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We use the best science to fight for better medicine.

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We work to make medicine safer, better, and accessible. See how we’re dedicated to finding solutions to even the toughest challenges.
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Getting medicine to
patients faster.

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Our mission is to develop the next generation of treatments that change the way medicine works today. In the process, we’ve reduced the wait between the first tested human dose to public medicine launch from eleven years to six.
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View our clinical development pipeline
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Bar graph showing the number of Lilly pipeline projects by development stage: Phase 1 projects are no longer disclosed; Phase 2 has 29 pipeline projects; Phase 3 has 42 pipeline projects; Regulatory review has 4 pipeline projects; and 1 pipeline project is approved.
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Data as of April 30, 2026.
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Clinical Trials contribute to the advancement of medicine

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We work with communities from the start to make our clinical trials an inclusive and accessible health option. Everyone deserves to feel confident that medicines have been studied in trials that include people like them.
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Every condition is untreatable until it isn’t.

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For 150 years, we’ve rewritten significant chapters in medical history. We continually work to defeat some of the toughest healthcare challenges around the world.
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OUR HISTORY
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Fighting for health for

six generations

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Founder Colonel Eli Lilly combined scientific rigor, passion for discovery, and caring for the community. From the first company to print ingredients on the label to the first company to make life-saving medicine accessible regardless of insurance status, Lilly continues to put the people at the center of the medicine we make.
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INNOVATION
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Genetic medicines

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Our scientists are focused on turning the impossible into the possible with novel genetic medicine programs. Programs that have the potential to transform human health and provide new hope for people living with chronic or currently untreatable diseases.
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Where we're looking next

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We don't rest on what we know. Explore the potential new areas of innovation we're pursuing for unmet medical needs.
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More on areas of innovation
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