{"id":16887,"date":"2025-01-13T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=16887"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:40","slug":"carleton-biochemist-dr-kyle-biggar-accelerates-drug-development-with-innovative-peptide-therapies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2025\/carleton-biochemist-dr-kyle-biggar-accelerates-drug-development-with-innovative-peptide-therapies\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Biochemists &#8211; Kyle Biggar &#038; Jeff Smith Accelerates Drug Development with Innovative Peptide Therapies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Biochemists &#8211; Kyle Biggar &#038; Jeff Smith Accelerates Drug Development with Innovative Peptide Therapies\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Learn how biochemistry researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/kyle-biggar\/\">Dr. Kyle Biggar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/smithlab\/people\/jeff-smith\/\">Dr. Jeff Smith<\/a> collaborate with private sector partners to bring their pharmaceutical research to market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vcRnjrnGng\"><a href=\"https:\/\/challenge.carleton.ca\/nuvobio-fast-tracking-drug-therapies\/\">Fast-Tracking Drug Therapies<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Fast-Tracking Drug Therapies&#8221; &#8212; Challenge What&#039;s Possible\" src=\"https:\/\/challenge.carleton.ca\/nuvobio-fast-tracking-drug-therapies\/embed\/#?secret=a2YUTS8Wux#?secret=vcRnjrnGng\" data-secret=\"vcRnjrnGng\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/scientist-microscope-1200x800-1-1-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2877\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/scientist-microscope-1200x800-2-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2878\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with entrepreneur <strong>Michael Cowpland<\/strong>, Biggar co-founded NuvoBio, a biotech company focused on turning these peptides into real-world treatments.&nbsp;With the company\u2019s headquarters set to move to Carleton\u2019s campus in 2024, Biggar\u2019s goal is to move their research from the lab to clinical trials, aiming for FDA approval by 2027. &#8220;We\u2019re motivated to translate scientific discovery into practical healthcare solutions,&#8221; says Biggar, as his team works toward making medications more accessible and affordable for patients in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how biochemistry researchers Dr. Kyle Biggar and Dr. Jeff Smith collaborate with private sector partners to bring their pharmaceutical research to market. 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