Strong medicine: pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly turns Brazil into a springboard for value-added products.(Eli Lilly and Co.'s Eli Lilly do Brasil' sales and earnings)

Latin Trade | April 1, 2006| | Copyright

The last two years have been good to U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly's Brazilian unit, Eli Lilly do Brasil. The drug maker grew more than any other drug company in Brazil. In 2004, Lilly revenues jumped 53% while the market average grew 22%.

Last year, total revenues hit US$150 million, doubling what it sold three years earlier. Such strong results made it possible for the company to make an announcement in July of last year that it achieved a goal originally set for this year: To be counted among the top 15 pharmaceutical laboratories in Brazil.

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