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Lilly reorganization to cut 5,500 positions over 2 years

Eli Lilly and Co. will cut 5,500 jobs by the end of 2011 as it tries to cut $1 billion in expenses before it loses revenue
from its bestselling drug, Zyprexa. Lilly CEO John Lechleiter said he did not know how many of those cuts would occur in central
Indiana. But with
13,600 employees working in the Indianapolis area, he acknowledged the largest chunk of reductions likely would come here.

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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 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’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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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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With pharma famine looming, Lilly relying on snack-size deals

Compared with some of his pharmaceutical CEO peers these days, John Lechleiter has his company on a diet. Instead of using a mega-merger to bulk up before the famine that patent expirations will bring on the industry next year,
Lechleiter has Eli Lilly and Co. burning management fat while looking for smaller companies to munch on.

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