Lilly Continues To Bet On Alzheimer's With Avid Acquisition
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Unfazed by recent setbacks to semagacestat, Eli Lilly pays $300 million upfront to acquire a diagnostic company with a promising late-stage test for Alzheimer's disease.
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