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Lilly Will Acquire Protein Drug Firm

by Rick Mullin
July 12, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 28

Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to acquire Alnara, a privately held biotechnology company that develops protein therapeutics to treat metabolic diseases. “The acquisition of Alnara provides Lilly with a promising entry into enzyme replacement therapy,” says Bryce Carmine, president of Lilly BioMedicines. Alnara’s lead product, liprotamase, is a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy that is under FDA review for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, a condition associated with cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis.

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