Lilly unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. The company was founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly, a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that met real needs in an era of unreliable elixirs peddled by questionable characters. His charge to the generations of employees who have followed was this: “Take what you find here and make it better and better.”
More than 140 years later, Lilly remains committed to his vision through every aspect of its business and the people it serves starting with those who take its medicines, and extending to health care professionals, employees, and their communities.
