May 20, 2013
J.K. WallThe study results, which will be released Monday afternoon, are part of Indianapolis-based Lilly’s campaign to get Medicare
to pay for use of its brain imaging agent Amyvid.
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May 16, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly claims recent decisions by Canadian courts invalidating 17 drug patents have made the country an outlier among major
developed countries.
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May 14, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter underwent a scheduled surgery Monday for a heart defect, and the repair to the aorta
is functioning as intended, the Indianapolis-based drugmaker said.
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May 10, 2013
Bloomberg NewsThe drug, enzastaurin, was in the most advanced stage of testing and had been expected to generate $260 million in annual
sales by 2018.
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May 7, 2013
Mason KingFive of the six Hoosier firms that appear in the 2013 rankings slipped from their positions in last year's list of the largest
U.S. companies.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallJohn Lechleiter has been suffering from a dilated aorta, Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday. Current CFO Derica Rice will take
his place until later this summer.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallThe effort to launch the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute got $25 million from the Legislature, but the life sciences
institutions backing the effort have set their funding sights much higher.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallLilly will eliminate 1,624 positions from its U.S. sales force in July, according to a notice the company made to state officials.
But some of those workers may be rehired by the firm.
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May 6, 2013
Associated PressMajor drugmakers, including Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., are closely watching Pfizer Inc.'s plan to sell Viagra directly
to consumers. The bold move blows up the drug industry's distribution model.
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April 25, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co. is seeking to revoke a patent held by a Johnson & Johnson unit, arguing at a London court it might delay
availability of a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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April 24, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Indianapolis pharmaceutical company left its full-year profit forecast unchanged despite a spike in first-quarter earnings.
Revenue fell short of analyst expectations.
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April 22, 2013
J.K. WallInvestors are gaining confidence in the ability of major drugmakers, including Eli Lilly and Co., to improve their pipelines
of new products. The big pharma firms begin to report first-quarter earnings this week.
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April 18, 2013
IBJ StaffThe pharmaceutical firm has $400 million in projects in the works for its facilities south of downtown. City officials have
advanced its request for tax breaks to a public hearing and final consideration May 1.
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April 15, 2013
Mason KingIndianapolis development officials on Wednesday will weigh the 10-year requests from the pharmaceuticals giant related to
a new manufacturing plant and improvements to existing operations downtown.
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April 15, 2013
J.K. WallInvestor smiles about new experimental cancer drugs and an aggressive play for the animal health market in China turned to
frowns after Lilly disclosed deep cuts to its U.S. sales force.
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April 11, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis pharmaceuticals giant said Thursday that it would lay off hundreds of U.S. sales reps, as it prepares for
the loss of patent protection on two of its best-selling drugs.
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April 8, 2013
Associated PressLawyers for a security company being sued in the theft of $60 million worth of pharmaceuticals from an Eli Lilly and Co. warehouse
in Connecticut say there's no proof the thieves used a report it prepared about security weaknesses in the building.
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April 6, 2013
Greg AndrewsFortunately, a Lilly takeover looks less likely today than it has in a long time—for both obvious and more subtle reasons.
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April 2, 2013
Associated PressA federal lawsuit contends that thieves who broke into an Eli Lilly and Co. warehouse in Connecticut three years ago and stole
more than $60 million worth of drugs obtained a copy of a report that revealed weaknesses in the building's security system.
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April 2, 2013
The new investment will bring the plant's total price tag to $320 million as the pharmaceutical giant seeks to increase production
of insulin and related products.
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March 31, 2013
Bloomberg NewsJohnson & Johnson, the world’s largest seller of health-care products, won approval for the first in a new family
of diabetes drugs, giving them the edge against rivals including Eli Lilly and Co. that are developing similar medicines.
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March 25, 2013
Associated PressEli Lilly and Co. said Monday that it has submitted a new type 2 diabetes treatment it is developing with German drugmaker
Boehringer Ingelheim to the Food and Drug Administration.
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March 25, 2013
J.K. WallEli Lilly and Co. granted larger bonuses to its top five executives early this year, which boosted their 2012 compensation
anywhere from 3 percent to 8 percent.
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March 25, 2013
Associated PressFederal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors
to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for
years, steep price declines.
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March 18, 2013
J.K. WallHouse Bill 1315, which is scheduled for a Senate floor hearing on Monday, would require pharmacists to check with a patient’s
physician before automatically substituting a generic version of a biotech drug for a brand-name version.
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I'm sure there are others, but his name automatically came to my mind
Houdini
magician on the court
STEVE MARTIN - funny magic
It has to be Houdini!