Lift-Off For Lilly In Cancer Genetics With Loxo Buy

The New Year is just a week old but the biopharma merger and acquisitions merry-go-round is already spinning furiously as Lilly now steps in with a proposal to buy Loxo.

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Hold on tight: Biopharma M&A merry-go-round is spinning again • Source: Shutterstock

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