{"id":16887,"date":"2025-01-13T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=16887"},"modified":"2025-01-15T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T19:52:21","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":"<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<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/challenge.carleton.ca\/nuvobio-fast-tracking-drug-therapies\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/challenge.carleton.ca\/nuvobio-fast-tracking-drug-therapies\/<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2877 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/scientist-microscope-1200x800-1-1-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2878 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/scientist-microscope-1200x800-2-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\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.\u00a0With the company\u2019s headquarters set to move to Carleton\u2019s campus in 2024, Biggar\u2019s goal is to move their research from the 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