Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly & Company is an American pharmaceutical company based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
History
Bush Family
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was a member of the board of directors.1)
Portfolio
Eli Lilly has an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Centrexion Therapeutics for CNTX-0290, a novel, small molecule somatostatin receptor type 4 (SSTR4) agonist. At the time of the deal, it was in clinical trials as a potential non-opioid treatment for chronic pain conditions.2)
COVID-19
Eli Lilly has Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for three experimental COVID-19 drugs: Bamlanivimab, Etesevimab and Olumiant (in combination with remdesivir).3) 4)
Eli Lilly partnered with Amgen to manufacture their COVID-19 antibody therapy products.5) A similar partnership exists with AbCellera, which recently led to the release of a second product called Bebtelovimab, alleged to work against Omicron.6)
Eli Lilly is also part of the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and Mastercard to “accelerate treatments, vaccines, and diagnostics.”7)