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Shopping spree at Eli Lilly? The US pharma giant is acquiring no fewer than three companies, all active in infectious diseases. Among them is Swiss biotech LimmaTech Biologics AG, led by former CureVac CEO Franz-Werner Haas. Yet Lilly’s ambitions extend well beyond classical infectious disease markets, targeting areas ranging from autoimmune disorders and antimicrobial resistance to chronic immune dysfunction and even cancer.

Eppstein Barr virus infected cells. © CDC

Hornet Therapeutics Ltd will use a US$5m seed financing to launch clinical tests of its IDO1 blocker HTX-201within the next 12 to 18 months to target post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.

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Atara Biotherapeutics Inc. and Pierre Fabre SA announced the approval of Tabelecleucel, a therapy for a rare and potentially fatal malignancy.