Eli Lilly has bolstered its inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pipeline with a $3.2 billion bid to acquire Morphic and its mid-stage oral integrin therapy MORF-057.
Morphic Therapeutic has lost Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharma as a partner, following the termination of an alliance to develop drugs targeting integrins first agreed in 2019.
In a new white paper from the World Without Disease initiative, a 2024 update is provided of the current endeavours and developments that have occurred since inaugural discussions last year