Eli Lilly / Atai–Beckley Psytech $3.8B Deal Breakdown
Eli Lilly paid $2.8B upfront — a 73.7% upfront-to-TDV ratio — to acquire Atai Life Sciences / Beckley Psytech's psychedelics portfolio. This is the largest psychedelic medicine deal in history and a definitive signal that Big Pharma views next-generation neuropsychiatric small molecules as pipeline-critical assets.