John Lechleiter

Lechleiter's surgery to repair heart goes as planned

May 14, 2013
Bloomberg News
Eli 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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Lilly CEO: Immigration, tax laws slow innovation

June 23, 2011
Bloomberg News
The U.S. government needs to open its borders to attract and retain talented scientists for drugmakers to employ, Eli Lilly & Co. CEO John Lechleiter plans to tell a technology conference Thursday.
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Lechleiter: After the deluge, we'll be fine

March 16, 2011
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter visited Japan last week—three days before the massive earthquake—to deliver his tried-and-true message: Drug companies need to reinvent invention, governments needs to support innovation, and Lilly will be just fine after it has sustained the damage of the next three years.
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Struggling Lilly turns to antidepressant Cymbalta for lift

February 5, 2011
Greg Andrews
Cymbalta racked up $3.5 billion in sales last year, and some analysts say it may approach $5 billion before generic competition arrives in 2013.
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Lilly awards pay increases to top executives

February 8, 2010
Peter Schnitzler, J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter's total compensation increased $4.1 million in 2009.
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UPDATE: Pipeline challenges force Lilly restructuring moves

September 14, 2009
J.K. Wall
Since John Lechleiter was named CEO 18 months ago, he's bet that Eli Lilly and Co. could face down its looming patent challenges by launching innovative new medicines. Today's announcement of 5,500 job cuts by the end of 2011 and a restructuring of the company's business units ups the ante on that bet, while indicating that it isn't working yet.
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United Way calling on well-heeled to dig deepRestricted Content

August 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
After so many years of trying to tap every possible cubicle-dweller for donations, United Way of Central Indiana is putting more effort into the richest veins in the workplace—the folks in corner offices.
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Eli Lilly CEO, wife give United Way $1M gift

July 28, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter and his wife, Sarah, have pledged to give the United Way of Central Indiana a total of $1 million over the next four years as a “challenge to CEOs and other community leaders to step up their giving.”
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With pharma famine looming, Lilly relying on snack-size dealsRestricted Content

May 4, 2009
J.K. Wall
Compared with some of his pharmaceutical CEO peers these days, John Lechleiter has his company on a diet. Instead of using a mega-merger to bulk up before the famine that patent expirations will bring on the industry next year, Lechleiter has Eli Lilly and Co. burning management fat while looking for smaller companies to munch on.
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New Lilly CEO called analytical, 'incredibly warm'Restricted Content

December 24, 2007
J.K. Wall
John C. Lechleiter, whom Eli Lilly and Co.'s board voted to replace Sidney Taurel as CEO, is known for getting things done and yet also for being good at analysis and relating to people under him. Taurel will step down at the end of March but remain chairman until the end of 2008.
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