Eli Lilly
Inside the Irish factory at the centre of the global weight-loss revolution
Eli Lilly’s huge 50-hectare manufacturing hub in Kinsale has placed Ireland at the centre of the biggest shift in global medicine in decades
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Eli Lilly reconfigures Irish operation in anticipation of rapid demand for medicines
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Success of Eli Lilly’s weight loss drugs could fatten its Irish corporate tax bill
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US firms Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly paid almost 50% of State’s corporate tax in 2024
Report by Irish Fiscal Advisory Council highlights ‘exceptionally concentrated’ nature of Ireland’s corporate tax base
Novo Nordisk set to make Wegovy weight loss pill in Ireland for markets outside US
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Tariff impact coinciding with marked fall-off in inflation
European shares at record high despite Novo Nordisk tumble
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Upbeat forecast from Lilly on weight loss drugs adds to Novo Nordisk gloom as it foresees steep drop in sales
Novo blames pricing deal with Donald Trump for downbeat outlook for year ahead but it also faces greater patent expiry issues than its US rival
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Eli Lilly’s trillion-dollar climb exposes Europe’s absence from top ranks of stock markets
US accounts for 72.7% of the MSCI World Index, compared with just 2.6% for Europe’s biggest stock market, France
How a blockbuster weight-loss drug made Ireland the fastest-growing economy in the world
Unprecedented surge in Irish exports this year was almost entirely driven by shipments of drug ingredients for Eli Lilly
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