Pharmaceutical

Carmel firm gets FDA approval for lice treatment

January 18, 2011
 IBJ Staff
ParaPRO LLC's treatment, called Natroba, has a potential U.S. market of 6 million to 12 million infected children annually.
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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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Endocyte prices IPO stock

January 14, 2011
J.K. Wall
The West Lafayette-based drug development firm intends to sell 6.15 million shares for $13 to $15 apiece. That would fetch $80 million to $92 million.
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Panel says Lilly’s Solpura isn’t ready for approval

January 12, 2011
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly and Co. failed to win an FDA advisory panel’s recommendation to introduce the first pancreatic enzyme that isn’t derived from pig parts.
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Deal could give Lilly full diabetes deck

January 12, 2011
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co.'s diabetes partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH represents a new kind of disease-focused strategy that some consultants think is key to pharma companies’ futures.
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UPDATE: Analysts praise Lilly diabetes deal with Boehringer

January 11, 2011
J.K. Wall
The deal Eli Lilly and Co. announced Tuesday morning with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH sounded a lot like a baseball trade—with five drugs and payments to be named later—but analysts and investors generally liked what they heard.
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Lilly agrees to pay up to $1.2B for diabetes drugs

January 11, 2011
J.K. Wall
A complex deal with Boehringer Ingelheim also gives the German company rights to two experimental Lilly insulins.
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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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Bill would let Indiana pharmacies collect old meds

January 10, 2011
Associated Press
A bill authored by Republican Rep. Kevin Mahan of Hartford City would revise state law so that pharmacies could accept unused prescription drugs from customers and dispose of them securely and safely.
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Lilly's Solpura may lack data to prove effectiveness

January 10, 2011
Bloomberg News
Outside advisers to the FDA will meet Jan. 12 to review whether the drug should be approved for people with pancreas insufficiency caused by cystic fibrosis, chronic pancreatitis or other conditions.
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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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Roche acquires Marcadia Biotech

December 30, 2010
Chris O'Malley
Marcadia Biotech Inc., a Carmel-based biopharmaceutical company founded by prominent scientists from Eli Lilly and Co. in 2006, has been acquired by Swiss life sciences giant Roche.
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Group questions growth of pharmacy schools

December 29, 2010
J.K. Wall
Two weeks before Manchester College announced a $35 million gift to help open a pharmacy school, a national trade group suggested there are too many pharmacy schools already.
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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 Endowment gives $35M to start pharmacy school

December 20, 2010
J.K. Wall
Manchester College will use money to launch the state's third program offering doctorates in pharmacy.
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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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Contrarians think it's new day for Lilly

December 1, 2010
J.K. Wall
The trouble-free market approval obtained by Eli Lilly and Co. for a new underarm testosterone treatment brightened the company’s outlook—at least for one of the few optimistic analysts covering the company.
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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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Drugmakers seek Republican allies to defeat cost-cutting panel

November 15, 2010
Bloomberg News
Pharmaceutical firms led by Eli Lilly are trying to eliminate a government panel aimed at controlling Medicare spending seven months after they supported the health-care overhaul that created it.
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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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Acquisition big step for Lilly Diagnostics

November 10, 2010
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co.’s $800 million acquisition of Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. is the biggest step yet in the drugmaker’s attempt to add diagnostics to its product portfolio.
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Drugmaker restarts race to boost 'good' cholesterol

November 10, 2010
Bloomberg News
Merck & Co. is betting it can succeed where Pfizer Inc. failed, with a new type of drug to combat heart disease by raising good cholesterol levels. Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. is testing a similar pill.
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Moody's downgrades long-term ratings for Eli Lilly

November 9, 2010
Associated Press
Moody's Investors Service on Monday lowered the long-term ratings of Lilly one notch, to A2 from A1, citing a wave of patent expirations the drugmaker faces in coming years.
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Lilly makes $300M deal for Philadelphia drug company

November 8, 2010
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly said it will acquire Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, maker of an experimental agent that could help identify patients with Alzheimer's disease. The price could climb to $800 million if the agent is commercially successful.
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