Novo Nordisk Enters NanoVation Therapeutics Partnership to Develop Genetic Medicines Targeting Rare and Cardiometabolic Diseases

In The News
October 4, 2024

Ropes & Gray advised Novo Nordisk in a multi-year partnership with NanoVation Therapeutics to develop genetic medicines for rare and cardiometabolic diseases. Novo Nordisk will receive an exclusive worldwide license to use NanoVation’s long-circulating lipid nanoparticle technology for RNA delivery targeting cells outside the liver. The partnership was announced on September 18.

Under the agreement, Novo Nordisk and NanoVation will collaborate to develop base-editing therapies for certain rare genetic diseases and cardiometabolic and rare diseases. NanoVation will receive research funding and is eligible to receive up to $600 million in up-front cash and potential milestone payments, as well as tiered royalties on future product sales.

The Ropes & Gray team included life sciences licensing partner Hannah England and life sciences licensing associates Mallory Ursul and Ian Nilsen.