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Deal could give Lilly full diabetes deck

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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Lilly bumped up federal lobbying in third quarter

The Indianapolis-based drugmaker spent $2.1 million in the three months that ended Sept. 30, a 5-percent increase from the same quarter last year and a jump of more than 30 percent from the $1.6 million it spent in this year's second quarter.

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Lilly, other big drugmakers shut out by FDA in 2010

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

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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Amylin and Lilly seek expanded Byetta approval

Eli Lilly and Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday they are asking the Food and Drug Administration to expand approval for their type 2 diabetes drug Byetta, which could bolster sales as the companies try to get approval for a new, longer-lasting version of the drug.

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Eli Lilly puts faith in drug pipeline

Eli Lilly and Co. started to tip over its massive “patent cliff” this year, yet announced little publicly that will significantly soften its inevitable sales plunge.

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Contrarians think it’s new day for Lilly

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 scores series of small victories

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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