(Reuters) -Eli Lilly said on Monday it plans to buy Scorpion Therapeutics' experimental cancer therapy for up to $2.5 billion in cash to expand its pipeline of cancer treatments.

SAN FRANCISCO — Eli Lilly said Monday it would acquire a cancer program from startup Scorpion Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $2.5 billion, as the Indianapolis company broadens its pipeline.

Eli Lilly has agreed to acquire Scorpion Therapeutics’ breast cancer treatment program for up to $2.5 billion in cash. The drugmaker said Monday it is acquiring Scorpion and its STX-478 program ...

Eli Lilly will buy Boston biotech Scorpion Therapeutics’ PI3Kα inhibitor for upto $2.5bn in cash, with the latter splitting away to form a new entity with its remaining assets. Lilly’s bid to acquire ...

Eli Lilly (LLY) and Scorpion Therapeutics announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Scorpion’s PI3Kalpha ...

Since the start of 2020, Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) stock price chart has been straight up and to the right, up 472.57% and ...

The company states: “Eli Lilly (LLY) and Scorpion Therapeutics announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Scorpion’s PI3Kalpha inhibitor program STX-478. STX-478 is a once-daily ...