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STAT+: Eli Lilly to buy three small vaccine developers Andrew Joseph
Eli Lilly said Tuesday it would buy three early- and mid-stage vaccine developers, a boost for the field. The deals — which together could cost up to nearly $4 billion — are the latest acquisitions from Lilly, a company rich with cash from its booming GLP-1 business. In recent months, it’s picked up companies working on cancer, autoimmune diseases, and sleep disorders, all for under $10 billion each. The companies being bought are Curevo, LimmaTech Biologics, and Vaccine Company. Continu
26 May 2026 at 19:29

STAT+: Eli Lilly to buy three small vaccine developers

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26 May 2026 at 19:29

Eli Lilly said Tuesday it would buy three early- and mid-stage vaccine developers, a boost for the field.

The deals — which together could cost up to nearly $4 billion — are the latest acquisitions from Lilly, a company rich with cash from its booming GLP-1 business. In recent months, it’s picked up companies working on cancer, autoimmune diseases, and sleep disorders, all for under $10 billion each.

The companies being bought are Curevo, LimmaTech Biologics, and Vaccine Company.

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Opinion: 8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it William Roper · Jeffrey Koplan · Richard Besser · Tom Frieden · Anne Schuchat · Robert Redfield · Rochelle Walensky · and Mandy Cohen
On Sunday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda to be a public health emergency. This outbreak is deadly, with hundreds of cases across at least two countries, including, by report, one American who was working in the area. At the same time, a cluster of hantavirus cases linked to a Dutch cruise ship in the South Atlantic has killed three and exposed hundreds more.Read the rest…
26 May 2026 at 16:30

Opinion: 8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it

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By: William Roper · Jeffrey Koplan · Richard Besser · Tom Frieden · Anne Schuchat · Robert Redfield · Rochelle Walensky · and Mandy Cohen

26 May 2026 at 16:30

On Sunday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda to be a public health emergency. This outbreak is deadly, with hundreds of cases across at least two countries, including, by report, one American who was working in the area.

At the same time, a cluster of hantavirus cases linked to a Dutch cruise ship in the South Atlantic has killed three and exposed hundreds more.

Read the rest…