Lilly inks second deal with Asian partner this week
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The Indianapolis pharma signed a second deal with an Asian company in as many days. Eli Lilly & Co announced on 20 March that it will pay $56m up front to Chinese biotech Innovent Biologics to collaborate on several oncology compounds.
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