Lilly's Billion-Dollar Deal With CureVac For 'Next Generation' Immunotherapies
Executive Summary
Lilly is targeting mRNA-based next-generation immunotherapies in its collaboration with Germany's CureVac, which could be worth more than $1.7bn for the family-office backed biotech.
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