The Daily Buyout

Company deal history

Eli Lilly acquisitions since 2017

Eli Lilly has become one of pharma's busiest buyers, adding cancer, gene therapy, immunology and neuroscience programs as its obesity drugs took off. We found 24 deals since 2017. The largest with an announced price was Loxo Oncology at $8B.

Deals found
24
Stated value
$27.2B
Paywalls
0

20267 deals

  • AtaiBeckley

    Treatments for treatment-resistant depression

    Sep 2026 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

  • Merida Biosciences

    Immune drugs including for Graves' disease, price including milestones

    Aug 2026 · Announced, not yet closed · BioPharma Dive ↗

    $2.9B

  • Curevo, LimmaTech and Vaccine Company

    Three vaccine companies, combined price including milestones

    May 2026 · BioPharma Dive ↗

    $4Breported

  • CrossBridge Bio

    Early-stage antibody-drug conjugates

    Apr 2026 · Fierce Biotech ↗

    $300M

  • Kelonia Therapeutics

    In-body cell therapy for multiple myeloma, price including milestones

    Apr 2026 · Announced, not yet closed · BioPharma Dive ↗

    $7B

  • Ventyx Biosciences

    Oral drugs for inflammatory diseases

    Mar 2026 · Lilly ↗

    $1.18B

  • Orna Therapeutics

    In-body cell therapies

    Feb 2026 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

20254 deals

  • Verve Therapeutics

    One-time gene editing for heart disease

    Jul 2025 · Lilly ↗

    $1B

  • SiteOne Therapeutics

    Non-opioid pain drug, price including milestones

    Jul 2025 · Lilly filing ↗

    $1B

  • Scorpion Therapeutics

    Breast cancer drug program, price including milestones

    Jan 2025 · Lilly ↗

    $2.5B

  • Adverum Biotechnologies

    Eye disease gene therapy

    2025 · BioPharma Dive ↗

    Undisclosed

20242 deals

  • Morphic

    Oral drugs for inflammatory bowel disease

    2024 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

  • Mablink Bioscience

    Cancer antibody-drug conjugates, based in Europe

    2024 · Fierce Biotech ↗

    Undisclosed

20235 deals

  • POINT Biopharma

    Radioligand cancer therapies

    Dec 2023 · Lilly ↗

    $1.4B

  • Sigilon Therapeutics

    Cell therapies

    Aug 2023 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

  • Versanis Bio

    Obesity drug developer, price including milestones

    Aug 2023 · Lilly ↗

    $1.9B

  • DICE Therapeutics

    Oral immunology drugs

    2023 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

  • Emergence Therapeutics

    Cancer antibody-drug conjugates

    2023 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

20221 deal

  • Akouos

    Gene therapies for hearing loss

    2022 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

20211 deal

  • Prevail Therapeutics

    Gene therapies for neurological diseases

    Jan 2021 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

20201 deal

  • Dermira

    Dermatology drugs

    2020 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

20191 deal

  • Loxo Oncology

    Targeted cancer medicines

    Feb 2019 · Lilly ↗

    $8B

20181 deal

  • ARMO BioSciences

    Cancer immunotherapy developer

    Jun 2018 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

20171 deal

  • CoLucid Pharmaceuticals

    Migraine drug developer

    2017 · Lilly ↗

    Undisclosed

These are the deals we could confirm from free public sources, last checked Nov 10, 2026, so small deals may be missing. New deals are added from our daily coverage. "Undisclosed" also covers deals where we couldn't confirm a price. Stated value adds up announced purchase prices only and leaves out undisclosed and reported prices and sales. Dates are when a deal closed, or when it was announced if it hasn't closed yet.