Eli Lilly and Co. is a life sciences. Over the past three years, Eli Lilly and Co. has been involved in 43 licensing and acquisition transactions, with a primary focus on Small Molecules (17 deals). The company currently has 50 active clinical trials, primarily in Mega Deals.
Deals (12mo)
29
Active Trials
50
Top Modality
Small Molecules
Focus Area
Mega Deals
Licensing, acquisition, and partnership transactions involving Eli Lilly and Co. in the past 12 months.
| Asset | Partner | Modality | Phase |
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| Type |
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| Date |
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| next-generation JAK inhibitor | Eli Lilly | Small Molecules | Preclinical | acquisition | Apr 2026 |
| JAK inhibitor (next-gen) | Eli Lilly | Small Molecules | Unknown | acquisition | Apr 2026 |
| in vivo CAR-T cell therapy program | Eli Lilly | CAR-T | Preclinical | acquisition | Apr 2026 |
| KLN-1010 (in vivo CAR-T, BCMA) | Eli Lilly | CAR-T | Phase 1 | acquisition | Apr 2026 |
| Pharma.AI platform - undisclosed targets | Eli Lilly | Other | Discovery | collaboration | Apr 2026 |
| cleminorexton | Eli Lilly | Small Molecules | Unknown | acquisition | Apr 2026 |
| Profluent gene editing platform | Eli Lilly | Gene Therapy | Discovery | acquisition | Apr 2026 |
| dual-payload ADC technology | Eli Lilly | ADC | Unknown | acquisition | Apr 2026 |
| Alzheimer's collaboration | Lilly | Other | Unknown | collaboration | Apr 2026 |
| cleminorexton | Eli Lilly | Small Molecules | Unknown | acquisition | Apr 2026 |
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Acquisition Appetite
Eli Lilly and Co. has 50 active clinical trials across 6 development phases.
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Phase 1
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Phase 3
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Eli Lilly and Co. is a life sciences company that has been actively engaged in licensing transactions across the biopharma landscape. With 43 deals over the past three years, Eli Lilly and Co. ranks among the most acquisitive companies tracked by Ambrosia Ventures.
Key therapeutic areas of focus for Eli Lilly and Co. include Mega Deals (24 deals and trials), Metabolic (18 deals and trials), Cardiovascular (9 deals and trials), and Autoimmune (7 deals and trials). In terms of modality, Eli Lilly and Co. has shown particular interest in small molecules, other, antibodies.
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