Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly and Company is a global pharmaceutical leader founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist and veteran of the American Civil War. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, the company was established with the goal of creating high-quality prescription drugs at a time when 'patent medicines' were often unreliable and unregulated. Over its century-and-a-half history, the company has been responsible for major medical breakthroughs, including being the first to mass-produce the polio vaccine and insulin.

Today, Eli Lilly is a publicly traded powerhouse with a diverse manufacturing footprint. It operates major production facilities in the United States, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, and China. The company is currently the ultimate parent organization of its global operations, maintaining its historic headquarters in Indianapolis while expanding its reach into oncology, immunology, neurodegeneration, and metabolic diseases, most notably through its widely recognized GLP-1 receptor agonists.