Eli Lilly has signed a deal worth $1.3 billion with privately held Superluminal Medicines to discover and develop small-molecule drugs through AI to treat obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases.

The FDA’s announcement of Papzimeos’ approval contained an unusual quote from newly reinstated CBER director Vinay Prasad. Elsewhere, Eli Lilly and Superluminal Medicines struck a deal.