Eli Lilly and Company: Difference between revisions
Created page with "{{Short description|American pharmaceutical company}} {{other uses|Eli Lilly (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Eli Lilly and Company | logo = Eli Lilly and Company.svg | type = Public | traded_as = {{unbulleted list|{{NYSE|LLY}}|S&P 100 component|S&P 500 component}} | ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|US5324571083}} | founder = Eli Lilly | key_people = David A. Ricks (Chair, President (co..." |
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The company's most important products introduced prior to World War II included [[insulin]], which Lilly marketed as Iletin (Insulin, Lilly), Amytal, Merthiolate, [[ephedrine]], and liver extracts. | The company's most important products introduced prior to World War II included [[insulin]], which Lilly marketed as Iletin (Insulin, Lilly), Amytal, Merthiolate, [[ephedrine]], and liver extracts. Introduced in 1923, Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) was Lilly's first commercial insulin product. | ||
During World War II Lilly produced penicillins and other antibiotics. In addition to penicillin, other wartime production included "antimalarials," blood plasma, encephalitis vaccine, typhus and influenza vaccine, [[gas gangrene]] antitoxin, Merthiolate, and Iletin (Insulin, Lilly). | During World War II Lilly produced penicillins and other antibiotics. In addition to penicillin, other wartime production included "antimalarials," blood plasma, encephalitis vaccine, typhus and influenza vaccine, [[gas gangrene]] antitoxin, Merthiolate, and Iletin (Insulin, Lilly). | ||