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Eli Lilly to buy AtaiBeckley in $2.8bn deal

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Thursday 16 Jul 2026

(Sharecast News) - Eli Lilly said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy AtaiBeckley, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for mental health conditions, for $2.8bn.
AtaiBeckley's lead asset, BPL-003 (mebufotenin benzoate), is a synthetic form of 5-MeO-DMT administered intranasally for treatment-resistant depression, which affects millions of people in the...

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