** Omega Therapeutics' shares OMGA.O rise 48% to $4.04
premarket -among biggest pct gainers across U.S. stock exchange
** Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO announced research collaboration
with two U.S. biotech firms, including OMGA, as part of its
efforts to develop more treatments for cardiometabolic diseases
** Under the terms of the respective agreements, Novo will
reimburse research and development (R&D) costs
** Additionally, Novo may pay up to $532 mln each in
upfront, development and commercial milestone payments, among
others, to the two companies
** OMGA will jointly conduct pre-clinical trial with Novo,
after which Novo could advance programs into clinical studies
** The two research programs are signed under existing
partnerships between Novo Nordisk and Flagship Pioneering
** Up to Wednesday's close, Omega had fallen ~54% in the
last 12 months
(Reporting by Khushi Mandowara in Bengaluru)
((Khushi.Mandowara@thomsonreuters.com;))