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Case Study: Health Care Industry (Eli Lilly and Company)
CASE STUDY: HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY (ELI LILLY AND COMPANY)

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Following on his experience of medicines used in the Civil War, Colonel Eli Lilly, a Union Officer and a pharmacist, started a small pharmaceutical company in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA with the aim of producing high quality prescription drugs. After Colonel Lilly's death, his son Josiah K. Lilly Sr., and eventually his two grandsons, Eli Lilly and Josiah K. Lilly Jr., each served as president of the company. It was his grandson who led the company into the industrialized era by stressing upon the need of biomedical research and installing modern equipments to make the research successful. His interest in research paid off and since its inception the company has grown to be one of the largest and most influential pharmaceutical companies in the world, offering key pharmaceutical products in almost every key therapeutic area. It is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceutical therapies in cancer, cardiovascular disease, central nervous system and endocrine system disorders, and infectious disease. Among the companies many breakthroughs are cephalosporin, erythromycin, insulin and Prozac which proved to be world's most widely prescribed antidepressant and was a major source of company's revenue for more than ten years. In addition to Prozac some of Lilly's famous product trademark includes Darvocet, Evista, Gemzar, Humalog, Humatrope and Zyprexa. Eli Lilly was the first distributor of methadone which is used frequently in the treatment of some of the narcotic drug addictions. In 2003 Eli Lilly introduced Cialis in partnership with biotechnology company ICOS to compete with Pfizer's blockbuster Viagra for erectile dysfunction. Lilly in collaboration with other organizations is providing low-cost antibiotics, training for international medical personnel and technology to enable the manufacture of products for treatment in China, India, and South Africa. In 2004 company registered

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