Lilly Shows Off R&D Progress With A Pain Franchise Built On New Mechanisms
Executive Summary
With galcanezumab for cluster headaches and migraine and tanezumab for osteoarthritis, lower back pain and cancer pain, Lilly soon could have an up-and-running pain franchise bolstering its long-term, internal R&D strategy.
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