Worth as much as $1.9 billion, the deal directs Ascidian to help Lilly find potential drugs for genetically driven kidney diseases.

Worth as much as $1.9 billion, the deal directs Ascidian to help Lilly find potential drugs for genetically driven kidney diseases.

Last month, Ascidian Therapeutics presented the first data suggesting a new way to fix broken genes may be safe in people. Now Eli Lilly has struck a deal with the startup.