GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (GSK), Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY): This Week in Biotech

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Lilly expects to take a $30 million writedown related to the discontinuation of its study. With late-stage failures piling up for Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) (let’s not forget how disappointing the results were for its late-stage Alzheimer’s drug solanezumab) and patent expirations growing in number, I still feel confident in labeling Lilly pharma’s most perilous pipeline.

The article This Week in Biotech originally appeared on Fool.com is written by Sean Williams.

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