Eli Lilly Pipeline

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According to the Eli Lilly SEC filing, “Promotion, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution of human pharmaceutical and animal health products are extensively regulated in all major world markets.”17 In fact, in most major markets, all operations of the company are extremely regulated all at the expense of the company including Federal Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, European Medicines Agency, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Trade Commission, Office of Personnel Management. Human Pharmaceuticals, according to the financial statements, in the United States, Eli Lilly promotes to health care professionals by utilizing both an employee based sales force and contracted sales force to call upon physicians and other medical professionals with advertisements being placed in “medical journals, distribute literature and samples of certain products to physicians and exhibit at medical meetings. On the consumer side, websites contain information as well as certain products marketed directly to consumers. Additionally, “special business groups” are used to service wholesalers, pharmacy benefit managers, …show more content…

According to MarketLine, “The current pipeline of Eli Lilly includes many potential opportunities to treat diseases with large unmet need, as well as significant commercial opportunity, and provides the foundation for Eli Lilly to grow significantly in the future and also bridge the period of patent expiry.”20 After entering the diabetes market with some exciting advancements early on in the company’s existence, Eli Lilly continues to dominate this market and is a key area of focus for the company on a global

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