Eli Lilly

New data from a completed phase 3 trial show Trulicity (dulaglutide) 1.5 mg plus a sulfonylurea was significantly more effective than a sulfonylurea alone in lowering hemoglobin A1c (A1C) from baseline after 24 weeks of treatment. Trulicity is Eli Lilly and Company's once-weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. These data, from the Trulicity AWARD-8 clinical trial, were presented for the first time today at the 2015 International Diabetes Federation (IDF) World Diabetes Congress in Vancouver, Canada.

Eli Lilly and Company and Merck  known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the extension of an existing collaboration to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination of Lilly's ALIMTA® (pemetrexed for injection) and Merck's KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in a pivotal Phase III study in first-line nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study will be sponsored by Merck and will be open to patients with NSCLC in the first-line setting, regardless of PD-L1 status. Financial details of the collaboration were not disclosed.

AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly deepening their collaboration in cancer immunotherapy by testing new drug combinations for treating solid tumours.

Eli Lilly and Company, a global healthcare leader, has launched
Humalog 200 units/ml KwikPen (insulin lispro 200 units/m; U-200), the first and only concentrated mealtime insulin analog in the US.

A new medication to be launched by the end of this year by US Pharma major Eli Lilly, for diabetic patients in India. A regulatory approval for the upcoming product has already been received by the company. It is also gearing up to introduce another medication in oncology that could be launched by the end of 2016 or early 2017 which has been filed for approvals.

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Eli Lilly and Company Humalog 200 units/mL KwikPen (insulin lispro 200 units/mL; U-200), a pre-filled pen containing a concentrated formulation of Lilly's rapid-acting insulin Humalog (insulin lispro 100 units/mL) Humalog U-200 KwikPen is used to improve glycemic control in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.