U.S. losing drug-research jobs to other countries
Eli Lilly and other big pharmaceutical companies are creating thousands of research jobs overseas as countries led by Singapore, Ireland and South Africa boost incentives.
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Lilly unlikely to gain from Plavix patent loss, analyst says
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. and London-based AstraZeneca Plc aren't expected to have an easier time gaining more of the market for blood thinners dominated by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s Plavix after the drug loses U.S. patent protection Thursday.
Cancer tools help Roche with Alzheimer’s drug
Treatments for central nervous system diseases have a huge potential payoff, analysts say. A hint of whether the gamble may pay off is due in the second half of this year, as Eli Lilly and Co. and Pfizer Inc. announce results for Alzheimer’s drugs that attack the same protein as Roche’s experimental drug.
Roche scraps hoped-for cholesterol blockbuster
A second experimental cholesterol medicine in a once-promising class of drugs meant to replace blockbusters such as Lipitor has failed in testing, casting doubt on whether any of the drugs will ever make it to pharmacies. Eli Lilly is developing a similar drug.
Lilly: Forget Alzheimer’s; think diabetes
For more than a year, Eli Lilly and Co. has been viewed by investors as a laggard stock with one, slim shot at producing a huge jackpot: its experimental Alzheimer’s drug. But now company leaders are trying to direct investor attention toward the drugmaker’s diabetes portfolio.
Arrests made in $80M Lilly prescription drug heist
Authorities have arrested two Cuban brothers in the 2010 theft of about $80 million in Eli Lilly and Co. prescription drugs from a Connecticut warehouse, a robbery described as one of the biggest pharmaceutical heists in history, the U.S. attorney’s office said Thursday.
Lilly letting U.S. researchers test failed compounds for new uses
More than 20 compounds that Eli Lilly and Co., Pfizer Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc failed to turn into drugs will be tested by U.S.-sponsored scientists in a $20 million program to see if they’ll work against ailments they weren’t aimed at previously.
Lilly capitalizing on demand for testosterone drugs
The market for testosterone-replacement treatments is growing, but health experts say overuse of the drugs can be dangerous.
Eli Lilly’s Cialis faces faster-acting competition
A Vivus Inc. pill that is supposed to provide erections within 15 minutes, about half the time or less than Eli Lilly and Co.'s Cialis or Pfizer Inc.’s Viagra, has received U.S. regulatory approval.
Lilly tops analyst expectations despite shrinking profit, revenue
Lilly’s quarterly sales and profit fell due to lost patent protection on Gemzar and Zyprexa. But sales of antidepressant Cymbalta, blood thinner Effient, animal health products and sales in China grew by 20 percent or more.
Poison pills remain as Lilly shareholder vote falls short
The proposal garnered support from the owners of 62 percent of Eli Lilly’s outstanding shares. To pass, the proposal needed approval from the owners of 80 percent of Lilly’s shares.
Lilly CEO says cost-cutting won’t solve sales losses
Eli Lilly and Co., facing generic competition to two of its top drugs, needs to rely on new medicines rather than cost-cutting to overcome the revenue loss, CEO John Lechleiter said Thursday in Boston at the annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
New Lilly drug has small sales potential
Eli Lilly and Co.’s newest drug is a boon for Alzheimer’s research but is likely to bring the Indianapolis drugmaker less than $100 million in annual sales—at least initially, according to one of the few analysts to make a forecast.
Lilly wins FDA approval for Alzheimer’s imaging agent
The agent, called Amyvid, is not expected to produce high-dollar sales for Lilly, but it could help to identify patients with Alzheimer’s—and those without it—earlier, perhaps improving treatment and focusing research efforts.
40-foot molecule sculpture going up along I-70
An Interstate 70 ramp in downtown Indianapolis is expected to be shut down for several days so that a 40-foot metal sculpture of a molecule can be built.
Lilly receives Europe’s OK for new Byetta use
European regulators have approved an expanded use for the diabetes treatment Byetta, developed by Eli Lilly and Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. The FDA approved the same expanded use last fall.
Lilly to focus on cancer, diabetes in China, CEO says
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. will introduce “over a dozen” new products in China in the next five years, focusing on “unmet needs” such as cancer and diabetes, CEO John Lechleiter said this week.
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Lilly to try again to remove poison-pill provisions
Eli Lilly and Co.’s board is once again recommending the removal of a provision that makes the company an almost impossible target for hostile takeovers. The same proposal has fallen slightly short at each of the past two annual shareholder meetings.
Lilly settles Zyprexa marketing suit for $1.4 billion
Indianapolis-based Lilly pleaded guilty to one violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act on Thursday and agreed to pay $1.42 billion to settle both that criminal charge as well as civil lawsuits in which it did not admit wrongdoing.