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Novo, Orbis sign up to $1.4 billion deal to develop oral drugs

Published

17 September 2026

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opportunities

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Biotech

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United States

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Fusion42 · 17 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

Orbis Medicines has entered a drug discovery and licensing deal worth up to $1.4 billion with Novo Nordisk to develop oral therapies for cardiometabolic diseases using AI-enabled macrocycle drug discovery.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Biotech, and 2 sources have reported it.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

AI-driven oral drug discovery is shifting cardiometabolic treatment options away from injections. If you develop peptide therapies, accelerating oral delivery methods just opened a strategic path to market.

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2 sources · 17 Sep 2026

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Biotechoral-therapiescardiometabolicai-drug-discoverymacrocyclespharma-collaboration