ELI LILLY AND COMPANY ACCELERATES CHINA EXPANSION

AsiaInfo Services, December, 2005

AsiaInfo Services 12-20-2005 Eli Lilly and Company Accelerates China Expansion CHINA, Dec 20, 2005 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- Eli Lilly and Company, which has not shaken off the Gemzar lawsuit, presented a new cancer drug Alimta in China recently. The Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company will chiefly expand in the Chinese anti-tumor drug market, said Dr.

Jorg Ostertag, president for Lily China. Gemzar, a nucleoside used as chemotherapy, has come atop amongst anti-tumor drug products in 2004, but the patent is presently accused of invalid and unenforceable. Chinese drugmakers will be able to produce generic drugs, provided that the Gemzar patent was judged to be invalid and unenforceable. The newly-debuted Alimta is the unique cancer drug used to...

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