C580 – Operations Management Eli Lilly: The Evista Project Case Study - Krishna Tavvala Background: Eli Lilly is a leading pharmaceutical company specializing in treatment of diseases like the depression‚ schizophrenia‚ diabetes‚ infections‚ osteoporosis among others. Evista‚ a newly developed drug by Eli Lilly‚ is an estrogen replacement therapy medicine for prevention of post-menopausal osteoporosis which also appeared to lower the incidence of breast cancer in women. This FDA approved drug
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Competing through Strategy Case: Eli Lilly in India: Rethinking the Joint Ventures Strategy I. Brief Summary Global pharmaceuticals had presence in India since early 80’s and it was not until 1993 that Eli Lilly International decided to establish a Joint Venture with India’s second largest laboratory and exporter‚ Ranbaxy. This move happened in a very challenging context as both companies have very different profiles and backgrounds. The main differential characteristic was the nature
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"heavyweight project team" and how does it differ from the traditional approach used for organizing development projects at Eli Lilly? This consists of two issues. First‚ is an evaluation of the changes taking place in the pharmaceutical industry and what it is that caused Lilly to feel compelled to try the heavyweight development approach on two of its drug development projects? Second‚ is understanding the essence of the heavyweight team approach‚ particularly as it has been used by Lilly? A Heavyweight
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Case# 6 - Eli Lilly: The Elvista Project 1. What is a "heavyweight project team" and how does it differ from the traditional approach used for organizing projects at Eli Lilly? Their traditional approach was much less organized and personal. Heavy weight teams at Eli Lilly were setup so that specialized individuals would work on one project (as opposed to several) led by a project manager. The project manager would then designate individual jobs and make sure that they were completed. Five key
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(Timeline) Information gathers from Eli Lilly web site 1880s Lilly was one of the first companies to initiate a bona fide pharmaceutical research program‚ hiring a pharmaceutical chemist as its first scientist. 1920s Our researchers collaborated with Frederick Banting and Charles Best of the University of Toronto to isolate and purify insulin for the treatment of diabetes‚ then a fatal disease with no effective treatment options. The work resulted in Lilly ’s introduction of Iletin‚ the world
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Heavyweight project team is a development project team consists of specialized experts that led by a project manager who has direct access to and responsibility for the work of all those involved in the project. There were five keys characteristics defined a heavyweight team at Lilly. • First‚ the teams were each given a very clear business charter “to focus exclusively on the development of a single compound.” • Second‚ each team was collocated and cross functional. • Third‚ the teams were
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outside funding. Lilly Ventures‚ a CVC‚ is a venture capital arm within the Eli Lilly and Company corporation. This branch acts like a venture capital (VC) firm in funding start-up companies in fields relevant to Lilly. These investments have allowed them to benefit from the innovations of the start-ups‚ providing an “ecosystem that helped broaden the market for the parent company’s products.” What is your assessment of Lilly Ventures? Lilly BioVentures was created after Lilly employees saw
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Eli Lilly in India: Rethinking the Joint Venture Strategy Case Analysis Question No. 1 First‚ at the time Eli Lilly and Ranbaxy joint forces‚ Indian regulations limited foreign ownership to a maximum 51 percent. Therefore‚ a joint venture with a local leading company was an excellent option for Eli Lilly to begin penetrating the Indian Market. Secondly‚ India was a sensitive market with a lot of incoming competition‚ lack of intellectual property and low per capita gross domestic product. For that
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do the research or evaluate all possibilities that come with an IJV‚ it could lead to potential losses. Eli Lilly Ranbaxy is an example of a joint venture that was pursued with the right strategy‚ which was a result due to a changing US pharmaceutical market and a rapidly expanding India market. The two companies in this IJV were both significant players within their home countries‚ Eli Lilly and Company in the US and Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited from India. When the possibility of establishing
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Eli Lilly: Developing Cymbalta Case Study 1: Analysis The given discussion is based on Eli Lilly‚ a research-based pharmaceutical company. The first core strategy of Eli Lilly and company was to replace its premier drug “Prozac” before losing its patent. The second is differentiating the company and its brand. Lilly began concentrating and devoting its resources to other possible assets: R-fluoxetine‚ OFC (olanzapine-fluoxetine combination)‚ 5HT2 Antagonist‚ SSRI‚ Business Development Opportunities
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