Lilly to acquire Ajax Therapeutics to advance outcomes for patients with myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera
“As a founding strategic investor in Ajax, Lilly has long believed in the approach and is excited about the potential for AJ1-11095 to deliver deeper and more durable efficacy than available treatments with a tolerability profile that would allow for patients to remain on therapy longer and be used across both the first- and second-line settings,” said Jacob Van Naarden, executive vice president and president of Lilly Oncology and head of corporate business development. “We look forward to the presentation of clinical proof-of-concept data later in 2026, rapidly advancing AJ1-11095 into registrational clinical trials, and using our expertise in blood cancer to hopefully deliver another important new medicine to patients and hematologists.”
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