Lilly Uses ‘Horny Goat Weed’ to Fend Off Cialis Demands

April 17, 2017, 11:06 PM UTC

Eli Lilly & Co. told a federal jury that a German company is trying to take credit for centuries-old Chinese medicine in seeking royalties on the use of its erectile-dysfunction drug Cialis to treat an enlarged prostate (Erfindergemeinschaft UroPep GbR v. Eli Lilly & Co., E.D. Tex., 15-1202, trial 4/17/17).

Erfindergemeinschaft UroPep GbR, a company founded by researchers from Hannover Medical School, claims it’s entitled to royalties from Lilly’s sale of Cialis based on a patent for prostate treatment. UroPep is seeking $84.3 million, or 12 percent of the $704 million in Cialis sales since 2011 that relate ...

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