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title: "Key facts: Eli Lilly (LLY) funds bolt-on buys; August +9%, $2,073 target"
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# Key facts: Eli Lilly (LLY) funds bolt-on buys; August +9%, $2,073 target

-   Eli Lilly (LLY) used Mounjaro and Zepbound cash flow to fund bolt-on buys across sleep, gene editing, oncology and psychedelics; patents for those drugs run into the mid-2020s. Dow Jones Newswires
-   Eli Lilly (LLY) rose ~9% in August as investor focus returned to retatrutide and its obesity franchise; CoinCodex projects a $2,073 price target for August 2027. Binance News

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