{
  "id": 5150199,
  "title": "Lilly to Buy Merida for $2.88B in Autoimmune Push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/lilly-to-buy-merida-for-2-88b-in-autoimmune-push",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T18:59:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-09-02/lilly-to-buy-merida-for-2-88b-in-autoimmune-push-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bloomberg's Michelle Davis joins Dani Burger on \"Bloomberg Deals.\" Eli Lilly plans to buy Merida Biosciences Inc. for as much as $2.88 billion in cash to expand in autoimmune and allergic diseases, part of an effort to build beyond the weight-loss and diabetes markets that made it the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. (Source: Bloomberg)",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}