Clinical Trials

Lechleiter bets history will repeat for Lilly

January 16, 2012
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter keeps pouring more money into research and development, even as analysts note the payoff of such spending has dropped off 70 percent in the last decade.
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Pressure rises as Lilly tries squeeze play

January 9, 2012
J.K. Wall
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. is now in the predicament of watching revenue fall as its patents on older products expire, even as the company needs to spend more money on marketing and research to boost sales of new drugs.
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Endocyte stays course despite being battered by investorsRestricted Content

December 31, 2011
J.K. Wall
After spending most of 2011 as a Wall Street darling, the year ended ugly for Endocyte Inc. But CEO Ron Ellis thinks the West Lafayette-based drug developer is in better position than ever.
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Potential Lilly drug doubles good cholesterol

November 15, 2011
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly and Co.’s experimental drug doubled levels of good cholesterol in a study, setting up a race with Merck & Co. and Roche Holding AG to develop a new class of medicines to lower heart risk.
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Drug shortages hit Lilly, Endocyte

November 7, 2011
J.K. Wall
The nation’s shortage of certain drugs is threatening to affect research trials being conducted by Eli Lilly and Co. and Endocyte Inc.
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Lilly fights view that fate hinges on Alzheimer's drugRestricted Content

October 29, 2011
Greg Andrews
Analysts have eyes on trial data for drug that could be a game-changer for the company.
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Q&A

October 17, 2011
J.K. Wall
Sherry Keramidas, who earned her doctorate in neuroscience and physiological psychology from Purdue University, is executive director of the Maryland-based Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, which is holding its annual conference Oct. 22-26 at the Indiana Convention Center.
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Lilly: Alzheimer's patients on failed drug didn’t improve

July 19, 2011
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly and Co. said patients with Alzheimer’s disease whose conditions worsened upon taking the experimental drug semagacestat didn’t improve after dosing was halted.
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FDA says potential diabetes drug may cause cancer

July 18, 2011
Bloomberg News
Dapagliflozin would be the first in a new class of diabetes treatments called SGLT2-inhibitors that work by letting patients excrete excess blood sugar in their urine. Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. is among several companies pursuing similar drugs.
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Timing good for 2-in-1 biotech drugs

July 5, 2011
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co.’s foray into combination drugs is well-timed because the company could take advantage of some the world’s most successful biotech medicines, which are about to see their patents expire.
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Lilly plans 10 drugs in final-stage trials by year's end

June 30, 2011
Bloomberg News
Lilly has 33 drugs in the second and third stages of clinical trials, including medicines for cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, up from seven in 2005, the Indianapolis-based company said Thursday.
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Lilly, partner find no Bydureon effect on heart rhythm

June 27, 2011
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly and Co., Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Alkermes Inc. said an analysis of a 148-patient trial found no evidence that their experimental Bydureon diabetes drug causes prolonged heart rhythms.
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FDA OKs new diabetes pill from Lilly, Boehringer

May 2, 2011
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new diabetes pill from Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly for patients who can't control their blood sugar with older medicines.
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China making big gains in drug R&D jobs state covets

April 9, 2011
Greg Andrews
The total annual cost for one researcher at Lilly might run $300,000 to $350,000 a year. The figure at Crown Bioscience is one-third of that, said a company executive.
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Eli Lilly neuroscience chief resigns

February 25, 2011
J.K. Wall
David Bredt, vice president of neuroscience research, has resigned “to pursue other opportunities,” according to Lilly spokeswoman Judy Kay Moore. Bredt had overseen Lilly’s development of various drugs, including molecules in late-stage human testing to treat Alzheimer’s and depression.
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Lilly, Bristol-Myers halt enrollment in lung-cancer trial

February 2, 2011
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. stopped enrolling new patients in a clinical trial of an experimental lung cancer drug over concerns about patients developing blood clots.
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Lilly imaging drug isn't ready for approval, FDA says

January 18, 2011
Eli Lilly and Co.’s experimental drug to help identify plaque in the brain tied to Alzheimer's disease isn't ready for approval, according to U.S. regulators.
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Lilly partner moves up timetable for diabetes drug

January 11, 2011
Bloomberg News
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., rebuffed twice in its bid for U.S. approval of a weekly diabetes drug, will meet its timetable and submit a heart-safety study to regulators by the end of 2011, its CEO said.
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Lilly, other big drugmakers shut out by FDA in 2010

January 3, 2011
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
Regulators cleared 21 medicines, the fewest since 2007, for sale last year. It was the first time in a decade that Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, as well as Lilly, Merck & Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. were shut out at the same time, according to agency records.
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Indiana Seed Fund makes 11th investment

December 23, 2010
 IBJ Staff
A $250,000 investment in Aarden Pharmaceuticals will go toward advancing tuberculosis therapy through the pre-clinical development stage.
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Lilly suspends late-stage trial for melanoma drug

December 13, 2010
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly and Co. suspended a late-stage clinical trial of a medicine for skin-cancer patients after 12 patients in the study died.
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Lilly, Acrux receive FDA approval for Axiron

November 24, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
The companies believe the underarm testosterone solution has the potential to realize sales of more than $1 billion a year in the United States.
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Lilly scores series of small victories

November 17, 2010
J.K. Wall
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker finally won FDA approval for its antidepressant Cymbalta to treat chronic pain and fended off a patent challenge to rising-star cancer drug Alimta, but got a ratings downgrade on its debt.
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Study: Arthritis drug co-developed by Lilly shows promise

November 12, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
Lilly paid $90 million in 2009 to acquire the global rights to the treatment in a bid to beef up its pipeline of medications for autoimmune diseases.
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Eli Lilly will have to beat odds to meet drug-rollout goals

October 30, 2010
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. executives have said repeatedly that the company’s bulging pipeline will produce two new drugs per year, beginning in 2013. But only three times in the past six decades has Lilly been able to launch two or more new drugs in back-to-back years.
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