Partnerships that push boundaries

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Groundbreaking discoveries require persistence, bold ideas, and partnership.

That’s why we support promising, hard science throughout its many stages of development, leveraging our expertise to help turn meaningful visions into breakthroughs.
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Accelerating bold
science at every stage

People around the world are waiting for innovation to deliver life-changing medicines. That requires smart risks that support bold external science. That approach along with trust, transparency and our nearly 150 years of expertise, fuel every collaboration we enter.

Every partnership is unique because every company’s science is unique. We can engage companies across various stages, modalities or therapeutic areas to offer leading capabilities, tools and resources that eliminate obstacles and rapidly advance breakthroughs in health.

With a range of flexible offerings and depth of experience, we enable groundbreaking science at every point of the journey, with two pathways 
to partner.
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Corporate business development

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We seek the most powerful science for strategic partnerships, licensing and potential acquisitions in our core therapeutic areas. Through Search & Evaluation, Transactions and Alliance & Innovation Management, we operate on the frontiers of 
medicine development.
Learn more about who we are
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Lilly Catalyze360

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Built to engage biotechs at the earliest stages and agnostic of therapeutic area, we offer a global investment arm with Lilly Ventures; lab facilities and scientific engagement through Lilly Gateway Labs; and R&D solutions via Lilly ExploR&D.
Learn more about our solutions
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