From Sci-Fi Dream to Market Maze: Eli Lilly's Weight-Loss Medication Faces Hurdles

Founded in Indianapolis in 1876, Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY, Financial) is one of the world's top pharmaceutical companies. Its products are manufactured and distributed in more than 100 countries through facilities in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Colonel Eli Lilly - the founder, who also happened to be a chemist - manufactured the first quinine, a compound used to treat malaria. The treatment was the first in a long series of blockbusters produced by his company. Prozac (fluoxetine, antidepressant), Zyprexa (ola ...