deep Apple Therapeutics Inc to enlarge its portfolio by discovering new small molecules that can treat obesity as well as other cardiometabolic diseases. The Danish company is to pay up to $812 million to secure the collaboration, which will give it access to an algorithm to screen potential compounds against a chosen target. The target is a non-incretin G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR).
