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Study weakens Lilly’s fight against price controls

Eli Lilly and Co. and its peers might be back in Congress’ sights as lawmakers hunt for more ways to cut health care
costs. A new study in the influential Health Affairs journal concludes that European drugmakers operating
in markets with pharmaceutical price controls have produced proportionally more innovations than their U.S. counterparts.

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Lilly paid doctors to prescribe Zyprexa, notes say

Eli Lilly and Co. paid doctors in South Carolina for participating in a speakers’ program in exchange for prescribing the
antipsychotic Zyprexa, according to notes by Lilly sales representatives reviewed by Bloomberg News.

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Lilly spent $3.6M on lobbying in second quarter

Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. spent nearly $3.6 million in the second quarter lobbying the federal government on health care
reform and trademark issues, among other topics, according to a recent disclosure form.

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Lilly drops osteoporosis pipeline drug

Eli Lilly and Co. pulled the plug on yet another drug in its pipeline that was in the late stages of testing, further complicating
the company’s attempts to find revenue before losing patent protection on its bestseller.

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Lilly pays $224,000 to area doctors

It’s no secret that Eli Lilly and Co. is the biggest private employer in the Indianapolis area. But
Lilly also supplemented the incomes of a few dozen local doctors — to the tune of more than $224,000 in just the first
quarter.

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Lilly offering buyouts to 4,000 sales reps

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. today said it is offering buyouts to its U.S. sales force,
with hopes of trimming about 300 sales representatives before a sales restructuring set to begin in January, Reuters reported.

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Lilly’s Effient launch just one of its many challenges

Eli Lilly and Co. has blasted past analysts’ earnings projections for two straight quarters. But if Lilly officials
take that as a sign they can breathe easier, they need only flip through a stack of Wall Street research reports on the company.

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Eli Lilly CEO, wife give United Way $1M gift

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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Eli Lilly CEO, wife give United Way $1M gift

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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Lilly cancels trials for experimental MS drug

Eli Lilly and Co. and a development partner has canceled clinical trials on an experimental drug to treat multiple sclerosis
after the drug failed to delay progression of the disease in trial patients.

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Lilly asks FDA to review weekly diabetes drug

Drugmakers Eli Lilly and Co., Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Alkermes Inc. said yesterday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
has accepted their application for the once-a-week diabetes drug exenatide.

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Lilly cancer drug OK’d for new use

Eli Lilly and Co.’s top rising-star drug has been approved by U.S. regulators for a new use, an event that could boost sales of
the medication. Alimta, a lung cancer drug, was approved as a maintenance therapy for non-small cell lung cancer
for certain patients, Lilly announced today.

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Lilly kicks lobbying into high gear

Once again, Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. is running in the lead pack in dollars spent to bend ears on Capitol Hill. And that was even before the health care reform debate got rolling.

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