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Cuban immigrant gets 6 years for theft of Lilly drugs

A Cuban immigrant was sentenced Wednesday to more than six years in prison for his role in the 2010 heist of a Connecticut warehouse in which the robbers filled a tractor-trailer with more than $50 million worth of Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceuticals.

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Lilly’s profit, sales forecast falls

Eli Lilly and Co. predicted its 2015 sales will come in roughly $1 billion less than analysts have expected, due to the strength of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies.

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UPDATE: Lilly says it couldn’t have made tainted Cialis

A batch of Cialis pills, purportedly made at a plant in Australia, was banned by the FDA from entering the U.S. after the pills were found to contain the active ingredient for rival drug Viagra. Cialis manufacturer Eli Lilly said it doesn’t make any drugs in Australia.

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Lilly’s Cyramza gets new marketing approval

Eli Lilly and Co.'s drug Cyramza has been approved as a treatment for lung cancer, regulators said. The Food and Drug Administration is allowing Lilly to market the drug as a treatment for cases that have spread.

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Alzheimer’s tests present dilemma of knowing the future

While the tests will likely help drug companies like Eli Lilly and Co. evaluate medicines, they’ll also create wrenching personal and ethical dilemmas for patients who will have to live with the knowledge that they’re destined to develop the disease.

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Covance shareholder sues over $6.1B LabCorp deal

A Covance Inc. investor contends in a lawsuit that the drug-testing company’s board erred in relying on what the shareholder called Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s conflict-tainted advice. Covance has major laboratory operations in Indianapolis.

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