Boehringer Ingelheim Canada and Eli Lilly Canada today announced that Health Canada has approved Trajenta (linagliptin), a new oral therapy to improve glycemic control in Canadian adults with type 2 diabetes.

Eli Lilly and Company announced today a $30 million commitment over five years to fight the rising burden of non-communicable diseases in developing nations.

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today received Marketing Authorization from the European Commission for linagliptin 5 mg film-coated tablets for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes.

Eli Lilly India and Lupin Limited today announced they have entered into a strategic collaboration to promote and distribute Lilly's Huminsulin range of products, including Huminsulin R, Huminsulin NPH, Huminsulin 50/50, Huminsulin 30/70 and Humapen Ergo II.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company and Alkermes, Inc. today announced that the companies have submitted their reply to a complete response letter issued in October 2010 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding BYDUREON™ (exenatide extended-release for injectable suspension), an investigational medication for type 2 diabetes.

Data were presented from the first of two Phase III trials of semagacestat, including data from a 32 week follow-up period after dosing was halted in August 2010. Semagacestat is a gamma secretase inhibitor that had been studied as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Results shown today provided patient ...

Eli Lilly and Company announced that it has made a charitable contribution to the Patient Advocate Foundation.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company and Alkermes, Inc. today announced results from a thorough QT (tQT) study that assessed the potential of exenatide to increase the QT interval across a wide range of plasma concentrations.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. is suing Eli Lilly and Company for engaging in uncompetitive behaviour and violating a strategic alliance between the two companies regarding the development and commercialization of diabetes drug exenatide. Amylin says Lilly has teamed up with Boehringer Ingelheim to develop a competing diabetes medication. Amylin and Lilly ...

In Eli Lilly's company description, they call themselves "innovative." Today they proved that they are at least trying to stay true as a new announcement between the pharma giant and partner Medtonic will attempt to battle Parkinson's disease (PD) by attempting to formulate a solution that involves an implantable ...

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced they have entered into a collaboration to research and develop a new approach to treating Parkinson's disease that involves delivering a potential new medicine to the brain using an implantable drug delivery system. The goal of ...

Lilly has already developed a protein called GDNF (glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor) known to preserve the function of neurons and Medtronic will provide a system that carries the medicine to a key area of the brain.