Eli Lilly to invest $20m in Merus.

Eli Lilly, a private equity firm, agreed to invest $20m in Merus, a biotechnology company. "The collaboration with Loxo Oncology at Lilly and their world class research capabilities opens up exciting possibilities for Merus' Biclonics platform. Our CD3 T-cell engager platform includes over 175 novel and diverse anti-CD3 common light chain antibodies across a wide range of affinities and attributes and enables functional screening of large libraries for optimal performance. We look forward to working together with Loxo Oncology at Lilly to define a new generation of medicines to treat cancer," Bill Lundberg, Merus President and CEO.