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Harvard and Servier sign microbiome research pact

by Lisa M. Jarvis
March 29, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 13

 

Servier and Harvard University have signed a three-year pact to research and develop microbiome-targeting therapeutics for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. ­Harvard professor Emily Balskus, an ­expert in the chemistry of the gut microbiome, will be the academic project leader, while the French drugmaker will contribute knowledge in metabolism and drug development. The project stems from a 2017 research alliance under which Harvard professors can submit proposals for possible Servier funding.

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