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Eli Lilly and Company
2022 Annual Report 
on Form 10-K 

United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K 
Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022

Commission file number 001-06351

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

35-0470950

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (317) 276-2000 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

Title of Each Class

Common Stock (no par value)
7 1/8% Notes due 2025

1.625% Notes due 2026

2.125% Notes due 2030

0.625% Notes due 2031

0.500% Notes due 2033

6.77% Notes due 2036

1.625% Notes due 2043

1.700% Notes due 2049

1.125% Notes due 2051

1.375% Notes due 2061

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered

LLY

LLY25

LLY26

LLY30

LLY31

LLY33

LLY36

LLY43

LLY49A

LLY51

LLY61

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes  ☐ No  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 
months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 
days. Yes ☒ No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of 
Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files). 

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an 
emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in 
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☒

Non-accelerated filer ☐

Accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or 
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control 
over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued 
its audit report. ☒

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reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes  ☐ No ☒

Aggregate market value of the common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold as of the 
last business day of the Registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter: approximately $274,342,000,000.

Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of February 17, 2023: 950,296,118

Portions of the Registrant's Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders have been incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.

Eli Lilly and Company

Form 10-K
For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 

Table of Contents

Part I

Item 1.

Business

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

Item 2.

Item 3.

Item 4.

Part II

Item 5.

Item 6.

Item 7.

Properties

Legal Proceedings

Mine Safety Disclosures

Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and 
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

[Reserved]
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial 
Condition

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Item 8.
Item 9.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial 
Disclosure

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

Item 9B.

Other Information

Item 9C.

Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

Part III

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance

Item 11.
Item 12.

Executive Compensation
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related 
Stockholder Matters

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other publicly available documents include forward-looking 
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby under the Private 
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, information appearing under "Business," "Risk Factors," 
and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition" includes 
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to 
historical or current facts, and generally can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "believe," "will," 
"expect," "project," "estimate," "intend," "anticipate," "plan," "continue," or similar expressions or future or 
conditional verbs. 

Forward-looking statements inherently involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to 
differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Where, in any forward-looking 
statement, we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, it is based on management's 
current plans and expectations, expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, 
we can give no assurance that any such expectation or belief will result or will be achieved or accomplished. 
Investors therefore should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The following include 
some but not all of the factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those 
anticipated:
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the significant costs and uncertainties in the pharmaceutical research and development process, including 
with respect to the timing and process of obtaining regulatory approvals;

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the impact and outcome of acquisitions and business development transactions and related integration 
costs;

the expiration of intellectual property protection for certain of our products and competition from generic 
and/or biosimilar products;

our ability to protect and enforce patents and other intellectual property;

changes in patent law or regulations related to data package exclusivity;

competitive developments affecting current products and our pipeline;

• market uptake of recently launched products;

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information technology system inadequacies, breaches, or operating failures;

unauthorized access, disclosure, misappropriation, or compromise of confidential information or other 
data stored in our information technology systems, networks, and facilities, or those of third parties with 
whom we share our data;

the impact of global macroeconomic conditions, trade disruptions, disputes, unrest, war, regional 
dependencies, or other costs, uncertainties and risks related to engaging in business globally; 

unexpected safety or efficacy concerns associated with our products;

litigation, investigations, or other similar proceedings involving past, current, or future products or 
commercial activities as we are largely self-insured;
issues with product supply and regulatory approvals stemming from manufacturing difficulties, disruptions, 
or shortages, including as a result of unpredictability and variability in demand, labor shortages, third-
party performance, quality, or regulatory actions related to our facilities;

dependence on certain products for a significant percentage of our total revenue and an increasingly 
consolidated supply chain;

reliance on third-party relationships and outsourcing arrangements;

the impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic;

regulatory changes or other developments;

regulatory actions regarding operations and products; 

continued pricing pressures and the impact of actions of governmental and private payers affecting 
pricing of, reimbursement for, and access to pharmaceuticals;

devaluations in foreign currency exchange rates or changes in interest rates and inflation;

changes in tax law, tax rates, or events that differ from our assumptions related to tax positions; 

asset impairments and restructuring charges;

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changes in accounting and reporting standards promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC);

regulatory compliance problems or government investigations; and

actual or perceived deviation from environmental-, social-, or governance-related requirements or
expectations.

Investors should also carefully read the factors described under Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in this Annual Report 
on Form 10-K for a description of certain risks that could, among other things, cause our actual results to 
differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Investors should understand that it is not possible 
to predict or identify all such factors and should not consider the risks described above and under Item 1A, 
"Risk Factors" to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties.

All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Annual Report and are expressly qualified in 
their entirety by the risk factors and cautionary statements included in this Annual Report. Except as is 
required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation to publicly release any revisions to forward-looking 
statements to reflect events after the date of this Annual Report.

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Part I
Item 1. Business

Eli Lilly and Company (referred to as the company, Lilly, we, or us) was incorporated in 1901 in Indiana to 
succeed to the drug manufacturing business founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly. We 
discover, develop, manufacture, and market products in a single business segment—human pharmaceutical 
products.

Our purpose is to unite caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the 
world. Most of the products that we sell today were discovered or developed by our own scientists, and our long-
term success depends on our ability to continually discover or acquire, develop, and commercialize innovative 
medicines.

We manufacture and distribute our products through facilities in the United States (U.S.), including Puerto Rico, 
and 7 other countries. Our products are sold in approximately 110 countries.

Products

Our products include:

Diabetes products, including:

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Basaglar®, in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, a long-acting human insulin analog for the
treatment of diabetes.

Humalog®, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro,
insulin lispro protamine, and insulin lispro mix 75/25, human insulin analogs for the treatment of
diabetes.

Humulin®, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500, human insulins of recombinant
DNA origin for the treatment of diabetes.

Jardiance®, in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes; to reduce
the risk of cardiovascular death in adult patients with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular
disease; and to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalizations for heart failure in adults.

• Mounjaro®, a glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist,
for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes in combination with diet and exercise to improve glycemic
control.

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Trulicity®, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults and pediatric patients 10 years of age and older,
and to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in adult patients with type 2 diabetes and
established cardiovascular disease or multiple cardiovascular risk factors.

Oncology products, including:

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Alimta®, for the first-line treatment, in combination with two other agents, of advanced non-small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) for patients with non-squamous cell histology and no epidermal growth factor receptor
or anaplastic lymphoma kinase genomic tumor aberrations; for the first-line treatment, in combination
with another agent, of advanced non-squamous NSCLC; for the second-line treatment of advanced non-
squamous NSCLC; as monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of advanced non-squamous NSCLC
in patients whose disease has not progressed immediately following chemotherapy treatment; and in
combination with another agent for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Cyramza®, for use as monotherapy or in combination with another agent as a second-line treatment of
advanced or metastatic gastric cancer or gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma; in combination
with another agent as a second-line treatment of metastatic NSCLC; in combination with another agent
as a second-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer; as a monotherapy as a second-line treatment
of hepatocellular carcinoma; and in combination with another agent as a first-line treatment of adult
patients with metastatic NSCLC with activating epidermal growth factor receptor mutations.

Erbitux®, indicated both as monotherapy and in combination with another agent for the treatment of
certain types of colorectal cancers; and as monotherapy, in combination with chemotherapy, or in
combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of certain types of head and neck cancers.

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JaypircaTM, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) 
after at least two lines of systemic therapy, including a BTK inhibitor.

Retevmo®, for the treatment of metastatic NSCLC with a rearranged during transfection (RET) gene 
fusion in adult patients; for the treatment of advanced metastatic medullary thyroid cancer with a RET 
mutation who require systemic therapy in adult and pediatric patients; for the treatment of advanced or 
metastatic thyroid cancer with a RET gene fusion in adult and pediatric patients who require systemic 
therapy and are radioactive iodine-refractory; and for the treatment of adult patients with locally 
advanced or metastatic solid tumors with a RET gene fusion that have progressed on or following prior 
systemic treatment or who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.

Tyvyt®, in collaboration with Innovent Biologics, Inc., for the treatment of relapsed or refractory classic 
Hodgkin's lymphoma; for the first-line treatment of non-squamous NSCLC in combination with Alimta and 
another agent; for the first-line treatment of squamous NSCLC in combination with two other agents; for 
the first-line treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in combination with another agent; for the first-line 
treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in combination with certain other agents; and for the 
first-line treatment of gastric cancer in combination with two other agents, each in China.

Verzenio®, for use as monotherapy or in combination with endocrine therapy for the treatment of HR+, 
HER2- metastatic breast cancer and in combination with endocrine therapy for treatment of HR+, HER2-, 
node positive, early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence and a Ki-67 score at least 20 percent, as 
determined by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved test.

Immunology products, including:

• Olumiant®, in collaboration with Incyte Corporation, for the treatment of adults with moderately-to-

severely active rheumatoid arthritis, moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, and severe alopecia areata, 
and for the treatment of hospitalized adults with COVID-19 who require supplemental oxygen, 
mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. 

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Taltz®, for the treatment of adults and pediatric patients aged 6 years or older with moderate-to-severe 
plaque psoriasis, adults with active psoriatic arthritis, adults with ankylosing spondylitis, and adults with 
active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.

Neuroscience products, including:

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Cymbalta®, for the treatment of major depressive disorder, diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain, 
generalized anxiety disorder, fibromyalgia, and chronic musculoskeletal pain due to chronic low back 
pain or chronic pain due to osteoarthritis.

Emgality®, for migraine prevention and the treatment of episodic cluster headache in adults.

Zyprexa®, for the treatment of schizophrenia, acute mixed or manic episodes associated with bipolar I 
disorder, and bipolar maintenance.

Other products and therapies, including:

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Bamlanivimab and etesevimab, administered together, for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 
in adults and pediatric patients from birth to 12 years old with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral 
testing and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death 
(Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted in 2021). In May 2022, the FDA announced that 
bamlanivimab and etesevimab are not currently authorized for emergency use for any U.S. region.

Bebtelovimab, for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years 
of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral 
testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death, 
and for whom alternative COVID-19 treatment options approved or authorized by the FDA are not 
accessible or clinically appropriate (EUA granted in 2022). In November 2022, the FDA announced that 
bebtelovimab is not currently authorized for emergency use for any U.S. region.

Cialis®, for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Forteo®, for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and men at high risk for fracture 
and for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in men and postmenopausal women.

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Marketing and Distribution

We sell most of our products worldwide. We adapt our marketing methods and product emphasis in various 
countries to meet local customer needs and comply with local regulations.

U.S.

We promote our major products in the U.S. through sales representatives who engage with physicians and other 
healthcare professionals. We also educate healthcare providers about our products in various other ways, 
including promoting in online channels, distributing literature and samples of certain products to physicians, and 
exhibiting at medical meetings. In addition, we advertise certain products directly to consumers in the U.S., and 
we maintain websites and other media channels with information about our major products. We supplement our 
employee sales force with contract sales organizations to leverage our resources and reach additional patients in 
need.

We maintain special business groups to service wholesalers, pharmacy benefit managers, managed care 
organizations, group purchasing organizations, government and long-term care institutions, hospitals, and certain 
retail pharmacies. We enter into arrangements with these organizations providing for discounts or rebates on our 
products.

In the U.S., most of our products are distributed through wholesalers that serve pharmacies, physicians and 
other healthcare professionals, and hospitals. In 2022, 2021, and 2020, three wholesale distributors in the U.S.—
McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Cardinal Health, Inc.—each accounted for a 
significant percentage of our consolidated revenue. No other customer accounted for more than 10 percent of 
our consolidated revenue in any of these years. For additional information, see Item 8, "Financial Statements 
and Supplementary Data—Note 2: Revenue."

Outside the U.S.

The products we market and distribution of our products vary from country to country. Outside the U.S., we 
promote our products to healthcare providers through sales representatives and other channels. In most 
countries in which we operate, we maintain our own sales organizations, but in some countries we market our 
products through third parties, some of which we have engaged through distribution and promotion 
arrangements.

Marketing Collaborations

Certain of our products are marketed in arrangements with other pharmaceutical companies. For example, we 
and Boehringer Ingelheim have a global agreement to develop and commercialize a portfolio of diabetes 
products, including Trajenta®, Jentadueto®, Jardiance, Glyxambi®, Synjardy®, Trijardy® XR, and Basaglar. 

For additional information, see Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 4: Collaborations 
and Other Arrangements."

Competition

Our products compete globally with many other pharmaceutical products in highly competitive markets. 

Important competitive factors include effectiveness, safety, and ease of use; formulary placement, price, payer 
coverage and reimbursement rates, and demonstrated cost-effectiveness; regulatory approvals; marketing 
effectiveness; and research and development of new products, processes, modalities, and uses. Most new 
products or uses that we introduce must compete with other branded, biosimilar, or generic products already on 
the market or that are later developed by competitors. When competitors introduce new products, uses, or 
delivery systems with therapeutic or cost advantages, including by developing new modalities, our products 
become subject to decreased sales volumes, progressive price reductions, or both. 

We believe our long-term competitive success depends on discovering and developing (either alone or in 
collaboration with others) or acquiring innovative, cost-effective products that provide improved outcomes for 
patients and deliver value to payers, and continuously improving the productivity of our operations in a highly 
competitive environment. There can be no assurance that our efforts will result in commercially successful 
products, and it is possible that our products will be, or will become, uncompetitive from time to time as a result 
of products or uses developed by our competitors.

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Generic Pharmaceuticals

One of the biggest competitive challenges we face is from generic pharmaceuticals. In the U.S., Europe, Japan, 
and other jurisdictions, the regulatory approval process for pharmaceuticals (other than biological products 
(biologics)) exempts generics from costly and time-consuming clinical trials to demonstrate their safety and 
efficacy, allowing generic manufacturers to rely on the safety and efficacy of the innovator product. As a result, 
generic manufacturers generally invest far fewer resources than we do for our branded products in research and 
development and can price their products significantly lower than our branded products. Accordingly, when a 
branded non-biologic pharmaceutical loses its market exclusivity, it normally faces intense price competition from 
generic forms of the product, which can result in the loss of a significant portion of the product's revenue in a 
very short period of time. Moreover, governments in some countries leverage generic entrants to drive price 
concessions through the utilization of volume-based procurement bidding and other measures.

Further, public and private payers typically encourage the use of generics as alternatives to brand-name drugs in 
their healthcare programs. Laws in the U.S. generally allow, and in many cases require, pharmacists to substitute 
generic drugs that have been rated under government procedures to be essentially equivalent to a brand-name 
drug. Where substitution is mandatory, it must be made unless the prescribing physician expressly forbids it. In 
certain countries outside the U.S., intellectual property protection is weak, and we must compete with generic or 
counterfeit versions of our products relatively shortly after launch. 

Biosimilars

A number of our products and potential new medicines in our clinical-stage pipeline are biologics. In the U.S., the 
FDA regulates biologics under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, and 
implementing regulations. Competition for Lilly's biologics may be affected by the approval of follow-on biologics, 
also known as biosimilars. A biosimilar is a subsequent version of an approved innovator biologic that, due to its 
analytical and clinical similarity to the innovator biologic, may be approved based on an abbreviated data 
package that relies in part on the full testing required of the innovator biologic. Approval by the FDA ultimately 
depends on many factors, including a showing that the biosimilar is "highly similar" to the original product and 
has no clinically meaningful differences from the original product in terms of safety, purity, and potency.

Globally, most governments have developed abbreviated regulatory pathways to approve biosimilars as follow-
ons to innovator-developed biologics, including the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (the 
BPCIA) in the U.S. A number of biosimilars have been licensed under the BPCIA, as well as in Europe and 
Japan. The patent and regulatory exclusivity for the existing innovator biologic generally must expire in a given 
market before biosimilars may enter that market. In addition, the extent to which a biosimilar, once approved, will 
be substituted for the innovator biologic in a way that is similar to traditional generic substitution for non-biologic 
products is not yet entirely clear, and will depend on a number of regulatory and marketplace factors that are still 
developing. In the U.S., currently only a biosimilar product that is determined to be "interchangeable" by the FDA 
will be considered substitutable for the original biologic product without the intervention of the healthcare provider 
who prescribed the original biologic product. The FDA requirements for interchangeability are evolving but the 
FDA has issued several "interchangeable" designations for biosimilar products, including for competitive insulin 
products, and is expected to continue doing so in the future.

Regulatory interpretation of important aspects of the laws regulating biosimilars continues to evolve and, 
therefore, the impact of these laws on our business remains subject to substantial uncertainty. Biosimilars may 
present both competitive challenges and opportunities. While competitors have developed biosimilars that 
compete with our products, we have developed, and may continue to develop, our own biosimilars. 

U.S. Private Sector Dynamics

In the U.S. private sector, consolidation and integration among healthcare organizations significantly affects the 
competitive marketplace for pharmaceuticals. Health plans, managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit 
managers, wholesalers, and other supply chain stakeholders have been consolidating into fewer, larger entities, 
thus enhancing their market power and importance. Private third-party insurers, as well as governments, typically 
maintain formularies that specify coverage (the conditions under which drugs are included on a plan's formulary) 
and reimbursement (the associated out-of-pocket cost to the consumer) to control costs by negotiating discounts 
or rebates in exchange for formulary inclusion and placement.

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Formulary placement can lead to reduced usage of a drug for the relevant patient population due to coverage 
restrictions, such as prior authorizations and formulary exclusions, or due to reimbursement limitations that result 
in higher consumer out-of-pocket cost, such as non-preferred co-pay tiers, increased co-insurance levels, and 
higher deductibles. Consequently, pharmaceutical companies face increased pressure in negotiations, and 
compete fiercely for formulary placement, not only on the basis of product attributes such as efficacy, safety 
profile, or patient ease of use, but also by providing rebates or other concessions. As payers and pharmaceutical 
companies continue to negotiate formulary placement and rebates, value-based agreements, where rebates may 
be based on achievement (or not) of specified outcomes, are another tool that has become increasingly 
prevalent. Cost is an increasingly important factor in formulary decisions, particularly in treatment areas in which 
the payer has taken the position that multiple branded products are therapeutically comparable. These pressures 
have negatively affected, and could continue to negatively affect, our consolidated results of operations. In 
addition to formulary placement, changes in insurance designs continue to drive greater consumer cost-sharing 
through high deductible plans and higher co-insurance or co-pays. For additional information on pricing and 
reimbursement for our pharmaceutical products, see "—Regulations and Private Payer Actions Affecting 
Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access—U.S."

Patents, Trademarks, and Other Intellectual Property Rights

Overview

Intellectual property protection is critical to our ability to successfully commercialize our life sciences innovations 
and invest in the search for new medicines and uses. We own, have applied for, or are licensed under, a large 
number of patents in the U.S. and many other countries relating to products, product uses, formulations, and 
manufacturing processes. In addition, as discussed below, for some products we have effective intellectual 
property protection in the form of data protection under pharmaceutical regulatory laws.

The patent protection anticipated to be of most relevance to pharmaceuticals is provided by national patents 
claiming the active ingredient (the compound patent) for our products, particularly those in major markets such 
as the U.S., major European countries, and Japan. These patents may be issued based upon the filing of 
international patent applications, usually filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Patent applications 
covering compounds are generally filed during the discovery phase of the drug discovery process, which is 
described in the "Research and Development" section below. In general, national patents in each relevant 
country are available for a period of 20 years from the filing date of the PCT application, which is often years 
prior to the launch of a commercial product. Further patent term adjustments and restorations may extend the 
original patent term:

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Patent term adjustment is a statutory right available to all U.S. patent applicants to provide relief in the
event that a patent grant is delayed during examination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO).

Patent term restoration is a statutory right provided to U.S. patent holders that claim inventions subject to
review by the FDA. To compensate for a portion of the time invested in clinical trials and the FDA review
process, a single patent for a pharmaceutical product may be eligible for patent term restoration. Patent
term restoration is determined by a formula that cannot be calculated until product approval due to the
uncertainty of the duration of clinical trials and the time it takes the FDA to review an application. There is
a five-year cap on any restoration, and no patent's expiration date may be extended beyond 14 years
from FDA approval. Some countries outside the U.S. similarly offer forms of patent term restoration for
patents claiming inventions subject to a local review by a regulatory agency. For example,
Supplementary Protection Certificates are available to extend the life of a European patent up to an
additional five years (subject to a 15-year cap from European Medicines Agency (EMA) approval). Also,
in Japan, South Korea, Australia, and other jurisdictions, patent terms can be extended up to five years,
depending on the length of regulatory review and other factors.

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Loss of effective patent protection for pharmaceuticals, especially for non-biologic products, typically results in 
the loss of effective market exclusivity for the product, often leading to a severe and rapid decline in revenues for 
the product. However, in some cases the innovator company may retain exclusivity despite approval of the 
generic, biosimilar, or other follow-on versions of a new medicine beyond the expiration of the compound patent 
through manufacturing trade secrets, later-expiring patents on manufacturing processes, methods of use or 
formulations, or data protection that may be available under pharmaceutical regulatory laws. Changes to the 
laws and regulations governing these protections could result in earlier loss of effective market exclusivity. The 
primary forms of data protection are as follows:

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Regulatory authorities in major markets generally grant data package protection for a period of years 
following new drug approvals in recognition of the substantial investment required to complete clinical 
trials. Data package protection prohibits other manufacturers from submitting regulatory applications for 
marketing approval in reliance on the innovator company's regulatory submission data for the drug. The 
base period of data package protection depends on the country. For example, the period is generally five 
years in the U.S. (12 years for new biologics as described below), effectively 10 years in Europe, and 
eight years in Japan. The period begins on the date of product approval and runs concurrently with the 
patent term for any relevant patent.

Under the BPCIA, the FDA has the authority to approve biosimilars. A competitor seeking approval of a 
biosimilar must file an application to show its molecule is highly similar to an approved innovator biologic 
and include a certain amount of safety and efficacy data that the FDA will consider on a case-by-case 
basis. Under the data protection provisions of this law, the FDA cannot approve a biosimilar application 
until 12 years after initial marketing approval of the innovator biologic, subject to certain conditions. 

In the U.S., the FDA has the authority to grant additional data protection for approved drugs where the 
sponsor conducts specified testing in pediatric or adolescent populations within a specified time period. If 
granted, this "pediatric exclusivity" provides an additional six months of exclusivity, which is added to the 
term of data protection and, for products other than biologics, to the term of any relevant patents, to the 
extent these protections have not already expired. While the term of the pediatric exclusivity begins upon 
the expiration of the relevant patent, pediatric exclusivity is a regulatory exclusivity—i.e., a bar to generic 
or biosimilar approval, not a patent right.

Under the U.S. orphan drug law, a specific use of a drug or biologic can receive "orphan" designation if it 
is intended to treat a disease or condition affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S., or affecting 
more than 200,000 people but not reasonably expected to recover its development and marketing costs 
through U.S. sales. Among other benefits, orphan designation entitles the particular use of the drug to 
seven years of market exclusivity, meaning that the FDA cannot (with limited exceptions) approve 
another marketing application for the same drug for the same indication until expiration of the seven-year 
period. Unlike pediatric exclusivity, the orphan exclusivity period is independent of and runs in parallel 
with any applicable patents.

Outside the major markets, the adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property protection for 
pharmaceuticals varies widely, and in a number of these markets we are unable to patent our products or to 
enforce the patents that we receive for our products. Under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property 
(TRIPs) Agreement administered by the World Trade Organization, more than 140 countries have agreed to 
provide non-discriminatory protection for most pharmaceutical inventions and to assure that adequate and 
effective rights are available to patent owners. Certain developing countries limit protection for biopharmaceutical 
products under their interpretation of "flexibilities" allowed under the TRIPs Agreement. Thus, some types of 
patents, such as those on new uses of compounds or new forms of molecules, are not available in certain 
developing countries. Further, many developing countries, and some developed countries, do not provide 
effective data package protection even though it is specified in the TRIPs Agreement. 

Our Intellectual Property Portfolio

We consider intellectual property protection for certain products, processes, uses, and formulations—particularly 
with respect to those products discussed below—to be important to our operations. In addition to the patents and 
data protection identified below, we may hold patents on manufacturing processes, formulations, devices, or 
uses that extend exclusivity beyond the dates shown below. For approved products, dates include, where 
applicable, pending or granted patent term extensions.

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The most relevant U.S. patent protection or data protection and associated expiry dates for our major or recently 
launched patent-protected marketed products are as follows:

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Cyramza is protected by a compound patent and biologics data protection (2026).

Emgality is protected by a compound patent (2033) and biologics data protection (2030).

Jardiance, and the related combination product Glyxambi, is protected by a compound patent (2028).

Jaypirca is protected by a compound patent (2037) and by data protection (2028).

• Mounjaro is protected by a compound patent (2036) and by data protection (2027).

• Olumiant is protected by a compound patent (2032).

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Retevmo is protected by a compound patent (2037) and by data protection (2025).

Reyvow® is protected by a compound patent (2030).

Taltz is protected by a compound patent (2030) and by biologics data protection (2028).

Trulicity is protected by a compound patent (2027) and by biologics data protection (2027).

Verzenio is protected by a compound patent (2031).

Outside the U.S., important patent protection or data protection includes: 

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Baqsimi® is protected by data protection in Japan (2026).

Cyramza is protected by a compound patent (2028) and by data protection (2024) in major European
countries, and by a compound patent (2026) and by data protection (2023) in Japan.

Emgality is protected by a compound patent (2033) and by data protection (2028) in major European
countries, and by a compound patent (2035) and by data protection (2029) in Japan.

Jardiance is protected by a compound patent in major European countries (2029) and Japan (2030).

• Mounjaro is protected by a compound patent in major European countries (2037) and Japan (2040).

• Olumiant is protected by a compound patent (2032) and by data protection (2027) in major European

countries, and by a compound patent (2033) and by data protection (2025) in Japan.

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Retevmo is protected by a compound patent (2037) and by data protection (2031) in major European
countries, and by a compound patent (2038) and by data protection (2029) in Japan.

Reyvow is protected by data protection (2032) in major European countries, and a compound patent
(2028) and by data protection (2032) in Japan.

Taltz is protected by a compound patent (2031) and data protection (2027) in major European countries
and a compound patent (2030) and data protection (2024) in Japan.

Trulicity is protected by a compound patent (2029) and by data protection (2024) in major European
countries and by a compound patent (2029) and by data protection (2023) in Japan.

Verzenio is protected by a compound patent (2033) and data protection (2028) in major European
countries and by a compound patent (2034) and data protection (2026) in Japan.

The following product candidates are the most relevant currently under regulatory review. Upon approval, we 
expect relevant compound patent and data protections to apply:

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Donanemab has been submitted for regulatory review in the U.S. for the treatment of early Alzheimer's
disease. In January 2023, the FDA issued a complete response letter for our accelerated approval
submission. Phase III trials are ongoing.

Lebrikizumab has been submitted for regulatory review in the U.S. and Europe for the treatment of atopic
dermatitis.

• Mirikizumab has been submitted for regulatory review in the U.S., Europe, and Japan for the treatment of

ulcerative colitis.

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Worldwide, we sell all of our major products under trademarks consisting of our product names, logos, and 
unique product appearances (e.g., the appearance of our Trulicity autoinjector) that we consider in the aggregate 
to be important to our operations. Trademark protection varies throughout the world, with protection continuing in 
some countries as long as the mark is used, and in other countries as long as it is registered. Registrations are 
normally for fixed but renewable terms. Trademark protection typically extends beyond the patent and data 
protection for a product. 

Patent Licenses and Collaborations

Most of our major products are not subject to significant license and collaboration agreements. For information 
on our license and collaboration agreements, see Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 
4: Collaborations and Other Arrangements." 

Patent Challenges 

In the U.S., the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, commonly known as the 
Hatch-Waxman Act, authorizes the FDA to approve generic versions of innovative pharmaceuticals (other than 
biologics, which are discussed below in more detail) when the generic manufacturer has not conducted safety 
and efficacy studies but files an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA). In an ANDA, the generic 
manufacturer must demonstrate only "pharmaceutical equivalence" and "bioequivalence" between the generic 
version and the New Drug Application (NDA)-approved-drug, not safety and efficacy. Establishing 
pharmaceutical equivalence and bioequivalence is generally straightforward and inexpensive for the generic 
company.

Absent a patent challenge, the FDA cannot approve an ANDA until after certain of the innovator's patents expire. 
However, after the innovator has marketed its product for four years, a generic manufacturer may file an ANDA 
alleging that one or more of the patents listed in the innovator's NDA are invalid or not infringed. This allegation is 
commonly known as a "Paragraph IV certification." If the innovator responds by filing suit against the generic 
manufacturer, the FDA is then prohibited from approving the generic company's application for a 30-month 
period (which can be shortened or extended by the trial court judge hearing the patent challenge). If one or more 
of the NDA-listed patents are challenged, the first filer(s) of a Paragraph IV certification may be entitled to a 180-
day period of market exclusivity over all other generic manufacturers.

Generic manufacturers use Paragraph IV certifications extensively to challenge patents on innovative 
pharmaceuticals. In addition, generic companies have shown willingness to launch "at risk," i.e., after receiving 
ANDA approval but before final resolution of their patent challenge.

Under the BPCIA, the FDA cannot approve an application for a biosimilar product until data protection expires, 
12 years after initial marketing approval of the innovator biologic, and an application may not be submitted until 
four years following the date the innovator biologic was first approved. However, the BPCIA does provide a 
mechanism for a prospective biosimilar competitor to challenge the validity of an innovator's patents as early as 
four years after initial marketing approval of the innovator biologic. 

The patent litigation scheme under the BPCIA, and the BPCIA itself, is complex and continues to be interpreted 
and implemented by the FDA, as well as by courts. Courts have held that biosimilar applicants are not required 
to engage in the BPCIA patent litigation scheme and patent holders retain the right to bring suit under normal 
patent law procedures if a biosimilar applicant attempts to commercialize a product prior to patent expiration. 
Further, in the U.S., the increased likelihood of generic and biosimilar challenges to innovators' intellectual 
property has increased the risk of loss of innovators' market exclusivity. See also "—Competition—Biosimilars." 
In addition, there is a procedure in U.S. patent law, known as inter partes review (IPR), which allows any member 
of the public to file a petition with the USPTO seeking the review of any issued U.S. patent for validity. IPRs are 
conducted before Administrative Patent Judges in the USPTO using a lower standard of proof than used in 
federal district court. In addition, the challenged patents are not accorded the presumption of validity as they are 
in federal district court. Generic drug companies and even some investment firms have engaged in the IPR 
process in attempts to invalidate our patents. The use of IPR proceedings after the institution of litigation 
pursuant to the BPCIA or Hatch-Waxman Act is currently a topic of debate among legislators. We have also 
observed, and may continue to observe, changes at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including with 
respect to the PTAB's policy to discretionarily deny an otherwise meritorious petition for IPR in light of a 
concurrent district court proceeding. See Item 1A, "Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Our long-term 
success depends on intellectual property protection; if our intellectual property rights are invalidated, 
circumvented, or weakened, our business will be adversely affected."

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Outside the U.S., the legal doctrines and processes by which pharmaceutical patents can be challenged vary 
widely. In recent years, we have experienced an increase in patent challenges from generic manufacturers in 
many countries outside the U.S.

For more information on administrative challenges and litigation involving our intellectual property rights, see 
Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 16: Contingencies." 

Government Regulation of Our Operations

Our operations are regulated extensively by numerous national, state, and local agencies. 

Regulation of Products 

The lengthy process of laboratory and clinical testing, data analysis, manufacturing development, and regulatory 
review necessary for governmental approvals of our products is extremely costly and can significantly delay 
product introductions and revenue generation. In addition, our operations are subject to complex federal, state, 
local, and foreign laws and regulations concerning relationships with healthcare providers and suppliers, the 
environment, occupational health and safety, data privacy, and other matters. Evolving regulatory priorities have 
intensified governmental scrutiny of our operations, including with respect to current Good Manufacturing 
Practices (cGMP), quality assurance, and similar regulations. Compliance with the laws and regulations affecting 
the manufacture and sale of current products and the discovery, development, and introduction of new products 
and uses will continue to require substantial effort, expense, and capital investment.

Of particular importance to our business is regulation by the FDA in the U.S. Pursuant to laws and regulations 
that include the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the FDA has jurisdiction over all of our products and 
devices in the U.S. and administers requirements covering the testing, safety, effectiveness, manufacturing, 
quality control, distribution, labeling, marketing, promotion, advertising, dissemination of information, and post-
marketing surveillance of those products and devices.

Following approval, our products remain subject to regulation by various agencies in connection with labeling, 
import, export, storage, recordkeeping, advertising, promotion, and safety reporting. We conduct extensive post-
marketing surveillance of the safety of the products we sell. The FDA may withdraw approval if compliance with 
regulatory requirements and standards is not maintained or if problems occur after a product reaches the market. 
The FDA also strictly regulates marketing, labeling, advertising, and promotion of products that are placed on the 
market. Pharmaceutical products may be promoted only for approved indications and in accordance with the 
provisions of the approved label. The FDA and other agencies actively enforce the laws and regulations 
prohibiting the promotion of off-label uses. 

Outside the U.S., our products and operations are subject to similar regulatory requirements, notably by the EMA 
in Europe, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan, and the National Medical Products Administration 
in China. Specific regulatory requirements vary from country to country. Regulatory and compliance 
requirements, as well as approval processes outside the U.S., may differ from those in the U.S. and may involve 
additional costs, uncertainties, and risks.

The FDA and other regulatory agencies outside the U.S. extensively regulate all aspects of manufacturing quality 
for pharmaceuticals under their cGMP regulations. We make substantial investments of capital and operating 
expenses to implement comprehensive, company-wide quality systems and controls in our manufacturing, 
product development, and process development operations in an effort to maintain sustained compliance with 
cGMP and other regulations. However, in the event we fail to adhere to these requirements, we become subject 
to potential government investigations, regulatory and legal actions, product recalls and seizures, fines and 
penalties, interruption of production leading to product shortages, import bans or denials of import certifications, 
delays or denials in new product approvals or line extensions or supplemental approvals of current products 
pending resolution of the issues, and reputational harm, any of which would adversely affect our business. 
Certain of our products are manufactured by third parties, and their failure to comply with these regulations could 
adversely affect us, including through failure to supply product to us or delays in approvals of new products or 
indications. Any determination by the FDA or other regulatory authorities of manufacturing or other deficiencies 
could adversely affect our business and reputation. 

We are also subject to a variety of federal, state, local, and foreign environmental, health and safety, and other 
laws and regulations that may affect our research, development or production efforts. 

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Emergency Use Authorizations

The Secretary of Health and Human Services may issue an EUA to authorize unapproved medical products, or 
unapproved uses of approved medical products, to be manufactured, marketed, and sold in the context of an 
actual or potential emergency that has been designated by the government. An EUA terminates when the 
emergency determination underlying the EUA terminates, and EUAs can be revoked under other circumstances, 
the timing of which may occur unexpectedly or be difficult to predict.

Outside the U.S., the emergency use of medical products is subject to regulatory processes and requirements 
that vary and differ from those in the U.S.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been designated as a national emergency in the U.S. On the basis of such 
determination, the FDA granted EUAs for bamlanivimab and etesevimab administered together, certain 
COVID-19-related uses of baricitinib, and bebtelovimab, and similar actions have been taken by other regulators 
in certain jurisdictions outside the U.S. However, the FDA has revised, and may in the future further revise, these 
EUAs in response to the changing conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the prevalence of variants 
against which our antibodies have varying degrees of efficacy. In May and November 2022, respectively, the FDA 
announced that bamlanivimab and etesevimab are, and bebtelovimab is, not currently authorized for emergency 
use for any U.S. region.

Other Laws and Regulations

The marketing, promotional, and pricing practices of pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as the manner in 
which manufacturers interact with purchasers, prescribers, and patients, are subject to various other U.S. federal 
and state laws, as well as analogous foreign laws and regulations, including the federal anti-kickback statute, the 
False Claims Act, and state laws governing kickbacks, false claims, unfair trade practices, and consumer 
protection. These laws are administered by, among others, the Department of Justice, the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Trade Commission, the Office of 
Personnel Management, and state attorneys general. State, federal, and foreign governments, agencies, and 
other regulatory bodies are active in their oversight, enforcement activities, and coordination with respect to 
pharmaceutical companies, which has resulted in intensified scrutiny, litigation costs, corporate criminal 
sanctions, and substantial civil settlements in the pharmaceutical industry. 

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) prohibits certain individuals and entities, including U.S. 
publicly traded companies, from promising, offering, or giving anything of value to foreign officials with the corrupt 
intent of influencing the foreign official for the purpose of helping the company obtain or retain business or gain 
any improper advantage. The FCPA also imposes specific recordkeeping and internal controls requirements on 
U.S. publicly traded companies. As noted above, our business is heavily regulated and therefore involves 
significant interaction with officials outside the U.S. Additionally, in many countries outside the U.S., healthcare 
providers who prescribe pharmaceuticals are employed by the government and purchasers of pharmaceuticals 
are government entities; therefore, our interactions with these prescribers and purchasers are subject to 
regulation under the FCPA. 

In addition to the U.S. application and enforcement of the FCPA, the various jurisdictions in which we operate 
and supply our products have laws and regulations aimed at preventing and penalizing corrupt and 
anticompetitive behavior. In recent years, several jurisdictions have enhanced their laws and regulations in this 
area, increased their enforcement activities, and/or increased the level of cross-border coordination and 
information sharing.

We are, and could in the future become, subject to administrative and legal proceedings and actions, which 
could include claims for civil penalties (including treble damages under the False Claims Act), criminal sanctions, 
and administrative remedies, including exclusion from U.S. federal and other healthcare programs. It is possible 
that an adverse outcome in future actions could have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of 
operations, liquidity, and financial position in any given period.

We are also subject to a variety of federal, state, local, and foreign environmental, health and safety, and other 
laws and regulations that may affect our research, development, or production efforts. 

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Regulations and Private Payer Actions Affecting Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access 

U.S.

There continues to be considerable public and government scrutiny of pharmaceutical pricing. In addition, U.S. 
government actions to reduce federal spending on entitlement programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, may 
affect payment for our products or services associated with the provision of our products. 

In August 2022, the U.S. government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). Among other measures, 
the IRA will require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to effectively set prices for certain single-
source drugs and biologics reimbursed under Medicare Part B and Part D. Generally, these government prices 
apply nine (medicines approved under an NDA) or thirteen (medicines approved under a Biologics License 
Application) years following initial FDA approval and will be capped at a statutory ceiling price that is likely to 
represent a significant discount from average prices to wholesalers and direct purchasers. It is too soon to tell 
how the U.S. government will set these prices as the law specifies a ceiling price, but not a minimum or floor 
price. One or more of our significant products may be selected, which would have the effect of accelerating 
revenue erosion prior to patent expiry. The effect of reducing prices and reimbursement for certain of our 
products would significantly impact our business and consolidated results of operations. The establishment of 
payment limits or other restrictions by drug affordability review boards and other state level actors would similarly 
impact us.

Other IRA provisions provide for rebate obligations on drug manufacturers that increase prices of Medicare Part 
B and Part D medicines at a rate greater than the rate of inflation and Part D benefit redesign that includes 
replacing the Part D coverage gap discount program with a new manufacturer discounting program. 
Manufacturers that fail to comply with the IRA may be subject to various penalties, including civil monetary 
penalties, which could be significant.

The IRA takes effect progressively starting in 2023, with the first government-set prices effective in 2026. The 
IRA may meaningfully influence our business strategies and those of our competitors. In particular, the nine-year 
timeline to set prices for medicines approved under an NDA may reduce the attractiveness of investment in small 
molecule innovation. The implications to us of a competitor’s product being selected for price setting are also 
uncertain. Provisions of the IRA may be subject to legal challenges or other reformation, and the full impact of 
the IRA on our business and the pharmaceutical industry remains uncertain.

Heightened governmental scrutiny over the manner in which drug manufacturers price their marketed products 
has also resulted in several Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation 
designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between 
pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for 
drug products. Restrictive or unfavorable pricing, coverage, or reimbursement determinations for our medicines 
or product candidates by governments, regulatory agencies, courts, or private payers could also adversely 
impact our business and financial results. For example, in April 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services issued the Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease 
national coverage determination (the Alzheimer's Monoclonal Antibody NCD) limiting coverage of FDA-approved 
monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease for people with Medicare only 
if they are enrolled in qualifying clinical trials. In its current form, the Alzheimer’s Monoclonal Antibody NCD 
would result in significantly reduced coverage for, and negatively impact, our product candidate donanemab, and 
may negatively impact our business and financial results. Additional policies, regulations, legislation, or 
enforcement, including those proposed or pursued by the U.S. Congress, the current U.S. presidential 
administration, and regulatory authorities worldwide, could intensify these efforts and adversely impact our 
business and consolidated results of operations.

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In the U.S., we are required to provide rebates to the federal government and state governments on their 
purchases of our pharmaceuticals under various federal and state healthcare programs, including state Medicaid 
and Medicaid Managed Care programs (minimum of 23.1 percent plus adjustments for price increases above the 
consumer price index over time) and discounts to private entities who treat patients in certain types of healthcare 
facilities intended to serve low-income and uninsured patients (known as 340B covered entities). Additionally, an 
annual fee is imposed on pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers that sell branded prescription drugs to 
specified government programs. Since 2019, the Bipartisan Budget Act has required manufacturers of brand-
name drugs, biologics, and biosimilars to provide a discount of 70 percent of the cost of branded prescription 
drugs for Medicare Part D participants who are in the "doughnut hole" (the coverage gap in Medicare prescription 
drug coverage). Beginning in October 2024, under the IRA the 70 percent discount will be replaced by a 10 
percent discount for all Medicare Part D beneficiaries that have met their deductible and incurred out of pocket 
drug costs below a $2,000 threshold and a 20 percent discount for beneficiaries that have incurred out of pocket 
drug costs above the $2,000 threshold.

Rebates are also negotiated in the private sector. We pay rebates to private payers that provide prescription drug 
benefits to seniors covered by Medicare and to private payers that provide prescription drug benefits to their 
customers. These rebates are affected by the introduction of competitive products and generics in the same 
class. Our approach to the rebates we offer to private payers that provide prescription drug benefits to seniors 
covered by Medicare may be impacted by the 2020 regulatory amendments to the anti-kickback statute's 
discount safe harbor, which have currently been stayed until at least January 1, 2032. 

For a discussion of risks related to how we price our products, see Item 1A, "Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our 
Business—We face litigation and investigations related to our products, how we price our products, and how we 
commercialize our products; we could face large numbers of claims in the future, which could adversely affect 
our business, and we are self-insured for such matters."

Outside the U.S.

Globally, public and private payers are increasingly restricting access to pharmaceuticals based on assessments 
of comparative effectiveness and value, including through the establishment of formal health technology 
assessment processes. In addition, third-party organizations, including professional associations, academic 
institutions, and non-profit entities associated with payers, conduct and publish comparative effectiveness and 
cost/benefit analyses on medicines, the impact of which are uncertain. 

In most international markets, we operate in an environment of government-mandated cost-containment 
programs, which may include price controls, international reference pricing (to other countries' prices), discounts 
and rebates, therapeutic reference pricing (to other, often generic, pharmaceutical choices), restrictions on 
physician prescription levels, and mandatory generic substitution. In October 2022, the German Parliament 
passed cost cutting reforms and these reforms were followed by activation of a clawback mechanism in France 
and implementation of increased mandatory rebates in the United Kingdom. These changes may be followed in 
2023 by biopharmaceutical-focused austerity measures in more countries in Europe and in other markets. 
Reforms, including those that may stem from periods of economic downturn or uncertainty, or as a result of high 
inflation, emergence or escalation of, and responses to, war or unrest (including the Russia-Ukraine war), or 
government budgeting priorities (including as exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic), may continue to result in 
added pressure on pricing and reimbursement for our products.

We cannot predict the extent to which our business may be affected by these or other potential future legislative, 
regulatory, or payer developments. However, in general we expect to see continued focus on regulating pricing, 
resulting in additional state, federal, and international legislative and regulatory developments that could have 
further negative effects on pricing and reimbursement for our products.

See Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis—Executive Overview—Other Matters—Trends Affecting 
Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access" for additional information regarding recent legislative, 
administrative, and other pricing initiatives and their impact on our results.

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Research and Development

Our commitment to research and development dates back more than 140 years. We invest heavily in research 
and development because we believe it is critical to our long-term competitiveness. At the end of 2022, we 
employed approximately 9,000 people in pharmaceutical research and development activities, including a 
substantial number of physicians, scientists holding graduate or postgraduate degrees, and highly skilled 
technical personnel. 

Our internal pharmaceutical research focuses primarily on the areas of obesity & diabetes, immunology, 
neuroscience, and oncology. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we also focused on researching and 
developing potential treatments for COVID-19. In addition to discovering and developing new medicines, we 
seek to expand the value of existing products through new uses, formulations, and therapeutic approaches that 
provide additional value to patients.

To supplement our internal efforts, we collaborate with others, including academic institutions and research-
based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. We use the services of physicians, hospitals, medical 
schools, and other research organizations worldwide to conduct clinical trials to establish the safety and 
effectiveness of our medicines. We also invest in external research and technologies that we believe 
complement and strengthen our own efforts. These investments can take many forms, including, among others, 
licensing arrangements, co-development agreements, co-promotion arrangements, joint ventures, acquisitions, 
and equity investments.

Pharmaceutical development is time-consuming, expensive, and risky. Very few of the candidates discovered by 
researchers ultimately become approved medicines. The process from discovery to regulatory approval can take 
over a decade. Candidates can fail at any stage of the process, and even late-stage candidates sometimes fail to 
receive regulatory approval or achieve commercial success. The following describes in more detail the research 
and development process for pharmaceutical products:

Phases of New Drug Development

• Discovery Phase

In the discovery phase, scientists identify, design, and synthesize promising candidates by analyzing their 
effect on biological targets thought to play a role in disease. Targets are often unproven and only candidates 
that have the desired effect on the target and meet other design criteria move to the next phase of 
development, which includes the initiation of studies in animals to support regulatory and safety 
requirements for clinical research in humans. The discovery phase can take years and the probability of any 
one candidate becoming a medicine is extremely low.

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Early Development Phase

Early development includes initial testing for safety and efficacy and early analyses of manufacturing 
requirements. Safety testing is initially performed in laboratory tests and animals, as necessary. In general, 
the first human tests (often referred to as Phase I) are conducted in small groups of subjects to assess 
safety and evaluate the potential dosing range. Subsequently, larger populations of patients are studied 
(Phase II) to identify initial signs of efficacy while continuing to assess safety. In parallel, scientists work to 
identify safe, effective, and economical manufacturing processes. Long-term animal studies continue to test 
for potential safety issues. Of the candidates that enter the early development phase, approximately 10 
percent move to the late development phase. The early development phase varies but can take several 
years to complete.

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Late Development Phase

Late phase development projects (typically Phase III) have met initial safety requirements and shown initial 
evidence of efficacy in earlier studies. As a result, these candidates generally have a higher likelihood of 
success and trials include larger patient populations to demonstrate safety and efficacy in the disease. 
These studies are designed to demonstrate the benefit and risk of the potential new medicine and may be 
compared to competitive therapies, placebo, or both. Phase III studies are generally conducted globally and 
are designed to support regulatory filings for marketing approval. The duration of Phase III testing varies by 
disease and may take two to four years.

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Submission Phase

Once a potential new medicine is submitted to regulatory agencies, the time to final marketing approval can 
vary from several months to several years, depending on the disease state, the strength and complexity of 
available data, the degree of unmet need, and the time required for the regulatory agency(ies) to evaluate 
the submission, which can depend on prioritization by regulators and other factors. There is no guarantee 
that a potential medicine will receive marketing approval, or that decisions on marketing approvals or 
indications will be consistent across geographic areas.

We believe our investments in research, both internally and in collaboration with others, have resulted in a robust 
pipeline of potential new medicines and new treatment indications in all stages of development. We have a 
number of new medicine candidates in clinical development or under regulatory review, and we have a larger 
number of projects in the discovery phase. See Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis—Executive 
Overview—Late-Stage Pipeline," for more information on our late-stage product candidates.

Raw Materials and Product Supply

Most of the principal materials we use in our manufacturing operations are available from more than one source. 
However, we obtain certain raw or intermediate materials primarily from only one source. We generally seek to 
maintain sufficient inventory to supply the market until an alternative source of supply can be implemented, in the 
event one of these suppliers becomes unable to provide the materials or product. However, various 
developments have led, and may in the future lead, to interruption or shortages in supply until we establish new 
sources, implement alternative processes, bring new manufacturing facilities online, or pause or discontinue 
product sales in one or more markets.

The majority of our revenue comes from products produced predominantly in our own facilities. Our principal 
active ingredient manufacturing occurs at sites we own in the U.S., including Puerto Rico, and Ireland. Finishing 
operations, including formulation, filling, assembling, delivery device manufacturing, and packaging, take place at 
a number of sites throughout the world. We utilize third parties for certain active ingredient manufacturing and 
finishing operations.

We manage our supply chain (including our own facilities, contracted arrangements, and inventory) in a way that 
is intended to allow us to meet substantially all expected product demand while maintaining flexibility to 
reallocate manufacturing capacity to improve efficiency and respond to changes in supply and demand. To 
maintain supply of our products, we use a variety of techniques, including comprehensive quality systems, 
inventory management, and back-up sites.

However, pharmaceutical production processes are complex, highly regulated, and vary widely from product to 
product. Shifting or adding manufacturing capacity can be a very lengthy process requiring significant capital 
expenditures, process modifications, and regulatory approvals. Accordingly, developments such as unplanned 
plant shutdowns, manufacturing or quality assurance difficulties at one of our facilities or contracted facilities, 
failure or refusal of a supplier or contract manufacturer to supply contracted quantities, increases in demand on a 
supplier, or difficulties in predicting or variability in demand for our products and those of our competitors have 
led, and may in the future lead, to interruption or higher costs in the supply of certain products, product 
shortages, or pauses or discontinuations of product sales in one or more markets. Further, global transportation 
and logistics challenges, cost inflation, and tight labor markets, have caused, and in the future may cause, delays 
in and/or increased costs related to distribution of our medicines, the construction or acquisition of manufacturing 
capacity, procurement activity, and supplier or contract manufacturer arrangements. For more information on the 
additional risks we face in connection with any difficulties, disruptions, and shortages in the manufacturing, 
distribution, and sale of our products, see Item 1A, "Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—
Manufacturing, quality, or supply chain difficulties, disruptions, or shortages could lead to product supply 
problems."

In addition, cost inflation, the strain on global transportation, logistics, and labor markets (including as 
exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence or escalation of, and responses to, war or unrest, 
including the Russia-Ukraine war), global economic downturns or uncertainty, and an increase in overall demand 
in our industry for certain products and materials have had, and may continue to have, a number of impacts on 
our business, including increased costs and disruptions in the supply of our medicines. For more information, see 
Item 1A, "Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics, 
such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have adversely impacted and may in the future adversely impact our business 
and operations." and Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis—Executive Overview—Other Matters—
COVID-19 Pandemic."

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Quality Assurance

Our success depends in great measure on customer confidence in the quality of our products and in the integrity 
of the data that support their safety and effectiveness. Product quality requires a total commitment to quality in all 
parts of our operations, including research and development, purchasing, facilities planning, manufacturing, 
distribution, and dissemination of information about our medicines. 

Quality of production processes involves strict control of ingredients, equipment, facilities, manufacturing 
methods, packaging materials, and labeling. We perform tests at various stages of production processes and on 
the final product in an effort to ensure that the product meets all applicable regulatory requirements and our 
internal standards. These tests may involve chemical and physical chemical analyses, microbiological testing, 
testing in animals, or a combination thereof. Additional assurance of quality is provided by quality assurance 
groups that audit and monitor all aspects of quality related to pharmaceutical manufacturing procedures and 
systems in company operations and at third-party suppliers.

Executive Officers of the Company

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our current executive officers.

The term of office for each executive officer expires on the date of the annual meeting of the board of directors, 
to be held on May 1, 2023 in connection with the company's annual meeting of shareholders, or on the date his 
or her successor is chosen and qualified. No director or executive officer has a "family relationship" with any 
other director or executive officer of the company, as that term is defined for purposes of this disclosure 
requirement. There is no understanding between any executive officer or director and any other person pursuant 
to which the executive officer was selected.

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Name

David Ricks

Age

55

Anat Ashkenazi 

50

Eric Dozier

Anat Hakim

56

53

Edgardo Hernandez

48

Patrik Jonsson

Michael Mason 

Johna Norton

Leigh Ann Pusey

Diogo Rau

Daniel Skovronsky, 
M.D., Ph.D.

56

56

56

60

48

49

Jacob Van Naarden

38

Alonzo Weems

52

Anne White

Ilya Yuffa

54

48

Titles and Business Experience

Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (since 2017). Previously, Mr. Ricks held various 
leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice president and president, Lilly Bio-Medicines. Mr. Ricks has 
26 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (since 2021). Previously, Ms. Ashkenazi held various 
leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice president, controller and chief financial officer, Lilly 
Research Laboratories, and vice president, finance and chief financial officer, Lilly Diabetes and Lilly 
global manufacturing and quality. Ms. Ashkenazi has 21 years of service with Lilly. 

Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Diversity (since 2022). Previously, Mr. Dozier held 
various leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice president, chief commercial officer for Loxo@Lilly, 
and vice president, global ethics and compliance officer. Mr. Dozier has 25 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (since 2020). Prior to joining Lilly, Ms. Hakim 
was senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (WellCare) from 
2016 to 2018, and executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of WellCare from 2018 to 2020. 
Prior to joining WellCare, she served as divisional vice president and associate general counsel of 
intellectual property litigation at Abbott Laboratories from 2010 to 2013 and divisional vice president and 
associate general counsel of litigation from 2013 to 2016. Ms. Hakim has three years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President and President, Manufacturing Operations (since 2021). Previously, Mr. 
Hernandez held various leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice president, global parenteral drug 
product, delivery devices and regional manufacturing, and vice president, Fegersheim operations. Mr. 
Hernandez has 18 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President and President, Lilly Immunology, Lilly USA, and Chief Customer Officer (since 
2021). Previously, Mr. Jonsson held various leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice president and 
president, Lilly USA, and chief customer officer, senior vice president and president, Lilly Bio-Medicines 
and president and general manager, Lilly Japan. Mr. Jonsson has 32 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President and President, Lilly Diabetes (since 2020). Previously, Mr. Mason held various 
leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice president, connected care and insulins and vice president 
of U.S. Diabetes. Mr. Mason has 33 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President, Global Quality (since 2017). Previously, Ms. Norton held various leadership 
roles with Lilly, including vice president, global quality assurance API manufacturing and product research 
and development. Ms. Norton has 32 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications (since 2017). Prior to joining Lilly, Ms. 
Pusey was president and chief executive officer of the American Insurance Association from 2009 to 2017. 
Ms. Pusey has five years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer (since 2021). Prior to joining Lilly, Mr. 
Rau was senior director of information systems and technology for retail and online stores of Apple Inc. 
from 2011 to 2021. Prior to his tenure at Apple, he served as a partner at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Rau 
has two years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, and President, Lilly Research Laboratories 
(since 2021). Previously, Dr. Skovronsky held various leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice 
president, chief scientific officer, and president, Lilly Research Laboratories, and senior vice president, 
clinical and product development. Dr. Skovronsky has 12 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President, CEO, Loxo@Lilly, and President, Lilly Oncology (since 2021). Previously, Mr. 
Van Naarden served as Chief Executive Officer-Loxo Oncology at Lilly, and Chief Operating Officer-Loxo 
Oncology at Lilly. Mr. Van Naarden joined Lilly in 2019 when the company acquired Loxo Oncology, Inc., 
where he was the chief operating officer. In previous roles, Mr. Van Naarden worked in various 
biotechnology investing, operating, and advisory capacities, including positions with HealthCor 
Management, Aisling Capital, and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Van Naarden has four years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management, and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (since 
2021). Previously, Mr. Weems held various leadership roles with Lilly, including vice president and deputy 
general counsel for corporate legal functions, general counsel for Lilly USA, and general counsel for 
biomedicines and diabetes. Mr. Weems has 25 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President and President, Lilly Neuroscience (since 2021). Previously, Ms. White held 
various leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice president and president, Lilly Oncology, vice 
president of Portfolio Management, Chorus, and Next Generation Research and Development. Ms. White 
has 27 years of service with Lilly.

Executive Vice President and President, Lilly International (since 2021). Previously, Mr. Yuffa held various 
leadership roles with Lilly, including senior vice president and president, Lilly Bio-Medicines, vice president 
of U.S. Diabetes, general manager of Italy Hub, and vice president, global ethics and compliance officer 
since 2014. Mr. Yuffa has 26 years of service with Lilly.

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Human Capital Management

Our core values—integrity, excellence, and respect for people—shape our approach to attracting, retaining, 
engaging, and developing a highly skilled and ethical workforce, which is critical to executing our strategy. We 
believe the strength of our workforce significantly contributes to our financial performance and enables us to 
make life better for people around the world. For instance, most of the products we sell today were discovered or 
developed by our own scientists, and our long-term success depends on our ability to continually discover or 
acquire, develop, and commercialize innovative medicines. We believe that fostering a positive culture that 
values the contributions of our talented colleagues helps drive our success.

We are committed to creating a safe, supportive, ethical, and rewarding work environment through strategic 
focus on our human capital management process, fairness and nondiscrimination in our employment practices, 
robust training and development opportunities, and competitive pay and benefits. We believe our dedication to 
promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within our company reflects our values and is a key driver of 
business success and growth. 

We regularly conduct anonymous employee surveys to seek feedback from our workforce on a variety of topics. 
These results are reviewed and analyzed by our leaders to identify opportunities to adjust our policies and 
benefits to improve our employees' experience. As a result of our efforts, we believe that we have a highly 
performing, cohesive workforce and that our employee relations are good.

At the end of 2022, we employed approximately 39,000 people, including approximately 21,000 employees 
outside the U.S. Our employees include approximately 9,000 people engaged in research and development 
activities.

Strategy and Oversight

In order to build diverse and inclusive teams, our CEO and executive committee set expectations for inclusive 
leadership and hold leaders accountable for achieving results. Because dedication to human capital 
management is also a core component of our corporate governance, our board of directors regularly engages 
with management and facilitates a system of reporting designed to monitor human capital management initiatives 
and progress as part of the overarching framework that guides how we attract, retain, engage, and develop a 
workforce that aligns with our values and mission. 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to fairness and nondiscrimination in our employment practices, and we deeply value diverse 
backgrounds, skills, and global perspectives. To fulfill our purpose, we believe we must look at challenges from 
multiple viewpoints and understand the diverse experiences of the patients who depend on us. 

We believe that fostering DEI begins with understanding. For example, our Employee Journeys research has 
yielded important insights about the experiences of women, Black/African American, Latinx, Asian, and LGBTQ+ 
employees at Lilly. The results of this research are reviewed by our senior leadership, and we deploy actions and 
activities in response to these insights to improve our workplace and corporate culture.

In 2020, as part of our DEI and community initiatives, Lilly and the Lilly Foundation launched the Racial Justice 
Commitment, with Lilly pledging 25,000 volunteer hours and the Lilly Foundation committing $25 million over five 
years to help decrease the burden of racial injustice and its effects on communities of color. The Racial Justice 
Commitment aims to drive change across five areas: internal people development, health equity, social impact, 
diversity partners, and family sustaining jobs, through the use of financial and people resources. From 2020 
through 2022, we have made progress in these efforts, including nearly tripling our spending with Black-owned 
businesses, committing over $98 million in minority-led venture capital firms, serving over 30,000 volunteer hours 
to advance racial justice initiatives, and expanding our Skills First Program at Lilly for individuals without four-
year college degrees.

Since 2017, we have committed to increasing women, Black/African American, Latinx, and Asian representation 
in leadership roles, and we actively monitor our progress. From the end of 2018 through the end of 2022, we 
increased the percentage of women in management globally from 42 percent to 49 percent. For minority group 
members (MGM) in the U.S. over the same period, we increased management representation from 19 percent to 
25 percent. Across all levels of our workforce, from the end of 2018 through the end of 2022, we have seen 
increased representation for MGMs in the U.S. and women globally. Our focus on DEI is also evident at our 
executive committee and board of directors. Five of 15 current members (approximately 33 percent) of our 
executive committee (which includes our CEO) are women and three are MGMs. In addition, as of the filing of 
this report, the company's 13-member board of directors includes five women and six members who are MGMs.

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Our efforts in DEI and workplace benefits have garnered numerous recognitions, including, in 2022, Top 50 
Companies for Diversity by DiversityInc., Top Companies for Board of Directors by DiversityInc., Top Companies 
for Supplier Diversity by DiversityInc., Top Companies for ESG by DiversityInc., America's Best Employers for 
Women by Forbes, Perfect Score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate Equality Index, World's 
Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, Perfect Score on Disability Equity Index Best Places to Work by 
Disability:IN, Pharmaceutical Innovation Index, Zero Project Award for Access Lilly, and Top Companies for 
Executive Women, Best Companies for Multicultural Women, Best Companies for Dads, 70 percent and Higher 
Inclusion Index by Seramount.

Employee Development

We believe attracting and retaining the best, diverse talent begins with the hiring process. We therefore require 
hiring managers to consider a diverse pool of candidates and we strive to provide a diverse panel of interviewers 
for open positions. We believe that hiring in this way helps ensure that people from all backgrounds have equal 
opportunity to advance their careers.

In early 2022, we launched Discover, a 12-month new employee onboarding program with multiple touchpoints 
designed to foster integration into Lilly, to accelerate learning in their new roles and to create connections to 
further a sense of belonging at Lilly. Discover was shaped in part by external benchmarking, feedback from 
employees, and learnings from onboarding remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We offer training to enable our employees to perform their duties in our highly regulated industry. We also strive 
to cultivate a culture that promotes ongoing learning by encouraging employees to seek further education and 
growth experiences, helping them build rewarding careers. We have introduced online programming to facilitate 
access to our learning and development offerings in addition to our in-person programs. Many training courses 
are designed to improve accessibility for people with disabilities and other unique needs. Across Lilly, we are 
continuously working to design learning experiences to be more inclusive and effective. In addition, we have 
implemented development tools and resources for all employees, improved our talent programs and processes 
to provide broader access to information, and increased transparency regarding career development and 
advancement at Lilly.

Employee resource groups (ERGs) are another important component of developing talent at Lilly. We currently 
have 11 ERGs representing groups including women, MGMs, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and people with 
disabilities. ERGs offer our diverse workforce opportunities to build relationships, engage with senior leaders, 
advance our caring community, and offer unique insights and perspectives to improve our business. 

We have continued our efforts to create an inclusive workplace with the goal of ensuring that all employees feel 
safe to speak up and share their ideas at work. Our Make it Safe to Thrive education and awareness program is 
designed to help employees and leaders understand how individual psychological safety can be created and 
enhanced and includes live and online training. In late 2022, we introduced a new version of Make it Safe to 
Thrive for leaders that continues to focus on psychological safety and creating an inclusive environment. Leaders 
are provided the opportunity to work through challenging conversations and situations currently being navigated 
in the workplace.

Lilly is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and respect in the workplace—an environment free of 
discrimination, harassment, or retaliation of any kind. In 2022, as part of our annual review of The Red Book and 
related policies and procedures, we revised the Global Conduct in the Workplace procedure to continue to help 
ensure that we maintain a respectful, safe, inclusive, and professional workplace.

Employee Health and Safety

We strive to foster a healthy, vibrant work environment, which includes keeping our employees safe. We seek to 
create a companywide culture where best-in-class safety practices are consistently followed. To do this, we 
assess and continuously attempt to improve our companywide safety performance to promote the well-being of 
employees and to help safeguard communities where we operate. As the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved, we 
have continued to take various measures (as necessary) to protect and support the health and safety of our 
employees globally. We believe a holistic approach and dedication to safety helps us be our best as we deliver 
on our company purpose to improve lives around the world.

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Information Available on Our Website

Our company website is www.lilly.com. None of the information accessible on or through our website is 
incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We make available through the website, free of charge, our 
company filings with the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file them with, or furnish 
them to, the SEC. These include our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current 
Reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements, registration statements, and any amendments to those documents. The 
link to our SEC filings is investor.lilly.com/financial-information/sec-filings.

Paper copies of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q that are filed 
with the SEC are available without charge upon written request to:

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
c/o General Counsel and Secretary
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, Indiana 46285

In addition, the "Governance" section of our website includes our corporate governance guidelines, board of 
directors and committee information (including committee charters), and our articles of incorporation and bylaws. 
The link to our corporate governance information is lilly.com/leadership/governance.

We routinely post important information for investors in the “Investors” section of our website, www.lilly.com. We 
may use our website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our 
disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor the “Investors” section of our 
website, in addition to following our press releases, filings with the SEC, public conference calls, presentations, 
and webcasts. We may also use social media channels to communicate with investors and the public about our 
business, products and other matters, and those communications could be deemed to be material information. 
The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website or social media channels, is not 
incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following risk factors 
should be considered carefully in evaluating our company. It is possible that our business, financial condition, 
liquidity, cash flows, or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. 
Certain of these risks could also adversely affect the company's reputation. Additional risks and uncertainties 
not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial could also adversely affect our 
business and reputation.

Risks Related to Our Business

•

Pharmaceutical research and development is very costly and highly uncertain; we may not 
succeed in developing, licensing, or acquiring commercially successful products sufficient in 
number or value to replace revenues of products that have lost or will lose intellectual property 
protection or are displaced by competing products or therapies. 

There are many difficulties and uncertainties inherent in pharmaceutical research and development, the 
introduction of new products, and business development activities to enhance our product pipeline. 

There is a high rate of failure inherent in new drug discovery and development. To bring a drug from the 
discovery phase to market can take over a decade and often costs in excess of $2 billion. Failure can 
occur at any point in the process, including in later stages after substantial investment. As a result, most 
funds invested in research programs will not generate financial returns. New product candidates that 
appear promising in development may fail to reach the market or may have only limited commercial 
success because of efficacy or safety concerns, inability to obtain or maintain necessary regulatory 
approvals or payer reimbursement or coverage, the application of pricing controls, limited scope of 
approved uses, label changes, changes in the relevant treatment standards or the availability of new or 
better competitive products, difficulty or excessive costs to manufacture, or infringement of the patents or 
intellectual property rights of others. Regulatory agencies establish high hurdles for the efficacy and 
safety of new products and indications. Delays, uncertainties, unpredictabilities, and inconsistencies in 
drug approval processes across markets and agencies can result in delays in product launches, lost 
market opportunity, potential impairment of inventories, and other negative impacts. In addition, it can be 
very difficult to predict revenue growth rates of or variability in demand for new products and indications.

We cannot state with certainty when or whether our products now under development will be approved or 
launched; whether, if initially granted, such approval will be maintained; whether we will be able to 
develop, license, or otherwise acquire additional product candidates or products; or whether our products, 
once launched, will be commercially successful. 

We must maintain a continuous flow of successful new products and successful new indications or line 
extensions for existing products, both through our internal efforts and our business development activities, 
sufficient both to cover our substantial research and development costs and to replace revenues that are 
lost as profitable products become subject to pricing controls, lose intellectual property exclusivity, or are 
displaced by competing products or therapies. Failure to do so in the short-term or long-term would have 
a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows, and financial position.

We engage in various forms of business development activities to enhance our product pipeline, including 
licensing arrangements, co-development agreements, co-promotion arrangements, joint ventures, 
acquisitions, and equity investments. There are substantial risks associated with identifying successful 
business development targets and consummating related transactions. Increased focus on business 
combinations in our industry, including by the Federal Trade Commission and competition authorities in 
Europe and other jurisdictions, and heightened competition for attractive targets has and could continue 
to delay, jeopardize or increase the costs of our business development activities. In addition, failures or 
difficulties in integrating or retaining new personnel or the operations of the businesses, products, or 
assets we acquire (including related technology, commercial operations, compliance programs, 
information security, manufacturing, distribution, and general business operations and procedures) may 
affect our ability to realize the expected benefits of business development transactions and may result in 
our incurrence of substantial asset impairment or restructuring charges. We also may fail to generate the 
expected revenue and pipeline enhancement from business development activities due to developments 
outside our control, including unsuccessful clinical trials, issues related to the quality, integrity, or broad 
applicability of data, regulatory impediments, and commercialization challenges. Accordingly, business 

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development transactions may not be completed in a timely manner (if at all), may not result in successful 
development outcomes or successful commercialization of any product, and may give rise to legal 
proceedings or regulatory scrutiny.

See Item 1, "Business—Research and Development—Phases of New Drug Development" and Item 7, 
"Management's Discussion and Analysis—Executive Overview—Late-Stage Pipeline," for more details 
about our current product pipeline. 

• We depend on products with intellectual property protection for most of our revenues, cash flows, 

and earnings; the loss of effective intellectual property protection for certain of our products has 
resulted, and in the future is likely to continue to result, in rapid and severe declines in revenues 
for those products.

In the ordinary course of their lifecycles, our products lose significant patent protection and/or data 
protection in the U.S., as well as in key jurisdictions outside the U.S., after a specified period of time. 
Some products also lose patent protection as a result of successful third-party challenges. We have 
faced, and remain exposed to, generic competition following the expiration or loss of such intellectual 
property protection. For example, following the expiration of patent exclusivity for Alimta in Europe and 
Japan in June 2021, we have faced generic competition that has rapidly and severely eroded revenue 
from prior levels, and we expect such competition will continue to erode revenue from current levels in 
these markets. In addition, as a result of the entry of multiple generics in the U.S. following the expiration 
of patent and pediatric exclusivity for Alimta in in the first half of 2022, we began facing, and expect to 
continue to face, generic competition that has rapidly and severely eroded revenue from prior levels, and 
we expect will continue to erode revenue from current levels.

Certain other significant products no longer have effective exclusivity through patent protection or data 
protection. For non-biologic products, loss of exclusivity (whether by expiration of legal rights or by 
termination thereof as a consequence of litigation) typically results in the entry of one or more generic 
competitors, leading to a rapid and severe decline in revenues, especially in the U.S. For biologics (such 
as Humalog, Humulin, Erbitux, Cyramza, Trulicity, Taltz, and Emgality), loss of exclusivity may or may not 
result in the near-term entry of competitor versions (i.e., biosimilars) due to many factors, including 
development timelines, manufacturing challenges, and/or uncertainties regarding the regulatory pathways 
for approval of the competitor versions. Generic pharmaceutical companies could also introduce a generic 
product before resolution of any related patent litigation.

There is no assurance that the patents we are seeking will be granted or that the patents we hold will be 
found valid and enforceable if challenged. Moreover, patents relating to particular products, uses, 
formulations, or processes do not preclude other manufacturers from employing alternative processes or 
marketing alternative products or formulations that compete with our patented products. In addition, 
competitors or other third parties may assert claims that our activities infringe patents or other intellectual 
property rights held by them, or allege a third-party right of ownership in our existing intellectual property. 
See Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis—Executive Overview—Other Matters—Patent 
Matters," and Item 1, "Business—Patents, Trademarks, and Other Intellectual Property Rights," for more 
details. 

• Our long-term success depends on intellectual property protection; if our intellectual property 
rights are invalidated, circumvented, or weakened, our business will be adversely affected. 

Our long-term success depends on our ability to continually discover or acquire, develop, and 
commercialize innovative medicines. Without strong intellectual property protection, we would be unable 
to generate the returns necessary to support our significant investments in research and development, as 
well as the other expenditures required to bring new drugs and indications to the market. Intellectual 
property protection varies throughout the world and is subject to change over time, depending on local 
laws and regulations. Changes to such laws, regulations, and enforcement practices could reduce 
protections for our innovative products and indications. For example, potential reforms to pharmaceutical 
legislation in the European Union may threaten the predictability and length of certain pharmaceutical 
intellectual property incentives. Changes proposed by the USPTO to limit the number of, and differences 
between, patents obtained could also affect the scope of patent protection for our products in the U.S. 
Also in the U.S., in addition to the process for challenging patents set forth in the BPCIA, which applies to 
biologic products, the Hatch-Waxman Act provides generic companies substantial incentives to seek to 
invalidate our patents covering pharmaceutical products. As a result, we expect that our U.S. patents on 
major pharmaceutical products, including biologics, will continue to be routinely challenged in litigation 

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and may not be upheld. In addition, a separate IPR process currently allows competitors to seek 
invalidation of patents at the USPTO without the protections of the BPCIA or Hatch-Waxman Act. The use 
of IPR proceedings after the institution of litigation pursuant to the BPCIA or Hatch-Waxman Act is 
currently a topic of debate among legislators and the future ability of our competitors to use IPR 
proceedings as an alternative to Hatch-Waxman Act or BPCIA litigation procedures to challenge our 
patents remains uncertain. Recently, the USPTO issued an interim procedure regarding the use of 
discretionary denials of IPR proceedings when there is parallel district court litigation. However, it is not 
clear how this interim procedure could affect the ability of our competitors to institute IPR proceedings 
after institution of litigation. If our patents are challenged through this expedited review process, even if 
we prevail in demonstrating the validity of our patent, our win provides limited precedential value at the 
PTAB and no precedential value in federal district court, meaning the same patent can be challenged by 
other competitors. We face many generic manufacturer challenges to our patents outside the U.S. as 
well. The entry of generic competitors typically results in rapid and severe declines in revenues. In 
addition, competitors or other third parties may claim that our activities infringe patents or other 
intellectual property rights held by them. If successful, such claims could result in our being unable to 
market a product in a particular territory or being required to pay significant damages for past infringement 
or royalties on future sales. In addition, intellectual property protection in certain jurisdictions outside the 
U.S. is weak and we face additional risks to our intellectual property rights, including competition with 
generic or counterfeit versions of our products relatively shortly after launch. See Item 1, "Business—
Patents, Trademarks, and Other Intellectual Property Rights," and Item 8, "Financial Statements and 
Supplementary Data—Note 16: Contingencies," for more details.

• We and our products face intense competition from multinational pharmaceutical companies, 
biotechnology companies, and lower-cost generic and biosimilar manufacturers, and such 
competition could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We compete with a large number of multinational pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, 
and generic pharmaceutical companies and, in many cases, our products compete against the leading 
products of one or more of our competitors. To compete successfully, we must continue to deliver to the 
market innovative, cost-effective products that meet important medical needs. Our product revenues can 
be adversely affected by the introduction by competitors of branded products that are perceived as 
superior by the marketplace, by generic or biosimilar versions of our branded products, and by generic or 
biosimilar versions of other products in the same therapeutic class as our branded products. Our 
revenues can also be adversely affected by treatment innovations, including new modalities, that 
eliminate or minimize the need for treatment with our drugs.

Regulation of generic and biosimilar products varies around the world and such regulation is complex and 
subject to ongoing interpretation and implementation by regulatory agencies and courts. Particularly for 
biosimilars, health authority guidelines and legislative actions could make it less burdensome for 
competitor products to enter the market and further incentivize uptake of biosimilars. In the U.S., the FDA 
has issued several "interchangeability" designations for biosimilar products, and is expected to continue 
doing so in the future. These designations could – subject to state law requirements – enable pharmacies 
to substitute biosimilars for innovator biological products. Given the importance of biologic products to our 
clinical-stage pipeline, such regulation could have a material adverse effect on our business. See Item 1, 
"Business—Competition" and "Business—Research and Development," for more details.

In addition, we rely on our ability to attract, engage, and retain highly qualified and skilled personnel in 
order to compete effectively. To continue to commercialize our products, and advance the research, 
development, and commercialization of additional modalities, indications, and product candidates, we 
have expanded, and will likely need to further expand, our workforce, including in the areas of 
manufacturing, clinical trials management, regulatory affairs, and sales and marketing, both in and 
outside the U.S. We continue to face intense competition for qualified individuals from numerous 
multinational pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, academic and other research 
institutions, as well as employers near our manufacturing and other facilities, which has and may continue 
to increase our labor costs. Our ability to attract and retain talent in our increasingly competitive 
environment may be further complicated by evolving employment trends, including as related to increased 
preferences for remote or flexible work arrangements; public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics, 
such as the COVID-19 pandemic; political, social, civil, or cultural unrest; emergence or escalation of, and 
responses to, war and unrest; or the threat of or perceived potential for any of the foregoing events. Our 
failure to compete effectively for talent could negatively affect sales of our current and any future 

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approved products, and could result in material financial, legal, commercial, or reputational harm to our 
business.

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Failure, inadequacy, breach of, or unauthorized access to, our IT systems or those of our third-
party service providers, unauthorized access to our confidential information, or violations of data 
protection laws, could each result in material harm to our business and reputation.

A great deal of confidential information owned by us or our business partners or other third parties is 
stored in our information systems, networks, and facilities or those of third parties. This includes valuable 
trade secrets and intellectual property, clinical trial information, corporate strategic plans, marketing plans, 
customer information, and personally identifiable information, such as employee and patient information 
(collectively, confidential information). We also rely, to a large extent, on the efficient and uninterrupted 
operation of complex information technology systems, infrastructure, and hardware (together, IT 
systems), some of which are within our control and some of which are within the control of third parties, to 
accumulate, process, store, and transmit large amounts of confidential information and other data. We are 
subject to a variety of continuously evolving and developing laws and regulations around the world related 
to privacy, data protection, and data security. Maintaining the security, confidentiality, integrity, and 
availability of our IT systems and confidential information is vital to our business. Our failure, or the failure 
of our third-party service providers, to protect and maintain the security, confidentiality, integrity, and 
availability of our (or their) IT systems and our confidential information and other data could significantly 
harm our reputation as well as result in significant costs, including those related to fines, litigation, and 
obligations to comply with applicable data breach laws.

IT systems are vulnerable to system inadequacies, operating failures, service interruptions or failures, 
security breaches, malicious intrusions, or cyber-attacks from a variety of sources, which may remain 
undetected for significant periods of time. Such vulnerabilities, inadequacies, or failures are in many 
cases more acute for IT systems associated with recently acquired businesses, and we may be unable to 
address such vulnerabilities, inadequacies, or failures immediately after acquiring a business. As a result, 
our newly acquired businesses could be more vulnerable to potential interruptions, breaches, intrusions, 
or attacks. 

Cyber-attacks are growing in their frequency, sophistication, and intensity, and are becoming increasingly 
difficult to detect, mitigate, or prevent. Cyber-attacks come in many forms, including the deployment of 
harmful malware, exploitation of vulnerabilities (including those of third-party software or systems), denial-
of-service attacks, the use of social engineering, and other means to compromise the confidentiality, 
integrity, and availability of our IT systems, confidential information, and other data. Breaches resulting in 
the compromise, disruption, degradation, manipulation, loss, theft, destruction, or unauthorized disclosure 
or use of confidential information, or the unauthorized access to, disruption of, or interference with our IT 
systems, products and services, can occur in a variety of ways, including negligent or wrongful conduct by 
employees or others with permitted access to our systems and information, or wrongful conduct by 
hackers, competitors, certain governments or nation-states, or other current or former company 
personnel. Our third-party partners, including third-party providers of data hosting or cloud services, as 
well as suppliers, distributors, alliances, and other third parties with whom we may share data, face 
similar risks, which could affect us directly or indirectly. Unassociated third parties present further risks, 
including by propagating misinformation related to our products, business, and industry. The healthcare 
industry has been and continues to be a target for cyber-attacks, and the number of threats has increased 
over time. Numerous federal agencies that monitor and regulate internet and cyber-crime have issued 
guidance, alerts and directives warning of software vulnerabilities that require immediate patching, 
malicious actors targeting healthcare-related systems and nation-state sponsored hacking designed to 
steal valuable information.

The failure, inadequacy, or breach of our IT systems or business processes, the compromise, disruption, 
degradation, manipulation, loss, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to, disclosure or use of, 
confidential information, or the unauthorized access to, disruption of, or interference with our products and 
services that rely on IT systems or business processes, could impair our ability to secure and maintain 
intellectual property rights; result in a product manufacturing interruption or failure, or in the interruption or 
failure of products or services that rely on IT systems or business processes; damage our operations, 
customer relationships, or reputation; undermine integration activities or otherwise delay the launch of 
acquired products; result in unfavorable clinical trial results by virtue of incorrect or unreliable data; and/or 
cause us to lose trade secrets or other competitive advantages. Unauthorized disclosure of personally 
identifiable information could expose us to significant sanctions for violations of data privacy laws and 

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regulations around the world and could damage public trust in our company. In addition, IT system 
security in jurisdictions outside the U.S. is weaker and may result in additional costs, uncertainties, and 
risks. 

To date, system inadequacies, operating failures, unauthorized access, service interruptions or failures, 
security breaches, malicious intrusions, cyber-attacks, and the compromise, disruption, degradation, 
manipulation, loss, theft, destruction, or unauthorized disclosure or use of confidential information have 
not had a material impact on our consolidated results of operations. We maintain cyber liability insurance; 
however, this insurance may not be sufficient to cover the financial, legal, business, or reputational losses 
that may result from an interruption or breach of our IT systems. We continue to implement measures in 
an effort to protect, detect, respond to, and minimize or prevent these risks and to enhance the resiliency 
of our IT systems; however, these measures may not be successful and we may fail to detect or 
remediate security breaches, malicious intrusions, cyber-attacks, or other compromises of our systems. 
Any of these events could result in material financial, legal, commercial, or reputational harm to our 
business.

•

Economic downturns or international trade and other global disruptions or disputes could 
adversely affect our business and operating results. 

Economic slowdowns could lead to decreased utilization of our products, affecting our sales. Declining tax 
revenues and increased government spending on other programs attributable to economic downturns 
increase the pressure on governments to reduce healthcare spending, leading to increased control of 
drug prices or lower utilization. Additionally, some customers, including governments or other entities 
reliant upon government funding, may be unable to pay for our products fully or in a timely manner. Also, 
if our customers, suppliers, or collaboration partners experience financial difficulties, we could experience 
slower customer collections, greater bad debt expense, and performance defaults by suppliers or 
collaboration partners. Similarly significant economic downturns could limit our ability to access capital 
markets.

In addition, significant portions of our business are conducted in Europe (including the United Kingdom), 
Asia (including China), and other international geographies. Trade and other global disputes and 
interruptions in international relationships, including related to tariffs, trade protection measures, import or 
export licensing requirements, the imposition of trade sanctions or similar restrictions by the U.S. or other 
governments, unrest or war, as well as public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics, such as the 
COVID-19 pandemic, affect our ability to do business. For example, tensions between the U.S. and China 
have led to a series of tariffs and sanctions being imposed by the U.S. on imports from China mainland, 
as well as other business restrictions. As a further example, the financial impact of higher energy prices, 
defense spending, and inflation due, in part, to the Russia-Ukraine war and resulting geopolitical and 
economic disruptions, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic, has further exacerbated financial 
pressures on governments with single-payer or government funded healthcare systems, leading to 
increased impetus for increases in rebates, clawbacks, and other reforms to reimbursement systems, 
particularly in Europe. These and similar events have adversely affected, and may continue to adversely 
affect, us, our business partners, and our customers. For more details, see Item 1, "Business—
Regulations and Private Payer Actions Affecting Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access." 

•

Pharmaceutical products can develop unexpected safety or efficacy concerns, which could have a 
material adverse effect on our revenues, income, and reputation. 

Pharmaceutical products receive regulatory approval based on data obtained in controlled clinical trials of 
limited duration. After approval, the products are used for longer periods of time by much larger numbers 
of patients. Accordingly, we and others (including regulatory agencies and private payers) collect 
extensive information on the efficacy and safety of our marketed products by continuously monitoring the 
use of our products in the marketplace. In addition, we or others may conduct post-marketing clinical 
studies on efficacy and safety of our marketed products. New safety or efficacy data from both market 
surveillance and post-marketing clinical studies may result in product label changes or other measures 
that could reduce the product's market acceptance and result in declining sales. Serious safety or efficacy 
issues that arise after product approval have, and could in the future, result in voluntary or mandatory 
product recalls or withdrawals from the market. Safety issues have, and could in the future, result in costly 
product liability claims. 

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• We face litigation and investigations related to our products, how we price our products, and how 
we commercialize our products; we could face large numbers of claims in the future, which could 
adversely affect our business, and we are self-insured for such matters. 

We are subject to a substantial number of claims involving various current and historical products, 
litigation and investigations. These claims relate to how we commercialize and/or how we price our 
products, including relating to our 340B drug pricing program, as well as contractual matters and other 
disputes. See Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 16: Contingencies" for more 
information on our current product liability litigation, as well as pricing and other litigation, investigations, 
and inquiries. Because of the nature of pharmaceutical products, we are, and could in the future become, 
subject to large numbers of product liability claims for our previous, current, or future products, or to 
further litigation or investigations, including related to pricing or other commercial practices. Such matters 
could affect our results of operations or require us to recognize substantial charges to resolve and, if 
involving marketed products, could adversely affect sales of the product and our consolidated results of 
operations in any given period. Due to a very restrictive market for liability insurance, we are self-insured 
for litigation liability losses for all of our currently marketed products, as well as for litigation or 
investigations related to our pricing practices or other similar matters. 

• Manufacturing, quality, or supply chain difficulties, disruptions, or shortages could lead to 

product supply problems. 

Pharmaceutical manufacturing is complex and highly regulated. Manufacturing or quality assurance 
difficulties at our facilities or those of our contractors and suppliers, the failure or refusal of a supplier or 
contract manufacturer to supply contracted quantities, or increases in demand on a supplier could result 
in delays and disruptions in the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of our products and/or product 
shortages, leading to lost revenue. In select cases, supply constraints may also lead to pauses, 
discontinuations or other product availability issues in one or more markets, which could have a material 
adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and cash flows. Further, cost inflation and global 
transportation and logistics challenges, as well as tight labor markets, have caused, and in the future may 
cause, delays in, and/or increase costs related to, distribution of our medicines, the construction or other 
acquisition of manufacturing capacity, procurement activity, and supplier or contract manufacturer 
arrangements. Such difficulties, disruptions, or challenges could result from quality, oversight, or 
regulatory compliance problems; natural disasters (including increased instances of natural disasters or 
other events that may be due to climate change), public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics (such 
as the COVID-19 pandemic); periods of global economic downturn or uncertainty; emergence or 
escalation of, and responses to, war or unrest (including the Russia-Ukraine war); equipment, 
mechanical, data, or IT system vulnerabilities, such as system inadequacies, inadequate controls or 
procedures, operating failures, service interruptions or failures, security breaches, malicious intrusions, or 
cyber-attacks from a variety of sources; labor shortages; contractual disputes with our suppliers and 
contract manufacturers; or inability to obtain single-source or other raw or intermediate materials. 
Regional dependencies may in some cases accentuate risks related to manufacturing and supply. For 
example, we, and the pharmaceutical industry generally, depend on China-based partners for integral 
chemical synthesis, reagents, starting materials, and ingredients.

Difficulties in predicting or variability in demand for our products and those of our competitors and the very 
long lead times necessary for the expansion and regulatory qualification of pharmaceutical manufacturing 
capacity have resulted, and in the future may result, in difficulty meeting demand for, or disruptions, 
shortages, and higher costs in the supply of, our products. For example, we have experienced challenges 
in meeting demand for our incretin products, partially due to the limited availability of competitor therapies. 
Despite our ongoing efforts to meet significant expected demand by obtaining additional internal and 
contracted manufacturing capacity, there can be no assurances that such capacity increases will be 
realized as expected. Delays or challenges in operationalizing additional manufacturing capacity would 
limit our ability to capitalize on expected demand. Conversely, unexpected contingencies that limit 
demand for our incretin products would undermine our ability to realize the full benefit of significant capital 
expenditures that we have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, to augment manufacturing capacity 
and may also subject us to contractual payment obligations. The foregoing risks and uncertainties could 
negatively impact our consolidated results of operations and reputation. See Item 1, "Business—Raw 
Materials and Product Supply," and Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis—Financial Condition 
and Liquidity" for more details.

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• We derive a significant percentage of our total revenue from relatively few products and sell our 

products through increasingly consolidated supply chain stakeholders, which may subject us to, 
or exacerbate, various risks. 

We derived direct product and/or alliance revenues of more than $1 billion for each of Trulicity, Verzenio, 
Taltz, Jardiance (including Glyxambi, Synjardy, and Trijardy XR), Humalog (including Insulin Lispro), our 
COVID-19 antibodies, and Humulin that collectively accounted for 69 percent of our total revenues in 
2022. In particular, Trulicity accounted for 26 percent of our total revenues in 2022 and we expect 
GLP-1s, including Mounjaro, which we launched in 2022, to represent a significant and growing portion of 
our business. Loss of patent protection, changes in prescription rates, material product liability litigation, 
unexpected side effects or safety concerns, significant changes in demand, regulatory proceedings, 
negative publicity affecting doctor or patient confidence, pressure from existing or new competitive 
products, changes in labeling, pricing, and access pressures, or supply shortages or disruptions for these 
products or any of our other major products could materially impact our results of operations.

In addition, in the U.S., most of our products are distributed through wholesalers and if one of these 
significant wholesalers should encounter financial or other difficulties, it might decrease the amount of 
business the wholesaler does with us or we might be unable to timely collect the amounts that the 
wholesaler owes us, which could negatively impact our results of operations. See Item 1, “Business—
Marketing and Distribution,” for more details. 

Moreover, the negotiating power of health plans, managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit 
managers, and other supply chain stakeholders has increased due to consolidation, regulatory, and other 
market impacts, and they, along with governments, increasingly employ formularies to control costs and 
encourage utilization of certain drugs, including through the use of formulary inclusion, or favorable 
formulary placement. Such stakeholders have also increasingly imposed utilization management tools 
favoring the use of generic products. As these practices expand, including due to potential further 
consolidation of U.S. private third-party payers, we may face difficulty in obtaining or maintaining timely or 
adequate pricing or formulary placement of our products. We expect that consolidation of supply chain 
stakeholders will continue to increase competitive and pricing pressures on pharmaceutical 
manufacturers. For additional information on pricing and reimbursement for our pharmaceutical products, 
see "U.S. Private Sector Dynamics" and "Regulations and Private Payer Actions Affecting Pharmaceutical 
Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access—U.S."

•

Reliance on third-party relationships and outsourcing arrangements could adversely affect our 
business. 

We rely on third parties, including suppliers, distributors, alliances, and collaborations with other 
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and third-party service providers, for selected aspects of 
product and clinical development, manufacturing, commercialization, hosting of, and support for, IT 
systems, product distribution, and certain financial transactional processes. As examples, we outsource 
the day-to-day management and oversight of some of our clinical trials to contract research organizations 
and the distribution of our products through logistics providers. Outsourcing involves many risks, including 
the risk that the third parties may not perform to our standards or legal requirements, including applicable 
requirements for diversity in clinical trials; may not produce reliable results; may not perform in a timely 
manner; may not maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of confidential and proprietary 
information relating to us, our clinical trial subjects, or patients; may experience disruption or fail to 
perform due to IT system vulnerabilities, breaches, cyber-attacks, or inadequate controls or procedures; 
may be unable to satisfy their commitments to us in which case we may not be able to achieve 
acceptable alternative sourcing; or may fail to perform at all. The foregoing risks may be heightened in 
jurisdictions outside the U.S., where we may have fewer alternative providers as well as face additional 
costs, uncertainties, and risks. Failure of third parties to meet their contractual, regulatory, confidentiality, 
privacy, security, or other obligations to us, our clinical trial subjects, and our patients could have a 
material adverse effect on our business. 

•

Public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have 
adversely impacted and may in the future adversely impact our business and operations. 

Actual or threatened public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, 
have adversely impacted and may in the future adversely impact our business and operations. The 

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COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted and may continue to adversely impact our business and 
operations across markets to varying and fluctuating degrees, including as a result of:

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Cost inflation and strain on global transportation, manufacturing, and labor markets, which have 
negatively impacted development, manufacturing, supply, distribution, and sales of our medicines, 
including through increased costs to provide, and in some cases disruptions in supply or shortages of, 
our medicines.

Fewer in-person interactions among patients and healthcare providers and our employees with 
healthcare professionals in certain markets. 

Pricing pressures, rebates, clawbacks, and other changes in reimbursement policies and programs 
resulting, in part, from the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic on government-funded 
healthcare systems around the world.

Risks related to our COVID-19 therapies, including heightened regulatory scrutiny of our 
manufacturing practices, quality assurance, and similar regulations; restrictions on administration that 
limit widespread and timely access to our therapies, and risks related to handling, return, and/or 
refund of product after delivery by us; concerns related to expedited authorization of restricted 
distribution of products with less than typical safety and efficacy data; and fluctuations in, or 
elimination of, demand for our COVID-19 therapies, including based on the availability of superior or 
competitive therapies, preventative measures such as vaccines and antiviral medicines, mutations of 
the virus impacting effectiveness, revocations or restrictions on EUAs, reaching endemic status in 
different jurisdictions, reduced government and payer funding for COVID-19 therapies, the 
unpredictable nature of pandemics, and other developments. 

These and other risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other actual or threatened public health 
outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics could affect other aspects of our business or intensify other risks 
inherent in our business. The degree to which the COVID-19 pandemic could continue to affect us and 
other actual or threatened public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics could affect us, will depend 
on developments that are highly uncertain and beyond our knowledge or control, including the duration 
and severity of the public health threat, the actions taken to reduce its transmission, the introduction and 
spread of new variants, the degree and extent of government restrictions on economic activity, 
government spending, and access to healthcare, and the speed with which, and extent to which, 
economic and operating conditions recover. Should the COVID-19 pandemic, or any other actual or 
threatened public health outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic, as well as any associated or resulting cost of 
inflation, supply chain disruption, labor market impact, recession, depression, or other negative 
contingency, continue for a prolonged period, these risks could be exacerbated, causing further impact on 
our business and operations.

Risks Related to Government Regulation

• Our business is subject to increasing government price controls and other public and private 
restrictions on pricing, reimbursement, and access for our drugs, which could have a material 
adverse effect on our results of operations, reputation or business. 

Public and private payers continue to take aggressive steps to control their expenditures for 
pharmaceuticals by placing restrictions on pricing and reimbursement for, and patient access to, our 
medicines. These pressures have negatively affected, and could continue to negatively affect, our 
consolidated results of operations. Governments and private payers worldwide have intensified their 
scrutiny of, and actions intended to address, pricing, reimbursement, and access to pharmaceutical 
products. Additional policies, regulations, legislation, or enforcement, including as a result of the 
regulatory priorities of the current U.S. presidential administration and regulatory authorities worldwide, 
could adversely impact our business and consolidated results of operations. In particular, if one or more of 
our significant products are selected under the IRA, the resulting price reduction and reimbursement 
could negatively impact our business and consolidated results of operations. For more details, see Item 1, 
"Business—Regulations and Private Payer Actions Affecting Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, 
and Access."

Further, restrictive or unfavorable pricing, coverage, or reimbursement determinations for our medicines 
or product candidates by governments, regulatory agencies, courts, or private payers, such as the 
Alzheimer’s Monoclonal Antibody NCD, may adversely impact our business and financial results. We 

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continue to experience additional pricing pressures, rebates, clawbacks, and other changes in 
reimbursement policies and programs resulting from the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, 
periods of global economic downturn or uncertainty, and the emergence or escalation of, and responses 
to, war or unrest (including the Russia-Ukraine war).

For more details, see Item 1, "Business—Regulations and Private Payer Actions Affecting Pharmaceutical 
Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access," Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis—Executive 
Overview—Other Matters—Trends Affecting Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access," and 
Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 16: Contingencies."

•

Changes in foreign currency rates, interest rate risks, or inflation affect our results of operations.

As a global company, we face foreign currency risk exposure from fluctuating currency exchange rates, 
interest rate risk from our exposure to floating and variable interest rates, and inflation risk from existing 
and expected rates of inflation in the U.S. and other jurisdictions, each of which impacts our results of 
operations. In recent periods, significant fluctuations in currency rates and inflation have had a significant 
negative impact on our results of operations. We are a net receiver of foreign currencies and our results 
of operations may continue to be adversely impacted if the U.S. dollar remains strong compared to 
foreign currencies. Further, in the event of an extreme devaluation of local currency in a particular market 
in which we operate, the price of our products could become unsustainable in the relevant market. 
Inflationary pressures in recent periods have also negatively impacted us and may continue to negatively 
impact us in various ways, including cost inflation, higher labor costs, and other higher expenses, with 
some of these higher expenses due in part to policy actions intended to curb inflation. See Item 7, 
"Management's Discussion and Analysis—Financial Condition and Liquidity" and Item 8, "Financial 
Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and 
Implementation of New Financial Accounting Standards," for more details.

• We are subject to evolving and complex tax laws, which may result in additional liabilities and 

affect our results of operations. 

We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous other jurisdictions, and in the course of our 
business, we make judgments about the expected tax treatment of various transactions and events. 
Changes in tax laws, regulations, administrative practices, principles, and interpretations, as well as 
events that differ from our expectations, have affected and may adversely affect our effective tax rates, 
cash flows, and/or results of operations. Significant uncertainty currently exists regarding tax proposals 
introduced by the current U.S. administration and Congress, including modifications to certain aspects of 
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, such as the potential repeal or deferral of the provision requiring 
capitalization of research and development expenses. In addition, tax authorities in the U.S. and other 
jurisdictions in which we do business routinely examine our tax returns and are intensifying their scrutiny 
and examinations of profit allocations among jurisdictions, which could unfavorably impact our results of 
operations. Further, actions taken with respect to tax-related matters by associations such as the 
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Commission could 
influence tax laws in countries in which we operate. Modifications to key elements of the current U.S. or 
international tax framework could have a significant impact on our effective tax rate, results of operations, 
and cash flows. See Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis—Executive Overview—Other 
Matters—Tax Matters" and Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 14: Income 
Taxes," for more details.

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Regulatory compliance problems could be damaging to the company. 

The marketing, promotional, and pricing practices of pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as the 
manner in which manufacturers interact with purchasers, prescribers, and patients, are subject to 
extensive scrutiny and regulation. Many companies, including us, are and have been subject to 
investigations and claims related to these practices asserted by federal, state, and foreign governmental 
authorities, private payers, and consumers. These investigations and claims have resulted in substantial 
expense and other significant consequences to us. We are, and could in the future become, subject to 
such investigations and claims, the outcomes of which include criminal charges and fines, penalties, or 
other monetary or non-monetary remedies, including exclusion from U.S. federal and other healthcare 
programs. Such investigations and claims have intensified and may continue to intensify as a result of the 
regulatory priorities of each particular U.S. presidential administration and other regulatory authorities 
worldwide. In addition, regulatory issues concerning compliance with cGMP, quality assurance, evolving 
standards, and increased scrutiny around excipients and potential impurities such as nitrosamines, and 

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similar regulations and standards (and comparable foreign regulations and standards) for our products 
can lead to regulatory and legal actions, product recalls and seizures, fines and penalties, interruption of 
production leading to product shortages, import bans or denials of import certifications, delays or denials 
in new product approvals or line extensions or supplemental approvals of current products pending 
resolution of the issues, and reputational harm, any of which would adversely affect our business. 
Regulatory compliance and processes in jurisdictions outside the U.S. may also be less predictable and 
result in additional costs, uncertainties, and risks. See Item 1, "Business—Government Regulation of Our 
Operations," for more details. 

Furthermore, there is an increased focus by foreign, federal, state, and local regulatory and legislative 
bodies regarding environmental policies relating to climate change, regulating greenhouse gas emissions, 
carbon taxes, emissions trading schemes, sustainable manufacturing, human rights and equity matters, 
and disclosure regarding the foregoing, many of which may be ambiguous, inconsistent, dynamic or 
conflicting. We expect to experience increased restrictions and compliance costs, legal costs, and 
expenses related to such new or changing legal or regulatory requirements. Moreover, compliance with 
any such legal or regulatory requirements would require us to devote substantial time and attention to 
these matters. In addition, we may still be subject to penalties or potential litigation if such laws and 
regulations are interpreted or applied in a manner inconsistent with our practices.

Additionally, we are subject to increased negative attention from the media, stockholders, activists, and 
other stakeholders on climate change, social, and sustainability matters. The perception that we have 
failed to act in a socially responsible manner, whether or not valid, results in adverse publicity that can 
negatively affect our business and reputation, as well as result in increased scrutiny from legislators and 
regulatory authorities. Moreover, from time to time we establish and publicly announce goals and 
commitments, including to reduce our impact on the environment. Our ability to achieve any stated 
environmental, social or governance goal, target or objective is subject to numerous factors and 
conditions, many of which are outside our control. Examples of such factors include evolving regulatory 
requirements affecting sustainability standards or disclosures or imposing different requirements, the 
availability of requisite financing, and the availability of suppliers that can meet our sustainability and other 
goals. If we fail to achieve, are perceived to have failed or been delayed in achieving, or improperly report 
our progress toward achieving these goals and commitments, it could negatively affect our reputation or 
investor confidence, and expose us to enforcement actions and litigation.

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2. Properties

Our principal domestic and international executive offices are located in Indianapolis. At December 31, 2022, 
we owned nine production, distribution, and corporate administrative sites in the United States (U.S.), 
including Puerto Rico. These facilities contain an aggregate of approximately 8.1 million square feet of floor 
area dedicated to production, distribution, and administration. Major production sites include Indianapolis, 
Indiana; Carolina, Puerto Rico; and Branchburg, New Jersey. In 2023, we expect production to commence at 
an additional approximately 0.4 million square foot facility in Durham, North Carolina, with other production 
facilities and expansions of production facilities expected to come online in future periods.

We own production and distribution sites in seven countries outside the U.S., containing an aggregate of 
approximately 4.6 million square feet of floor area. Major production sites include facilities in Ireland, France, 
Spain, Italy, and China.

In the U.S., our research and development facilities contain an aggregate of approximately 4.5 million square 
feet of floor area, primarily consisting of owned facilities located in Indianapolis and smaller leased sites 
primarily in San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; and New York, New York. Outside the U.S., we 
own a small research and development facility in Spain and lease a small site in Singapore.

We believe that none of our properties is subject to any encumbrance, easement, or other restriction that 
would detract materially from its value or impair its use in the operation of the business. The buildings we own 
are of varying ages and in good condition.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

We are a party to various currently pending legal actions, government investigations, and environmental 
proceedings. Information pertaining to legal proceedings is described in Item 8, "Financial Statements and 
Supplementary Data - Note 16: Contingencies," and incorporated by reference herein. 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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Part II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, 

Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer 
Purchases of Equity Securities

Information relating to the principal market for our common stock, dividends, and related stockholder matters 
is described in Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial 
Condition" and Item 12, "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related 
Stockholder Matters." This information is incorporated herein by reference.

As of February 17, 2023, there were approximately 19,868 holders of record of our common stock based on 
information provided by EQ Shareowner Services, our transfer agent. Our common stock is listed under the 
ticker symbol LLY on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). 

The following table summarizes the activity related to repurchases of our equity securities during the fourth 
quarter ended December 31, 2022:

Total Number of
Shares Purchased
(in thousands)

Average Price Paid
per Share

Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
(in thousands)

Period
October 2022   . . . . . .  
November 2022       . . .
December 2022       . . .
Total        . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—  $ 
—   
—   
—   

—   
—   
—   
—   

Approximate Dollar Value
of Shares that May Yet Be
Purchased Under the
Plans or Programs
(dollars in millions)
3,250.0 
3,250.0 
3,250.0 

—  $ 
—   
—   
— 

During the three months ended December 31, 2022, we did not repurchase any shares under our $5.00 billion 
share repurchase program authorized in May 2021.

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PERFORMANCE GRAPH

The following graph compares the return on Lilly stock with that of the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Stock 
Index and our peer group for the years 2018 through 2022. The graph assumes that, on the last business day 
of 2017, a person invested $100 each in Lilly stock, the S&P 500 Stock Index, and the peer group's collective 
common stock. The graph measures total shareholder return, which takes into account both stock price and 
dividends. It assumes that dividends paid by a company are immediately reinvested in that company's stock. 

Value of $100 Invested on Last Business Day of 2017 Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total 
Shareholder Return Among Lilly, S&P 500 Stock Index, and Peer Group(1)

Dec-17
Dec-18
Dec-19
Dec-20
Dec-21
Dec-22

Lilly
$  100.00 
  140.45 
  163.13 
  213.80 
  355.08 
  476.65 

Peer Group
$  100.00 
  104.95 
  124.15 
  126.98 
  152.56 
  167.09 

S&P 500
$  100.00 
95.62 
  125.72 
  148.85 
  191.58 
  156.88 

(1)  We constructed the peer group as the industry index for this graph. It is comprised of the following companies in the pharmaceutical and 
biotechnology industries: AbbVie Inc.; Amgen Inc.; AstraZeneca PLC; Biogen Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Gilead Sciences Inc.; 
GlaxoSmithKline plc; Johnson & Johnson; Merck & Co., Inc.; Novartis AG; Novo Nordisk A/S; Pfizer Inc.; Roche Holding AG; Sanofi S.A.; and 
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. The peer group used for performance benchmarking aligns with the peer group used for executive 
compensation purposes for 2022.

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LillyPeer GroupS&P 500Dec-17Dec-18Dec-19Dec-20Dec-21Dec-22$50$100$150$200$250$300$350$400$450$500 
Item 6. [Reserved]

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of 

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

(Tables present dollars in millions, except per-share data)

General

Management's discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition is intended to assist the 
reader in understanding and assessing significant changes and trends related to our company's results of 
operations and financial position. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with Item 8, 
"Financial Statements and Supplementary Data." Certain statements in this Item 7 constitute forward-looking 
statements. Various risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in "Forward-Looking Statements" and 
Item 1A, "Risk Factors," may cause our actual results, financial position, and cash generated from operations 
to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

This section provides an overview of our financial results, late-stage pipeline developments, and other matters 
affecting our company and the pharmaceutical industry. 

Financial Results

The following table summarizes our key operating results:

Revenue       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Gross margin as a percent of revenue        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Marketing, selling, and administrative     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Acquired in-process research and development (IPR&D) and 
development milestones      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Asset impairment, restructuring, and other special charges     . .  
Other—net, (income) expense       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings per share - diluted       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Year Ended December 31

$ 

$ 

2022

28,541.4 
21,911.6 

 76.8 %

7,190.8 
6,440.4 

908.5 
244.6 
320.9 
6,244.8 
6.90 

2021

28,318.4 
21,005.6 

 74.2 %

6,930.7 
6,431.6 

970.1 
316.1 
201.6 
5,581.7 
6.12 

Percent 
Change
1
4

4
—

(6)
(23)
59
12
13

Revenue increased in 2022 driven by increased volume, largely offset by lower realized prices and the 
unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. Research and development expenses increased in 2022, 
driven primarily by higher development expenses for late-stage assets, partially offset by lower development 
expenses for COVID-19 antibodies and the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates. Marketing, selling, 
and administrative expenses in 2022 remained relatively flat compared to 2021 as increased costs associated 
with launches of new products and indications were offset by the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates.

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The following highlighted items affect comparisons of our 2022 and 2021 financial results:

2022

Acquired IPR&D and Development Milestones (Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements)

• We recognized $908.5 million of acquired IPR&D and development milestones that included the buy-
out of substantially all future obligations that were contingent upon the occurrence of certain events 
linked to the success of our mutant-selective PI3kα inhibitor and a purchase of a Priority Review 
Voucher. 

Asset Impairment, Restructuring, and Other Special Charges (Note 5 to the consolidated financial 
statements)

• We recognized charges of $244.6 million primarily related to an intangible asset impairment for GBA1 

Gene Therapy (PR001) due to changes in estimated launch timing.

Other-Net, (Income) Expense (Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements)

• We recognized $410.7 million of net investment losses on equity securities. 

 2021 

Cost of Sales (See Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements)

• We recognized a net inventory impairment charge related to our COVID-19 antibodies of 

$339.7 million. As part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and at the request of the United 
States (U.S.) and international governments, we invested in large-scale manufacturing of COVID-19 
antibodies at risk, in order to ensure rapid access to patients around the world. As the COVID-19 
pandemic evolved during 2021, we incurred a net inventory impairment charge primarily due to the 
combination of changes to demand from U.S. and international governments, including changes to 
our agreement with the U.S. government, and near-term expiry dates of COVID-19 antibodies.

Acquired IPR&D and Development Milestones (Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements)

• We recognized $970.1 million of acquired IPR&D and development milestones that included charges 
resulting from business development transactions with Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (Foghorn), Rigel 
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Rigel), and Precision Biosciences, Inc. (Precision). 

Asset Impairment, Restructuring, and Other Special Charges (Note 5 to the consolidated financial 
statements)

• We recognized charges of $316.1 million primarily related to an impairment of a contract-based 

intangible asset from our acquisition of Loxo Oncology, Inc. (Loxo), an intangible asset impairment 
resulting from the sale of the rights to Qbrexza®, as well as acquisition and integration costs 
associated with the acquisition of Prevail Therapeutics Inc. (Prevail). 

Other-Net, (Income) Expense (Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements)

• We recognized a debt extinguishment loss of $405.2 million related to the repurchase of debt. 

• We recognized $176.9 million of net investment gains on equity securities.

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Late-Stage Pipeline

Our long-term success depends on our ability to continually discover or acquire, develop, and commercialize 
innovative new medicines. We currently have approximately 45 new medicine candidates in clinical 
development or under regulatory review, and a larger number of projects in the discovery phase.

The following certain new molecular entities (NMEs) are currently in Phase II or Phase III clinical trials or have 
been submitted for regulatory review or have received regulatory approval in the U.S., Europe, or Japan. The 
following table reflects the status of certain NMEs, including certain other developments, up to the time of the 
filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

Compound
Diabetes

Basal Insulin-Fc

ANGPTL3 siRNA

LP(a) Inhibitor

LP(a) siRNA

Orforglipron

Retatrutide 

Immunology

Lebrikizumab(1)

Mirikizumab

BTLA MAB Agonist

CXCR1/2 Ligands 
Monoclonal Antibody
Peresolimab

Rezpegaldesleukin 

Indication

Status 

Developments

Type 1 and 2 
diabetes
Cardiovascular 
disease
Cardiovascular 
disease
Cardiovascular 
disease
Obesity

Type 2 diabetes

Obesity

Type 2 diabetes

Phase III

Phase III trials initiated in 2022 and 2023. 

Phase II

Phase II trial initiated in 2022.

Phase II

Phase II trial initiated in 2022.

Phase II

Phase II trial initiated in 2022.

Phase II

Phase II trials were recently completed.

Phase II

Phase II trials were recently completed. 

Atopic dermatitis

Submitted

Ulcerative colitis

Submitted

Phase III

Phase II

Crohn's Disease
Systemic lupus 
erythematosus
Hidradenitis 
suppurativa
Rheumatoid arthritis Phase II
Systemic lupus 
erythematosus

Phase II

Phase II

Submitted in the U.S. and Europe in 2022. 
Phase III trials are ongoing. 
Submitted in the U.S., Europe, and Japan in 
2022.
Phase III trials are ongoing. 

Phase II trial initiated in 2022.

Phase II trial is ongoing.

Phase II trial is ongoing.

Phase II trial is ongoing.

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Compound
Neuroscience

Indication

Status 

Developments

Donanemab

Early Alzheimer's 
disease

Complete 
Response 
Letter

Granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
(FDA) Breakthrough Therapy designation(2). 
Submitted in the U.S. in 2022 under the 
accelerated approval pathway. In January 
2023, the FDA issued a complete response 
letter for the accelerated approval submission. 
Phase III trials are ongoing.

Remternetug

Solanezumab

GBA1 Gene Therapy 
(PR001)
GRN Gene Therapy 
(PR006)
O-GlcNAcase Inh

P2X7 Inhibitor

SSTR4 Agonist

TRPA1 Antagonist

Oncology

Pirtobrutinib
(JaypircaTM)

Selpercatinib 
(Retevmo®)

Imlunestrant

Preclinical 
Alzheimer's disease
Early Alzheimer's 
disease
Preclinical 
Alzheimer's disease

Phase III

Phase III trial is ongoing.

Phase III

Phase III trial initiated in 2022.

Phase III

Phase III trial is ongoing. 

Parkinson's disease  Phase II

Frontotemporal 
dementia
Alzheimer's disease Phase II

Phase II

Granted FDA Fast Track designation(3). Phase 
II trial is ongoing. 
Granted FDA Fast Track designation(3). Phase 
II trial is ongoing. 
Phase II trial is ongoing.

Pain

Pain

Pain

Phase II

Phase II

Phase II

Phase II trials initiated in 2022.

Phase II trials are ongoing.

Phase II trials are ongoing.

Mantle cell 
lymphoma

Approved(4)

FDA granted accelerated approval(4) in the 
U.S. in January 2023. Phase III trial is 
ongoing. 

Chronic lymphocytic 
leukemia
B-cell malignancies

Lung cancer

Thyroid cancer
Adjuvant Breast 
Cancer

ER+HER2- 
metastatic breast 
cancer

Phase III

Phase III trials are ongoing.

Phase II
Approved(4)
Approved(4)

Phase II trial is ongoing.

Phase III trials are ongoing. 

Phase III trial is ongoing.

Phase III

Phase III trial initiated in 2022.

Phase III

Phase III trial is ongoing.

(1) In collaboration with Almirall, S.A. in Europe. 
(2) Breakthrough Therapy designation is designed to expedite the development and review of potential medicines that are intended to treat 
a serious condition where preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the treatment may demonstrate substantial improvement over 
available therapy on a clinically significant endpoint. 

(3) Fast Track designation is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of medicines to treat serious conditions and fill 

an unmet medical need.

(4) Continued approval may be contingent on verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory Phase III trials.

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Our pipeline also contains several new indication line extension (NILEX) products. The following certain 
NILEX products for use in the indication described are currently in Phase II or Phase III clinical trials or have 
been submitted for regulatory review or have received regulatory approval in the U.S., Europe, or Japan. The 
following table reflects the status of certain NILEX products, including certain other developments, up to the 
time of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

Compound
Diabetes

Empagliflozin 
(Jardiance®)(1)

Tirzepatide 
(Mounjaro®)

Indication

Status

Developments

Chronic kidney 
disease

Submitted

Obesity

Submission 
initiated

Granted FDA Fast Track designation(2). 
Submitted in the U.S. and Europe in January 
2023.
Granted FDA Fast Track designation(2) in 
2022. Initiated a rolling submission in the U.S. 
in 2022. Phase III trials are ongoing. 

Heart failure with 
preserved ejection 
fraction

Obstructive sleep 
apnea
Nonalcoholic 
steatohepatitis 

Phase III

Phase III trials are ongoing.

Phase III

Phase III trial initiated in 2022. Granted FDA 
Fast Track designation(2) in 2022.

Phase II

Phase II trial is ongoing. 

Oncology
Abemaciclib 
(Verzenio®)
(1) In collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim. 
(2) Fast Track designation is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of medicines to treat serious conditions and fill 

Phase III trials are ongoing.

Prostate cancer

Phase III

an unmet medical need.

There are many difficulties and uncertainties inherent in pharmaceutical research and development and the 
introduction of new products, as well as a high rate of failure inherent in new drug discovery and 
development. To bring a drug from the discovery phase to market can take over a decade and often costs in 
excess of $2 billion. Failure can occur at any point in the process, including in later stages after substantial 
investment. As a result, most funds invested in research programs will not generate financial returns. New 
product candidates that appear promising in development may fail to reach the market or may have only 
limited commercial success because of efficacy or safety concerns, inability to obtain or maintain necessary 
regulatory approvals or payer reimbursement or coverage, the application of pricing controls, limited scope of 
approved uses, label changes, changes in the relevant treatment standards or the availability of new or better 
competitive products, difficulty or excessive costs to manufacture, or infringement of the patents or intellectual 
property rights of others. Regulatory agencies establish high hurdles for the efficacy and safety of new 
products and indications. Delays, uncertainties, unpredictabilities, and inconsistencies in drug approval 
processes across markets and agencies can result in delays in product launches and lost market opportunity. 
In addition, it can be very difficult to predict revenue growth rates of or variability in demand for new products 
and indications. 

We manage research and development spending across our portfolio of potential new medicines. A delay in, 
or termination of, any one project will not necessarily cause a significant change in our total research and 
development spending. Due to the risks and uncertainties involved in the research and development process, 
we cannot reliably estimate the nature, timing, and costs of the efforts necessary to complete the 
development of our research and development projects, nor can we reliably estimate the future potential 
revenue that will be generated from any successful research and development project. Each project 
represents only a portion of the overall pipeline, and none is individually material to our consolidated research 
and development expense. While we do accumulate certain research and development costs on a project 
level for internal reporting purposes, we must make significant cost estimations and allocations, some of 
which rely on data that are neither reproducible nor validated through accepted control mechanisms. 
Therefore, we do not have sufficiently reliable data to report on total research and development costs by 
project, by preclinical versus clinical spend, or by therapeutic category. 

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Other Matters

Patent Matters

We depend on patents or other forms of intellectual property protection for most of our revenue, cash flows, 
and earnings. 

Following the expiration of patent exclusivity for Alimta® in Europe and Japan in June 2021, we have faced 
generic competition that has rapidly and severely eroded revenue from prior levels, and we expect such 
competition will continue to erode revenues from current levels in these markets. In addition, as a result of the 
entry of multiple generics in the U.S. following the expiration of patent and pediatric exclusivity in the first half 
of 2022, we began facing, and expect to continue to face, generic competition that has rapidly and severely 
eroded revenue from prior levels, and we expect will continue to erode revenue from current levels. This 
decline in revenue will continue to impact period-over-period financial results comparisons, particularly during 
the first half of 2023. See Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements for a description of legal 
proceedings currently pending regarding certain of our patents.

Our compound patents for Humalog® (insulin lispro) have expired in the U.S. and major international markets, 
and we have also introduced lower-priced versions of Humalog as part of our insulin access and affordability 
solutions. A competitor has a similar version of insulin lispro in the U.S. and in certain European markets. Due 
to the impact of competition and pricing pressure in the U.S. and certain international markets, we expect that 
lower revenue for Humalog due to realized price decline will continue over time.

Trends Affecting Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access

Reforms, including those that may stem from periods of economic downturn or uncertainty, or as a result of 
high inflation, emergence or escalation of, and responses to, war or unrest (including the Russia-Ukraine 
war), or government budgeting priorities (including as exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic), may 
continue to result in added pressure on pricing and reimbursement for our products.

Global concern over access to and affordability of pharmaceutical products continues to drive regulatory and 
legislative debate and action, as well as worldwide cost containment efforts by governmental authorities. Such 
measures include the use of mandated discounts, price reporting requirements, mandated reference prices, 
restrictive formularies, changes to available intellectual property protections, as well as other efforts. In August 
2022, the U.S. government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). Among other measures, the IRA 
will require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to effectively set prices for certain single-
source drugs and biologics reimbursed under Medicare Part B and Part D. Generally, these government 
prices apply nine (medicines approved under a New Drug Application) or thirteen (medicines approved under 
a Biologics License Application) years following initial FDA approval and will be capped at a statutory ceiling 
price that is likely to represent a significant discount from average prices to wholesalers and direct 
purchasers. It is too soon to tell how the U.S. government will set these prices as the law specifies a ceiling 
price, but not a minimum or floor price. One or more of our significant products may be selected, which would 
have the effect of accelerating revenue erosion prior to patent expiry. The effect of reducing prices and 
reimbursement for certain of our products would significantly impact our business and consolidated results of 
operations. The establishment of payment limits or other restrictions by drug affordability review boards and 
other state level actors would similarly impact us.

Other IRA provisions provide for rebate obligations on drug manufacturers that increase prices of Medicare 
Part B and Part D medicines at a rate greater than the rate of inflation and Part D benefit redesign that 
includes replacing the Part D coverage gap discount program with a new manufacturer discounting program. 
Manufacturers that fail to comply with the IRA may be subject to various penalties, including civil monetary 
penalties, which could be significant.

The IRA takes effect progressively starting in 2023, with the first government-set prices effective in 2026. The 
IRA may meaningfully influence our business strategies and those of our competitors. In particular, the nine-
year timeline to set prices for medicines approved under a new drug application may reduce the 
attractiveness of investment in small molecule innovation. The implications to us of a competitor's product 
being selected for price setting are also uncertain. Provisions of the IRA may be subject to legal challenges or 
other reformation, and the full impact of the IRA on our business and the pharmaceutical industry remains 
uncertain. 

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Additional policies, regulations, legislation, or enforcement, including those proposed and/or pursued by the 
U.S. Congress, the current U.S. presidential administration, and regulatory authorities worldwide, could 
adversely impact our business and consolidated results of operations. 

Consolidation and integration of private payors and pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S. has also 
significantly impacted the market for pharmaceuticals by increasing payor leverage in negotiating 
manufacturer price or rebate concessions and pharmacy reimbursement rates. Furthermore, restrictive or 
unfavorable pricing, coverage, or reimbursement determinations for our medicines or product candidates by 
governments, regulatory agencies, courts, or private payers, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services' national coverage determination for monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, 
may adversely impact our business and consolidated results of operations. We expect that these actions may 
intensify and could particularly affect certain products, such as insulin, as governments manage and emerge 
from the COVID-19 pandemic, which could adversely affect our business. In addition, we are engaged in 
litigation and investigations related to our 340B program and access to insulin that, if resolved adversely to 
us, could negatively impact our business and consolidated results of operations. It is not currently possible to 
predict the overall potential adverse impact to us or the general pharmaceutical industry of continued cost 
containment efforts worldwide. 

In addition, regulatory issues concerning compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, quality 
assurance, evolving standards, and increased scrutiny around excipients and potential impurities such as 
nitrosamines, and similar regulations and standards (and comparable foreign regulations and standards) for 
our products can lead to regulatory and legal actions, product recalls and seizures, fines and penalties, 
interruption of production leading to product shortages, import bans or denials of import certifications, delays 
or denials in new product approvals or line extensions or supplemental approvals of current products pending 
resolution of the issues, and reputational harm, any of which would adversely affect our business. Moreover, 
increased focus on business combinations across industries and jurisdictions can lead to impediments to the 
completion of business combinations.

See Item 1, "Business—Regulations and Private Payer Actions Affecting Pharmaceutical Pricing, 
Reimbursement, and Access" and Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Product Supply

We have faced challenges, and expect to continue to face challenges, meeting strong demand for our incretin 
products, including due to the limited and fluctuating availability of competitor therapies. In the U.S., given 
very strong uptake of Mounjaro following its launch in the U.S. for type 2 diabetes in the second quarter of 
2022, and as demand for Trulicity® has remained strong, we have experienced intermittent delays in fulfilling 
certain U.S. orders for these products. Outside the U.S., we have implemented certain actions to minimize the 
impact on existing Trulicity patients, but we expect to continue to experience intermittent disruptions in our 
supply of Trulicity in international markets. 

We anticipate tight supplies of our incretin products will persist until additional manufacturing capacity is 
operationalized. We expect additional internal and contracted manufacturing capacity will become fully 
operational around the world in the next several years, with significant expansion in 2023, as part of our 
ongoing efforts to meet the significant demand for our incretin medicines.

Tax Matters

We are subject to income taxes and various other taxes in the U.S. and in many foreign jurisdictions; 
therefore, changes in both domestic and international tax laws or regulations have affected and may affect our 
effective tax rate, results of operations, and cash flows. In 2017, the U.S. enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 
(the 2017 Tax Act), which contained a provision that requires capitalization and amortization of research and 
development expenses for tax purposes starting in 2022. Previously, these expenses could be deducted in 
the year incurred. The implementation of this provision increased our cash payments of income taxes by 
approximately $1.20 billion in 2022. While the implementation of this provision will continue to increase our 
cash payments of income taxes, the increase will moderately decrease from 2022 levels over the five-year 
amortization period.

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The U.S. and countries around the world are actively proposing and enacting tax law changes. Further, 
actions taken with respect to tax-related matters by associations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development and the European Commission could influence tax laws in countries in which we 
operate. Tax authorities in the U.S. and other jurisdictions in which we do business routinely examine our tax 
returns and are intensifying their scrutiny and examinations of profit allocations among jurisdictions. Changes 
to existing U.S. and foreign tax laws and increased scrutiny by tax authorities in the U.S. and other 
jurisdictions could adversely impact our future consolidated results of operations and cash flows.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates and Other Impacts

As a global company, we face foreign currency risk exposure from fluctuating currency exchange rates, 
primarily the U.S. dollar against the euro, Japanese yen, and Chinese yuan. While we seek to manage a 
portion of these exposures through hedging and other risk management techniques, significant fluctuations in 
currency rates can have a material impact, either positive or negative, on our consolidated results of 
operations in any given period. During the year ended December 31, 2022, revenue was unfavorably 
impacted by 3 percent due to foreign exchange rates. While there is uncertainty in the future movements in 
foreign exchange rates, fluctuations in these rates have, and we currently expect in the near-term future will, 
adversely impact our consolidated results of operations and cash flows.

In addition, cost inflation, the strain on global transportation, logistics, and labor markets (including as 
exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence or escalation of, and responses to, war or 
unrest, including the Russia-Ukraine war), global economic downturns or uncertainty, and an increase in 
overall demand in our industry for certain products and materials have had, and may continue to have, a 
number of impacts on our business, including increased costs and disruptions in the supply of our medicines.

Acquisitions

We invest in external research and technologies that we believe complement and strengthen our own efforts. 
These investments can take many forms, including acquisitions, collaborations, investments, and licensing 
arrangements. We view our business development activity as a way to enhance our pipeline and strengthen 
our business. 

See Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion regarding our recent acquisitions.

COVID-19 Pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, we remain focused on protecting the health, safety, and well-being of 
our employees; supporting the medical system and our communities; and affordability of and access to our 
medicines. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we also focused on researching, developing, and 
supplying COVID-19 therapies, although we do not currently expect significant further revenue attributable to 
treatments for COVID-19. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted and may continue to adversely impact our business and 
operations across markets to varying and fluctuating degrees, including as a result of cost inflation and strain 
on the global transportation, manufacturing, and labor markets, fewer in-person interactions among patients 
and healthcare providers and our employees with healthcare professionals in certain markets, pricing 
pressures, rebates, clawbacks, and other changes in reimbursement policies resulting from the financial strain 
of the COVID-19 pandemic on government-funded healthcare systems, and risks related to our COVID-19 
therapies. The degree to which the COVID-19 pandemic could continue to affect us will depend on 
developments that are highly uncertain and beyond our knowledge or control. For additional information, see 
Item 1A, "Risk Factors—Risk Related to Our Business—Public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics, 
such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have adversely impacted and may in the future adversely impact our 
business and operations." 

See Item 1A, "Risk Factors" for additional information on risk factors that could impact our business and 
operations.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Operating Results—2022 

Revenue

The following table summarizes our revenue activity by region:

U.S.    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Outside U.S.      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revenue    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

Numbers may not add due to rounding.

Year Ended December 31,

2022
18,190.0  $ 
10,351.3 
28,541.4  $ 

2021
16,811.0 
11,507.4 
28,318.4 

Percent Change
8
(10)
1

The following are components of the change in revenue compared with the prior year:

Volume    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Price    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign exchange rates    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Percent change    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Numbers may not add due to rounding.

2022 vs. 2021

U.S.

Outside U.S.

Consolidated

 11 %
 (3) %
 — %
 8 %

 9 %
 (10) %
 (8) %
 (10) %

 10 %
 (6) %
 (3) %
 1 %

In the U.S. the increase in volume in 2022 was primarily driven by Trulicity, Verzenio, Jardiance, Mounjaro, 
and Taltz®, partially offset by decreased volume for Alimta, following the entry of multiple generics in the first 
half of 2022. In the U.S. the decrease in realized prices was primarily driven by Humalog, due to a list price 
reduction of insulin lispro injection and unfavorable segment mix, and Trulicity and Basaglar®, due to 
unfavorable segment mix and higher contracted rebates. In addition, the decrease in realized prices of 
Humalog was partially offset by changes to estimates for rebates and discounts in 2021.

Outside the U.S. the increase in volume in 2022 was primarily driven by Verzenio, Trulicity, Jardiance, Tyvyt®, 
and Taltz, partially offset by a decrease in volume due to generic competition for Alimta and Cymbalta® and 
decreased utilization of COVID-19 antibodies. The decrease in realized prices outside the U.S. was primarily 
driven by the impact of government pricing in China from National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) 
formulary for certain products, particularly Tyvyt and Verzenio, and volume-based procurement (VBP) for 
Humalog. 

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The following table summarizes our revenue activity in 2022 compared with 2021:

Year Ended December 31,

2022

2021

U.S.

Total

Total

Outside U.S.

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Product
Trulicity     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  5,688.8  $  1,750.9  $  7,439.7  $  6,471.9 
Verzenio     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
1,349.9 
1,653.2 
Taltz       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2,212.8 
1,724.6 
Jardiance(1)
     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
1,490.8 
1,194.5 
Humalog(2)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,453.0 
1,191.9 
COVID-19 antibodies(3)
2,239.3 
2,008.9 
Humulin®
1,222.6 
730.2 
Cyramza®
1,033.0 
351.4 
Alimta      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,061.4 
543.7 
Olumiant®(4)    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
1,115.1 
148.2 
Basaglar      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
892.5 
470.7 
Emgality®      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
577.2 
462.8 
Forteo®     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
801.9 
367.3 
Cialis®
       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
718.4 
35.2 
Erbitux®
     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
548.3 
500.1 
Mounjaro   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
— 
366.6 
Zyprexa®
     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
430.3 
30.4 
Tyvyt      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
418.1 
— 
Cymbalta     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33.7 
581.5 
Other products  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
1,700.4 
687.8 
Revenue     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  18,190.0  $  10,351.3  $  28,541.4  $  28,318.4 

2,483.5 
2,482.0 
2,066.0 
2,060.6 
2,023.5 
1,019.4 
971.4 
927.7 
830.5 
760.4 
650.9 
613.1 
587.3 
566.5 
482.5 
336.9 
293.3 
283.3 
1,662.9 

830.3 
757.4 
871.5 
868.7 
14.7 
289.2 
620.0 
384.0 
682.3 
289.7 
188.1 
245.8 
552.1 
66.4 
115.9 
306.5 
293.3 
249.6 
974.9 

Percent 
Change
15
84
12
39
(16)
(10)
(17)
(6)
(55)
(26)
(15)
13
(24)
(18)
3
NM
(22)
(30)
(51)
(2)
1

Numbers may not add due to rounding.
NM - Not meaningful
(1) Jardiance revenue includes Glyxambi®, Synjardy®, and Trijardy® XR.
(2) Humalog revenue includes insulin lispro.
(3) COVID-19 antibodies include sales for bamlanivimab administered alone, for bamlanivimab and etesevimab administered together, and 

for bebtelovimab and were made pursuant to Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) or similar regulatory authorizations.

(4) Olumiant revenue includes sales for baricitinib that were made pursuant to EUA or similar regulatory authorizations.

Revenue of Trulicity increased 16 percent in the U.S., driven by increased demand, partially offset by lower 
realized prices due to unfavorable segment mix and higher contracted rebates. Revenue outside the U.S. 
increased 12 percent, driven by increased volume, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of foreign 
exchange rates and, to a lesser extent, lower realized prices. We experienced intermittent delays in fulfilling 
certain U.S. Trulicity orders during the second half of 2022. Actions to manage strong demand across our 
incretin portfolio, including measures to minimize existing patient impact in international markets, also affected 
volume in 2022.

Revenue of Verzenio increased 98 percent in the U.S., primarily driven by increased demand. Revenue 
outside the U.S. increased 61 percent, driven by increased demand, partially offset by lower realized prices 
primarily due to the impact of the NRDL formulary in China and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange 
rates.

Revenue of Taltz increased 12 percent in the U.S., driven by increased demand, partially offset by lower 
realized prices. Revenue outside the U.S. increased 13 percent, driven by increased volume, partially offset 
by the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates and lower realized prices. 

Revenue of Jardiance increased 48 percent in the U.S., primarily driven by increased demand. Revenue 
outside the U.S. increased 28 percent, primarily driven by increased demand, partially offset by the 
unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. See Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements for 
information regarding our collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim involving Jardiance.

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Revenue of Humalog decreased 10 percent in the U.S., primarily driven by lower realized prices due to a list 
price reduction of insulin lispro injection and unfavorable segment mix, partially offset by changes to estimates 
for rebates and discounts in 2021. Revenue outside the U.S. decreased 23 percent, primarily driven by lower 
realized prices due to the impact of VBP in China and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. Due 
to the impact of competition and pricing pressure in the U.S. and certain international markets, we expect that 
lower revenue for Humalog due to realized price decline will continue over time. See "—Executive Overview—
Other Matters—Patent Matters" for additional information. 

Revenue of COVID-19 antibodies was $2.01 billion in the U.S. during the year ended December 31, 2022, 
primarily due to bebtelovimab supplied to the U.S. government. COVID-19 antibodies are not currently 
authorized for emergency use in the U.S. We do not currently expect significant further revenue attributable to 
the treatment of COVID-19. 

Revenue of Alimta decreased 56 percent in the U.S., primarily driven by decreased demand due to the entry 
of multiple generics in the first half of 2022. Revenue outside the U.S. decreased 54 percent, primarily driven 
by decreased demand due to generic competition. Following the expiration of patent exclusivity for Alimta in 
Europe and Japan in June 2021, we have faced generic competition that has rapidly and severely eroded 
revenue from prior levels, and we expect such competition will continue to erode revenues from current levels 
in these markets. In addition, as a result of the entry of multiple generics in the U.S. following the expiration of 
patent and pediatric exclusivity in the first half of 2022, we began facing, and expect to continue to face, 
generic competition that has rapidly and severely eroded revenue from prior levels, and we expect will 
continue to erode revenue from current levels. See "—Executive Overview—Other Matters—Patent Matters" 
for additional information. 

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Gross Margin, Costs, and Expenses

Gross margin as a percent of revenue was 76.8 percent in 2022, an increase of 2.6 percentage points 
compared with 2021, primarily driven by a net inventory impairment charge related to our COVID-19 
antibodies recognized in 2021 and the unfavorable effect of foreign exchange rates on international 
inventories sold in 2021. Additionally, in 2022, favorable product mix, including the impact of lower sales of 
COVID-19 antibodies and Olumiant for the treatment of COVID-19, were offset by lower realized prices and 
increased expenses due to inflation and logistics costs. 

Research and development expenses increased 4 percent to $7.19 billion in 2022, driven primarily by higher 
development expenses for late-stage assets, partially offset by lower development expenses for COVID-19 
antibodies and the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates.

Marketing, selling, and administrative expenses remained relatively flat at $6.44 billion in 2022, as increased 
costs associated with launches of new products and indications were offset by the favorable impact of foreign 
exchange rates.

We have undertaken compensatory actions to improve retention and address wage inflation, which will 
increase compensation costs and impact our consolidated results of operations. 

We recognized acquired IPR&D and development milestones of $908.5 million in 2022 that included the buy-
out of substantially all future obligations that were contingent upon the occurrence of certain events linked to 
the success of our mutant-selective PI3kα inhibitor and a purchase of a Priority Review Voucher. We 
recognized acquired IPR&D and development milestones of $970.1 million in 2021 that included charges 
resulting from business development transactions with Foghorn, Rigel, and Precision. See Note 3 to the 
consolidated financial statements for additional information.

We recognized asset impairment, restructuring, and other special charges of $244.6 million in 2022, primarily 
related to an intangible asset impairment for GBA1 Gene Therapy (PR001) due to changes in estimated 
launch timing. We recognized asset impairment, restructuring, and other special charges of $316.1 million in 
2021, primarily related to an impairment of a contract-based intangible asset from our acquisition of Loxo, an 
intangible asset impairment resulting from the sale of the rights to Qbrexza, as well as acquisition and 
integration costs associated with the acquisition of Prevail.

Other—net, (income) expense was expense of $320.9 million in 2022, primarily driven by net investment 
losses on equity securities. Other—net, (income) expense was expense of $201.6 million in 2021, primarily 
driven by a debt extinguishment loss of $405.2 million related to the repurchase of debt, partially offset by net 
investment gains on equity securities.

Our effective tax rate was 8.3 percent in 2022, reflecting the favorable tax impact of the implementation of a 
provision in the 2017 Tax Act that requires capitalization and amortization of research and development 
expenses for tax purposes starting in 2022, partially offset by the tax impact of the mix of earnings in higher 
tax jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate was 9.3 percent in 2021, reflecting the favorable tax impacts of 
acquired IPR&D and development milestone charges, net investment gains on equity securities, and a net 
discrete tax benefit.

Operating Results—2021 

For a discussion of our results of operations pertaining to 2021 and 2020 see Item 7, "Management's 
Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K 
for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY

We believe our available cash and cash equivalents, together with our ability to generate operating cash flow and 
our access to short-term and long-term borrowings, are sufficient to fund our existing and planned capital 
requirements, which include: 

•

•

•

•

•

working capital requirements, including related to employee payroll, clinical trials, manufacturing 
materials, and taxes;

capital expenditures;

share repurchases and dividends;

repayment of outstanding short-term and long-term borrowings; 

contributions to our defined benefit pension and retiree health benefit plans;

• milestone and royalty payments; and

•

potential business development activities, including acquisitions, collaborations, investments, and 
licensing arrangements.

Our management continuously evaluates our liquidity and capital resources, including our access to external 
capital, to ensure we can adequately and efficiently finance our capital requirements. As of December 31, 2022, 
our material cash requirements primarily related to purchases of goods and services to produce our products and 
conduct our operations, capital expenditures, dividends, repayment of outstanding borrowings, milestone and 
royalty payments, the remaining obligations for the one-time repatriation transition tax (also known as the 'Toll 
Tax') from the 2017 Tax Act, leases, unfunded commitments to invest in venture capital funds, and retirement 
benefits (see Notes 11, 4, 14, 10, 7, and 15 to the consolidated financial statements). We anticipate our cash 
requirements related to ordinary course purchases of goods and services will be consistent with our past levels 
relative to revenues.

In 2022, we committed to invest over several years more than $2 billion in two new facilities in Lebanon, Indiana 
to manufacture existing and future products, more than $1 billion in a new facility in Concord, North Carolina to 
manufacture parenteral (injectable) products and devices, and more than 400 million euro in a new facility in 
Limerick, Ireland to expand our manufacturing network for biologic active ingredients. In early 2023, we 
committed to invest an additional $450 million to expand manufacturing capacity at Research Triangle Park 
facility in Durham, North Carolina for additional parenteral filling, device assembly, and packaging capacity. 
These investments, and other capital investments that support our operations, will result in higher capital 
expenditures for the next several years.

The 2017 Tax Act contained a provision that requires us to capitalize and amortize research and development 
expenses for tax purposes starting in 2022, whereas previously we could fully deduct these expenses in the year 
incurred. The implementation of this provision increased our cash payments of income taxes by approximately 
$1.20 billion in 2022. While the implementation of this provision will continue to increase our cash payments of 
income taxes, the increase will moderately decrease from 2022 levels over the five-year amortization period. See 
"—Executive Overview—Other Matters—Tax Matters" for additional information.

Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $2.07 billion as of December 31, 2022, compared with $3.82 billion at 
December 31, 2021. Net cash provided by operating activities was $7.08 billion in 2022, compared with 
$7.26 billion in 2021. Refer to the consolidated statements of cash flows for additional information on the 
significant sources and uses of cash for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. 

In addition to our cash and cash equivalents, we held total investments of $3.05 billion and $3.30 billion as of 
December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. See Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements for additional 
information.

In December 2022, we acquired all shares of Akouos, Inc. (Akouos) for a purchase price that included $12.50 per 
share in cash (or an aggregate of $327.2 million, net of cash acquired) plus one non-tradable contingent value 
right (CVR) per share. The CVR entitles Akouos shareholders up to an additional $3.00 per share in cash (or an 
aggregate of approximately $122 million) payable, subject to certain terms and conditions, upon the achievement 
of certain specified milestones. This acquisition was funded through cash on hand. See Note 3 to the 
consolidated financial statements for additional information. 

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As of December 31, 2022, total debt was $16.24 billion, a decrease of $646.1 million compared with 
$16.88 billion at December 31, 2021. See Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements for additional 
information. 

As of December 31, 2022, we had a total of $7.33 billion of unused committed bank credit facilities, $7.00 billion 
of which is available to support our commercial paper program. See Note 11 to the consolidated financial 
statements for additional information. We believe that amounts accessible through existing commercial paper 
markets should be adequate to fund short-term borrowing needs.

Dividends of $3.92 per share and $3.40 per share were paid in 2022 and 2021, respectively. The quarterly 
dividend was increased to $1.13 per share effective for the dividend to be paid in the first quarter of 2023, 
resulting in an indicated annual rate for 2023 of $4.52 per share.

Capital expenditures were $1.85 billion during 2022, compared to $1.31 billion in 2021.

In 2022, we repurchased $1.50 billion of shares under our $5.00 billion share repurchase program authorized in 
May 2021. As of December 31, 2022, we had $3.25 billion remaining under this program. See Note 13 to the 
consolidated financial statements for additional information.

See "—Executive Overview—Other Matters—Patent Matters" for information regarding recent losses of patent 
protection.

Both domestically and abroad, we continue to monitor the potential impacts of the economic environment; the 
creditworthiness of our wholesalers and other customers, including foreign government-backed agencies and 
suppliers; the uncertain impact of healthcare legislation; and various international government funding levels.

In the normal course of business, our operations are exposed to fluctuations in interest rates, currency values, 
and fair values of equity securities. These fluctuations impact the costs of financing, investing, and operating. We 
seek to address a portion of these risks through a controlled program of risk management that includes the use 
of derivative financial instruments. The objective of this risk management program is to limit the impact on 
earnings of fluctuations in interest and currency exchange rates. All derivative activities are for purposes other 
than trading.

Our primary interest rate risk exposure results from changes in short-term U.S. dollar interest rates. In an effort to 
manage interest rate exposures, we strive to achieve an acceptable balance between fixed and floating rate debt 
positions and may enter into interest rate derivatives to help maintain that balance. As of December 31, 2022, 
substantially all of our total long-term debt carries interest at a fixed rate. We have converted approximately 10 
percent of our long-term fixed-rate notes to floating rates through the use of interest rate swaps. Based on our 
overall interest rate exposure at December 31, 2022 and 2021, including derivatives and other interest rate risk-
sensitive instruments, a hypothetical 10 percent change in interest rates applied to the fair value of the 
instruments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, would not have a material impact on earnings, 
cash flows, or fair values of interest rate risk-sensitive instruments over a one-year period.

Our foreign currency risk exposure results from fluctuating currency exchange rates, primarily the U.S. dollar 
against the euro, Japanese yen, and Chinese yuan. We face foreign currency exchange exposures when we 
enter into transactions arising from subsidiary trade and loan payables and receivables denominated in foreign 
currencies. We also face currency exposure that arises from translating the results of our global operations to the 
U.S. dollar at exchange rates that have fluctuated from the beginning of the period. We may enter into foreign 
currency forward or option derivative contracts to reduce the effect of fluctuating currency exchange rates 
(primarily the euro, the Japanese yen, and Chinese yuan). Our corporate risk-management policy outlines the 
minimum and maximum hedge coverage of such exposures. Gains and losses on these derivative contracts 
offset, in part, the impact of currency fluctuations on the existing assets and liabilities. We periodically analyze 
the fair values of the outstanding foreign currency derivative contracts to determine their sensitivity to changes in 
foreign exchange rates. A hypothetical 10 percent change in exchange rates (primarily against the U.S. dollar) 
applied to the fair values of our outstanding foreign currency derivative contracts as of December 31, 2022 and 
2021, would not have a material impact on earnings, cash flows, or financial position over a one-year period. 
This sensitivity analysis does not consider the impact that hypothetical changes in exchange rates would have on 
the underlying foreign currency denominated transactions.

Our fair value risk exposure relates primarily to our public equity investments and to equity investments that do 
not have readily determinable fair values. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, our carrying values of these 
investments were $1.16 billion and $1.83 billion, respectively. A hypothetical 20 percent change in fair value of 
the equity instruments would have impacted other-net, (income) expense by $232.4 million and $365.6 million as 
of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. 

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We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have a material current effect or that are reasonably likely to 
have a material future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, 
results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources. We acquire and collaborate on potential 
products still in development and enter into research and development arrangements with third parties that often 
require milestone and royalty payments to the third party contingent upon the occurrence of certain future events 
linked to the success of the asset in development. Milestone payments may be required contingent upon the 
successful achievement of an important point in the development life cycle of the pharmaceutical product (e.g., 
approval for marketing by the appropriate regulatory agency or upon the achievement of certain sales levels). If 
required by the arrangement, we may make royalty payments based upon a percentage of the sales of the 
product in the event that regulatory approval for marketing is obtained. 

Individually, these arrangements are generally not material in any one annual reporting period. However, if 
milestones for multiple products covered by these arrangements were reached in the same reporting period, the 
aggregate expense or aggregate milestone payments made could be material to our results of operations or 
cash flows, respectively, in that period. See Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements for additional 
information. These arrangements often give us the discretion to unilaterally terminate development of the 
product, which would allow us to avoid making the contingent payments; however, we are unlikely to cease 
development if the compound successfully achieves milestone objectives. We view these payments as positive 
because they signify that the product is successfully moving through development and is now generating or is 
more likely to generate cash flows from sales of products.

As we expand our manufacturing capacity in order to meet existing and expected demand of our incretin 
products, we have entered, and expect to continue to enter, into various agreements for contract manufacturing 
and for supply of materials. The executed agreements could, under certain circumstances, require us to pay up 
to approximately $4.5 billion if we do not purchase specified amounts of goods or services over the durations of 
the agreements, which generally range from 2 to 8 years.

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APPLICATION OF CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

In preparing our financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., 
we must often make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, 
revenues, expenses, and related disclosures. Some of those judgments can be subjective and complex, and 
consequently actual results could differ from those estimates. For any given individual estimate or assumption 
we make, it is possible that other people applying reasonable judgment to the same facts and circumstances 
could develop different estimates. We believe that, given current facts and circumstances, it is unlikely that 
applying any such other reasonable judgment would cause a material adverse effect on our consolidated 
results of operations, financial position, or liquidity for the periods presented in this report. Our most critical 
accounting estimates have been discussed with our audit committee and are described below.

Revenue Recognition and Sales Return, Rebate, and Discount Accruals

Background and Uncertainties

We recognize revenue primarily from two different types of contracts, product sales to customers (net product 
revenue) and collaborations and other arrangements. For product sales to customers, provisions for returns, 
rebates and discounts are established in the same period the related product sales are recognized. To 
determine the appropriate transaction price for our product sales at the time we recognize a sale to a direct 
customer, we estimate any rebates or discounts that ultimately will be due to the direct customer and other 
customers in the distribution chain under the terms of our contracts. Significant judgments are required in 
making these estimates. The largest of our sales rebate and discount amounts include rebates associated 
with sales covered by managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, and chargeback programs, as well as reductions in 
revenue related to our patient assistance programs, in the U.S. In determining the appropriate accrual 
amount, we consider our historical rebate payments for these programs, as well as patient assistance 
program costs, by product as a percentage of our historical sales as well as any significant changes in sales 
trends (e.g., patent expiries and product launches), an evaluation of the current contracts for these programs, 
the percentage of our products that are sold via these programs, and our product pricing.

Refer to Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for further information on revenue recognition and 
sales return, rebate, and discount accruals.

Revenue recognized from collaborations and other arrangements will include our share of profits from the 
collaboration, as well as royalties, upfront and milestone payments we receive under these types of contracts.

Financial Statement Impact

We believe that our accruals for sales returns, rebates, and discounts are reasonable and appropriate based 
on current facts and circumstances. Our rebate and discount liabilities are included in sales rebates and 
discounts on our consolidated balance sheet. Our sales return liability is included in other current liabilities 
and other noncurrent liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2022, a 5 percent 
change in our consolidated sales return, rebate, and discount liability would result in a change in revenue of 
approximately $464 million. 

The portion of our consolidated sales return, rebate, and discount liability resulting from sales of our products 
in the U.S. was approximately 90 percent as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

The following represents a roll-forward of our most significant U.S. sales return, rebate, and discount liability 
balances, including managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, chargeback, and patient assistance programs:

(Dollars in millions)
Sales return, rebate, and discount liabilities, beginning of year    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  6,161.6  $  5,400.0 
Reduction of net sales(1) 
  20,106.3 
Cash payments    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (26,345.9)    (19,344.7) 
Sales return, rebate, and discount liabilities, end of year   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  8,214.1  $  6,161.6 
(1) Adjustments of the estimates for these returns, rebates, and discounts to actual results were less than 1 percent of consolidated 

      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   28,398.4 

2021

2022

revenue for each of the years presented.

Increase in reduction of net sales in 2022 was primarily driven by our incretin products due to increase in our 
patient assistance programs and in volume of rebates for managed care, Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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Litigation Liabilities and Other Contingencies

Background and Uncertainties

Litigation liabilities and other contingencies are, by their nature, uncertain and based upon complex 
judgments and probabilities. The factors we consider in developing our litigation liability reserves and other 
contingent liability amounts include the merits and jurisdiction of the litigation, the nature and the number of 
other similar current and past matters, the nature of the product and the current assessment of the science 
subject to the litigation, as applicable, and the likelihood of settlement and current state of settlement 
discussions, if any. In addition, we accrue for certain liability claims incurred, but not filed, to the extent we can 
formulate a reasonable estimate of their costs based primarily on historical claims experience and data 
regarding product usage. 

We also consider the insurance coverage we have to diminish the exposure for periods covered by insurance. 
In assessing our insurance coverage, we consider the policy coverage limits and exclusions, the potential for 
denial of coverage by the insurance company, the financial condition of the insurers, and the possibility of and 
length of time for collection. Due to a very restrictive market for litigation liability insurance, we are self-insured 
for litigation liability losses for all our currently marketed products. In addition to insurance coverage, we 
consider any third-party indemnification to which we are entitled or under which we are obligated. With 
respect to our third-party indemnification rights, these considerations include the nature of the indemnification, 
the financial condition of the indemnifying party, and the possibility of and length of time for collection.

The litigation accruals and environmental liabilities and the related estimated insurance recoverables have 
been reflected on a gross basis as liabilities and assets, respectively, on our consolidated balance sheets.

Acquisitions

Background and Uncertainties

To determine whether acquisitions or licensing transactions should be accounted for as a business 
combination or as an asset acquisition, we make certain judgments, which include assessing whether the 
acquired set of activities and assets would meet the definition of a business under the relevant accounting 
rules. 

If the acquired set of activities and assets meets the definition of a business, assets acquired and liabilities 
assumed are required to be recorded at their respective fair values on our consolidated balance sheet as of 
the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets, where 
applicable, is recorded as goodwill. If the acquired set of activities and assets does not meet the definition of a 
business, the transaction is recorded as an acquisition of assets and, therefore, any acquired IPR&D that 
does not have an alternative future use is charged to acquired IPR&D and development milestones on our 
consolidated statement of operations at the acquisition date, and goodwill is not recorded. See Note 3 to the 
consolidated financial statements for additional information. 

The judgments made in determining estimated fair values assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed 
in a business combination, as well as estimated asset lives, can materially affect our consolidated results of 
operations. The fair values of intangible assets, including acquired IPR&D, are determined using information 
available near the acquisition date based on estimates and assumptions that are deemed reasonable by 
management. Significant estimates and assumptions include, but are not limited to, probability of technical 
success, revenue projections, and discount rate. Depending on the facts and circumstances, we may deem it 
necessary to engage an independent valuation expert to assist in valuing significant assets and liabilities. 

The fair values of identifiable intangible assets are primarily determined using an "income method," as 
described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements.

The fair value of any contingent consideration liability that results from a business combination is primarily 
determined using a discounted cash flow analysis, as described in Note 7 to the consolidated financial 
statements. Estimating the fair value of contingent consideration requires the use of significant estimates and 
judgments, including, but not limited to, probability of technical success and the discount rate.

Financial Statement Impact

As of December 31, 2022, a 5 percent change in the contingent consideration liabilities would result in a 
change in income before income taxes of $5.5 million.

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Impairment of Indefinite-Lived and Long-Lived Assets

Background and Uncertainties

We review the carrying value of long-lived assets (both intangible and tangible) for potential impairment on a 
periodic basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset (or 
asset group) may not be recoverable. We identify impairment by comparing the projected undiscounted cash 
flows to be generated by the asset (or asset group) to its carrying value. If an impairment is identified, a loss is 
recorded equal to the excess of the asset's net book value over its fair value, and the cost basis is adjusted.

Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment at least annually, or more 
frequently if impairment indicators are present, by first assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it is 
more likely than not that the fair value of the intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. If we conclude it 
is more likely than not that the fair value is less than the carrying amount, a quantitative test that compares 
the fair value of the intangible asset to its carrying value is performed to determine the amount of any 
impairment.

Several methods may be used to determine the estimated fair value of acquired IPR&D, all of which require 
multiple assumptions. We utilize the "income method," as described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial 
statements.

For acquired IPR&D assets, the risk of failure has been factored into the fair value measure and there can be 
no certainty that these assets ultimately will yield a successful product, as discussed previously in "—
Executive Overview—Late-Stage Pipeline." The nature of the pharmaceutical business is high-risk and 
requires that we invest in a large number of projects to maintain a successful portfolio of approved products. 
As such, it is likely that some acquired IPR&D assets will become impaired in the future.

Estimates of future cash flows, based on what we believe to be reasonable and supportable assumptions and 
projections, require management's judgment. Actual results could vary materially from these estimates.

Retirement Benefits Assumptions

Background and Uncertainties

Defined benefit pension plan and retiree health benefit plan costs include assumptions for the discount rate, 
expected return on plan assets, and retirement age. These assumptions have a significant effect on the 
amounts reported. In addition to the analysis below, see Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for 
additional information regarding our retirement benefits.

Annually, we evaluate the discount rate and the expected return on plan assets in our defined benefit pension 
and retiree health benefit plans. We use an actuarially determined, plan-specific yield curve of high quality, 
fixed income debt instruments to determine the discount rates. In evaluating the expected return on plan 
assets, we consider many factors, with a primary analysis of current and projected market conditions, asset 
returns and asset allocations (approximately 70 percent of which are growth investments), and the views of 
leading financial advisers and economists. We may also review our historical assumptions compared with 
actual results, as well as the discount rates and expected return on plan assets of other companies, where 
applicable. In evaluating our expected retirement age assumption, we consider the retirement ages of our 
past employees eligible for pension and medical benefits together with our expectations of future retirement 
ages.

Annually, we determine the fair value of the plan assets in our defined benefit pension and retiree health 
benefit plans. Approximately 50 percent of our plan assets are in hedge funds and private equity-like 
investment funds (collectively, alternative assets). We value these alternative investments using significant 
unobservable inputs or using the net asset value reported by the counterparty, adjusted as necessary. Inputs 
include underlying net asset values, discounted cash flows valuations, comparable market valuations, and 
adjustments for currency, credit, liquidity and other risks.

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Financial Statement Impact

If the 2022 discount rate for the U.S. defined benefit pension and retiree health benefit plans (U.S. plans) 
were to change by a quarter percentage point, income before income taxes would change by $23.8 million. If 
the 2022 expected return on plan assets for U.S. plans were to change by a quarter percentage point, income 
before income taxes would change by $33.5 million. If our assumption regarding the 2022 expected age of 
future retirees for U.S. plans were adjusted by one year, our income before income taxes would be affected 
by $46.3 million. The U.S. plans, including Puerto Rico, represent approximately 85 percent of each of the 
total projected benefit obligation and total plan assets at December 31, 2022.

Adjustments to the fair value of plan assets are not recognized in pension and retiree health benefit expense 
in the year that the adjustments occur. Such changes are deferred, along with other actuarial gains and 
losses, and are amortized into expense over the expected remaining service life of employees.

Income Taxes

Background and Uncertainties

We file tax returns based upon our interpretation of tax laws and regulations, and we record estimates in our 
financial statements based upon these interpretations at the applicable tax rates in the jurisdictions in which 
we operate. Our tax returns are routinely subject to examination by taxing authorities, which could result in 
future tax, interest, and penalty assessments. Inherent uncertainties also exist in estimates of many tax 
positions due to the complexity of tax laws. We recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if 
it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, 
based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from 
such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of 
being realized upon ultimate resolution. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits is adjusted for changes in 
facts and circumstances such as changes to existing tax law, the issuance of regulations by taxing authorities, 
new information obtained during a tax examination, or resolution of a tax examination. We believe our 
estimates for uncertain tax positions are both appropriate and sufficient to pay assessments that may result 
from examinations of our tax returns. We recognize both accrued interest and penalties related to 
unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense.

We have recorded valuation allowances against certain of our deferred tax assets, primarily those that have 
been generated from net operating losses, tax credits, and other tax carryforwards and carrybacks in certain 
taxing jurisdictions. In evaluating whether we would more likely than not recover these deferred tax assets, we 
have not assumed future taxable income in the jurisdictions associated with these carryforwards where 
history does not support such an assumption. Implementation of tax planning strategies to recover these 
deferred tax assets or to generate future taxable income in these jurisdictions could lead to the reversal of all 
or a portion of these valuation allowances and a reduction of income tax expense.

Financial Statement Impact

As of December 31, 2022, a 5 percent change in the amount of uncertain tax positions and the valuation 
allowance would result in a change in net income of $85.0 million and $38.8 million, respectively.

LEGAL AND REGULATORY MATTERS 

Information relating to certain legal proceedings can be found in Note 16 to the consolidated financial 
statements and is incorporated here by reference.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About 

Market Risk

You can find quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk (e.g., interest rate risk) at Item 7, 
"Management's Discussion and Analysis - Financial Condition and Liquidity." That information is incorporated 
by reference herein.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Consolidated Statements of Operations

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Dollars in millions and shares in thousands, 
except per-share data)
Year Ended December 31
Revenue (Note 2)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  28,541.4  $  28,318.4  $  24,539.8 
Costs, expenses, and other:

2020

2021

2022

Cost of sales       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marketing, selling, and administrative   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquired in-process research and development and 
development milestones (Note 3)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asset impairment, restructuring, and other special charges 
(Note 5)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other—net, (income) expense (Note 18)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income before income taxes        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes (Note 14)        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

6,629.8 
7,190.8 
6,440.4 

7,312.8 
6,930.7 
6,431.6 

5,483.3 
5,976.3 
6,121.2 

908.5 

970.1 

769.8 

244.6 
320.9 
21,735.0 
6,806.4 
561.6 
6,244.8  $ 

316.1 
201.6 
22,162.9 
6,155.5 
573.8 
5,581.7  $ 

131.2 
(1,171.9) 
17,309.9 
7,229.9 
1,036.2 
6,193.7 

Earnings per share:    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Basic         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Diluted    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

6.93  $ 
6.90  $ 

6.15  $ 
6.12  $ 

6.82 
6.79 

Shares used in calculation of earnings per share:    . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Basic         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

901,736 
904,619 

906,963 
911,681 

907,634 
912,505 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Dollars in millions)
Net income       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  6,244.8  $  5,581.7  $  6,193.7 
Other comprehensive income (loss):

Year Ended December 31

2020

2022

2021

Change in foreign currency translation gains (losses)     . . . . . . . . . . . .
Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on securities      . . . . . . . . . . . .
Change in defined benefit pension and retiree health benefit plans 
(Note 15)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Change in effective portion of cash flow hedges   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other comprehensive income (loss) before income taxes    . . . . . . . . .
Benefit (provision) for income taxes related to other 
comprehensive income (loss)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200.9 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax (Note 17)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27.2 
Comprehensive income    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  6,743.3  $  7,735.0  $  6,220.9 

2,699.4 
151.6 
2,848.6 

(695.3)   
2,153.3 

616.9 
432.9 
748.5 

(248.1)   
(53.2)   

(250.0)   
498.5 

(157.1) 
(152.9) 
(173.7) 

13.5 
(15.9)   

122.1 
14.2 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Dollars in millions, shares in thousands)
Assets
Current Assets

December 31

2022

2021

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 7)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
3,818.5 
Short-term investments (Note 7)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
90.1 
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $16.0 (2022) and $22.5 (2021)      . . .
6,672.8 
Other receivables     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,454.4 
Inventories (Note 6)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,886.0 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,530.6 
Total current assets    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18,452.4 
Investments (Note 7)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,212.6 
Goodwill (Note 8)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,892.0 
Other intangibles, net (Note 8)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7,691.9 
Deferred tax assets (Note 14)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,489.3 
Property and equipment, net (Note 9)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8,985.1 
Other noncurrent assets    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,082.7 
Total assets      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  49,489.8  $  48,806.0 
Liabilities and Equity
Current Liabilities

2,067.0  $ 
144.8 
6,896.0 
1,662.9 
4,309.7 
2,954.1 
18,034.5 
2,901.8 
4,073.0 
7,206.6 
2,792.9 
10,144.0 
4,337.0 

Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt (Note 11)       . . . . $ 
Accounts payable      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employee compensation     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales rebates and discounts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividends payable       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes payable (Note 14)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other current liabilities       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current liabilities    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other Liabilities

Long-term debt (Note 11)        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued retirement benefits (Note 15)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term income taxes payable (Note 14)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred tax liabilities (Note 14)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other noncurrent liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total other liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 16)
Eli Lilly and Company Shareholders' Equity (Notes 12 and 13)

1,501.1  $ 
1,930.6 
1,059.8 
8,784.1 
1,017.2 
475.1 
2,370.3 
17,138.2 

1,538.3 
1,670.6 
958.1 
6,845.8 
885.5 
126.9 
3,027.5 
15,052.7 

14,737.5 
1,305.1 
3,709.6 
87.3 
1,736.7 
21,576.2 

15,346.4 
1,954.1 
3,920.0 
1,733.7 
1,644.3 
24,598.5 

Common stock—no par value
Authorized shares: 3,200,000
Issued shares: 950,632 (2022) and 954,116 (2021)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
596.3 
Additional paid-in capital     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6,833.4 
Retained earnings    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8,958.5 
Employee benefit trust      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3,013.2) 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 17)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4,343.1) 
Cost of common stock in treasury      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(52.7) 
Total Eli Lilly and Company shareholders' equity     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8,979.2 
Noncontrolling interests     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
175.6 
Total equity    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9,154.8 
Total liabilities and equity     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  49,489.8  $  48,806.0 

594.1 
6,921.4 
10,042.6 
(3,013.2)   
(3,844.6)   
(50.5)   

10,649.8 
125.6 
10,775.4 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity 

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 
AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Dollars in millions, except 
per-share data, and shares in 
thousands)

Common Stock

Shares

Amount

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

Retained
Earnings

Employee 
Benefit 
Trust

Accumulated 
Other 
Comprehensive 
Loss

Common Stock in 
Treasury

Shares

Amount

Noncontrolling 
Interest

Equity of Eli Lilly and Company Shareholders

Balance at January 1, 2020

  958,056  $ 

598.8  $  6,685.3  $  4,920.4  $  (3,013.2)  $ 

(6,523.6) 

530  $ 

(60.8)  $ 

Net income

Other comprehensive 
income, net of tax

Cash dividends declared 
per share: $3.07

Retirement of treasury 
shares

Purchase of treasury shares

Issuance of stock under 
employee stock plans, net

Stock-based compensation

Other

Balance at December 31, 
2020

Net income 

Other comprehensive 
income, net of tax

Cash dividends declared 
per share: $3.53

Retirement of treasury 
shares

Purchase of treasury shares

Issuance of stock under 
employee stock plans, net

Stock-based compensation

Other

Balance at December 31, 
2021

Net income (loss)

Other comprehensive 
income, net of tax

Cash dividends declared 
per share: $4.07

Retirement of treasury 
shares

Purchase of treasury shares

Issuance of stock under 
employee stock plans, net

Stock-based compensation

Other

Balance at December 31, 
2022

  6,193.7 

(2,786.2) 

27.2 

(3,627) 

(2.3) 

(497.7) 

2,648 

1.7 

(212.7) 

308.1 

(2.2) 

(3,627) 

500.0 

3,627 

(500.0) 

(43) 

5.1 

  957,077 

598.2 

  6,778.5 

  7,830.2 

(3,013.2) 

(6,496.4) 

487 

(55.7) 

  5,581.7 

(3,201.7) 

2,153.3 

(5,412) 

(3.4) 

(1,246.6) 

2,451 

1.5 

(287.9) 

342.8 

(5.1) 

(5,412) 

  1,250.0 

5,412 

(1,250.0) 

(24) 

3.0 

  954,116 

596.3 

  6,833.4 

  8,958.5 

(3,013.2) 

(4,343.1) 

463 

(52.7) 

  6,244.8 

(3,667.5) 

498.5 

(5,607) 

(3.5) 

(1,496.5) 

2,123 

1.3 

(283.1) 

371.1 

3.3 

(5,607) 

  1,500.0 

5,607 

(1,500.0) 

(13) 

2.2 

92.2 

126.6 

(35.2) 

183.6 

3.4 

(11.4) 

175.6 

(20.9) 

(29.1) 

  950,632  $ 

594.1  $  6,921.4  $ 10,042.6  $  (3,013.2)  $ 

(3,844.6) 

450  $ 

(50.5)  $ 

125.6 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Dollars in millions)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  6,244.8  $  5,581.7  $  6,193.7 

Year Ended December 31

2022

2021

2020

Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Cash Flows from 
Operating Activities:

Depreciation and amortization       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debt extinguishment loss (Note 11)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Change in deferred income taxes    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock-based compensation expense    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net investment (gains) losses     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquired in-process research and development (Note 3)     . . . . . . .
Other non-cash operating activities, net     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of 
acquisitions and divestitures:

Receivables—(increase) decrease     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventories—(increase) decrease    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets—(increase) decrease    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes payable—increase (decrease)    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts payable and other liabilities—increase (decrease)     . . .
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Purchases of property and equipment     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sales and maturities of short-term investments     . .
Purchases of short-term investments     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sales of noncurrent investments     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of noncurrent investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of in-process research and development    . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired (Note 3)     . . . . . . .
Other investing activities, net     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net Cash Used for Investing Activities         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash Flows from Financing Activities

1,522.5 
— 

(2,185.2)   
371.1 
420.0 
420.9 
304.8 

1,547.6 
405.2 
(802.3)   
342.8 
(178.0)   
874.9 
511.4 

1,323.9 
— 
(134.5) 
308.1 
(1,438.5) 
660.4 
333.9 

(299.6)   
(599.7)   
(793.5)   
346.6 
1,331.7 
7,084.4 

(1,278.3)   
(235.9)   
1,515.4 
(359.7)   
(664.1)   
7,260.7 

(1,350.2) 
(533.4) 
(457.1) 
322.0 
1,271.3 
6,499.6 

(1,854.3)   
121.4 
(107.4)   
342.2 
(600.2)   
(629.7)   
(327.2)   
(206.4)   
(3,261.6)   

(1,309.8)   
47.4 
(83.5)   
800.0 
(929.9)   
(563.4)   
(747.4)   
24.3 
(2,762.3)   

(1,387.9) 
129.7 
(11.4) 
757.1 
(358.7) 
(641.2) 
(849.3) 
102.8 
(2,258.9) 

(3,086.8)   
(4.0)   

(3,535.8)   
1,498.0 
— 

Dividends paid       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2,687.1) 
Net change in short-term borrowings      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1,494.2) 
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,062.3 
Repayments of long-term debt    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(276.5) 
Purchases of common stock        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(500.0) 
Other financing activities, net     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(241.6) 
Net Cash Used for Financing Activities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3,137.1) 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents     . . . . .
216.0 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,319.6 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,337.5 
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Year     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  2,067.0  $  3,818.5  $  3,657.1 

2,410.8 
(1,905.4)   
(1,250.0)   
(295.9)   
(4,131.3)   
(205.7)   
161.4 
3,657.1 

(1,560.0)   
(1,500.0)   
(308.9)   
(5,406.7)   
(167.6)   
(1,751.5)   
3,818.5 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Tables present dollars in millions, except per-share data)

Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Implementation of New Financial Accounting 
Standards

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include Eli Lilly and Company and all subsidiaries and 
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 
(GAAP). We consider majority voting interests, as well as effective economic or other control over an entity 
when deciding whether or not to consolidate an entity. We generally do not have control by means other than 
voting interests. Where our ownership of consolidated subsidiaries is less than 100 percent, the 
noncontrolling shareholders' interests are reflected as a separate component of equity. All intercompany 
balances and transactions have been eliminated.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates 
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and related 
disclosures at the date of the financial statements and during the reporting period. Actual results could differ 
from those estimates. We issued our financial statements by filing with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (SEC) and have evaluated subsequent events up to the time of the filing of this Annual Report on 
Form 10-K.

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior periods in the consolidated financial statements and 
accompanying notes to conform with the current presentation.

We operate as a single operating segment engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing, marketing, 
and sales of pharmaceutical products worldwide. A global research and development organization and a 
supply chain organization are responsible for the discovery, development, manufacturing, and supply of our 
products. Regional commercial organizations market, distribute, and sell the products. The business is also 
supported by global corporate staff functions. Our determination that we operate as a single segment is 
consistent with the financial information regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker for purposes 
of evaluating performance, allocating resources, setting incentive compensation targets, and planning and 
forecasting for future periods.

Research and Development Expenses and Acquired In-Process Research and Development (IPR&D) 
and Development Milestones

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs consist of 
expenses incurred in performing research and development activities, including but not limited to, 
compensation and benefits, facilities and overhead expense, clinical trial expense and fees paid to contract 
research organizations.

Acquired IPR&D and development milestones include the initial costs of externally developed IPR&D projects, 
acquired directly in a transaction other than a business combination, that do not have an alternative future 
use. Additionally, milestone payment obligations related to these transactions that are incurred prior to 
regulatory approval of the compound are expensed when the event triggering an obligation to pay the 
milestone occurs.

Earnings Per Share (EPS)

All per-share amounts, unless otherwise noted in the footnotes, are presented on a diluted basis. We 
calculate basic EPS based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of 
incremental shares from potential participating securities. We calculate diluted EPS based on the weighted-
average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of incremental shares from our stock-based 
compensation programs. 

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Foreign Currency Translation

Operations in our subsidiaries outside the United States (U.S.) are recorded in the functional currency of each 
subsidiary which is determined by a review of the environment where each subsidiary primarily generates and 
expends cash. The results of operations for our subsidiaries outside the U.S. are translated from functional 
currencies into U.S. dollars using the weighted average currency rate for the period. Assets and liabilities are 
translated using the period end exchange rates. The U.S. dollar effects that arise from translating the net 
assets of these subsidiaries are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).

Advertising Expenses

Costs associated with advertising are expensed as incurred and are included in marketing, selling, and 
administrative expenses. Advertising expenses, comprised primarily of television, radio, print media, and 
internet advertising, totaled approximately $1.0 billion, $1.2 billion, and $1.1 billion in 2022, 2021, and 2020, 
respectively, which was less than 5 percent of revenue each year.

Other Significant Accounting Policies

Our other significant accounting policies are described in the remaining appropriate notes to the consolidated 
financial statements.

Implementation of New Financial Accounting Standards

Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2021-10, Government Assistance, establishes annual disclosure 
requirements for companies that analogize to a grant or contribution accounting model for government 
assistance transactions. We adopted the standard as of January 1, 2022. The adoption did not impact our 
financial statement disclosures. 

ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform, as further modified by ASU 2021-01 and ASU 2022-06, provides for 
temporary optional expedients and exceptions in applying current GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, 
and other transactions affected by the transition from the use of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) 
to an alternative reference rate. The standard is currently applicable to contracts entered into before January 
1, 2025. We adopted the standard in the first quarter of 2022. The adoption did not have a material impact on 
our consolidated financial statements.

Note 2: Revenue

The following table summarizes our revenue recognized in our consolidated statements of operations:

2020
22,694.8 
1,845.0 
24,539.8 

2022
25,462.8  $ 

2021
25,957.9  $ 

Net product revenue      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Collaboration and other revenue(1)
Revenue     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
(1) Collaboration and other revenue associated with prior period transfers of intellectual property was $163.4 million, $175.0 million, and 

       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

28,318.4  $ 

28,541.4  $ 

2,360.5 

3,078.6 

$135.6 million during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively.

We recognize revenue primarily from two different types of contracts, product sales to customers (net product 
revenue) and collaborations and other arrangements. Revenue recognized from collaborations and other 
arrangements includes our share of profits from the collaborations, as well as royalties, upfront and milestone 
payments we receive under these types of contracts. See Note 4 for additional information related to our 
collaborations and other arrangements. Collaboration and other revenue disclosed above includes the 
revenue from the Jardiance® and Trajenta® families of products resulting from our collaboration with 
Boehringer Ingelheim discussed in Note 4. Substantially all of the remainder of collaboration and other 
revenue is related to contracts accounted for as contracts with customers.

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Net Product Revenue

Revenue from sales of products is recognized at the point where the customer obtains control of the goods 
and we satisfy our performance obligation, which generally is at the time we ship the product to the customer. 
Payment terms differ by jurisdiction and customer, but payment terms in most of our major jurisdictions 
typically range from 30 to 70 days from date of shipment. Revenue for our product sales has not been 
adjusted for the effects of a financing component as we expect, at contract inception, that the period between 
when we transfer control of the product and when we receive payment will be one year or less. Any 
exceptions are either not material or we collect interest for payments made after the due date. Provisions for 
rebates, discounts, and returns are established in the same period the related product sales are recognized. 
We generally ship product shortly after orders are received; therefore, we generally only have a few days of 
orders received but not yet shipped at the end of any reporting period. Shipping and handling activities are 
considered to be fulfillment activities and are not considered to be a separate performance obligation. We 
exclude from the measurement of the transaction price all taxes assessed by a governmental authority that 
are imposed on our sales of product and collected from a customer.

Most of our products are sold to wholesalers that serve pharmacies, physicians and other healthcare 
professionals, and hospitals. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, our three largest 
wholesalers each accounted for between 16 percent and 21 percent of consolidated revenue. Further, they 
each accounted for between 18 percent and 29 percent of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022 and 
2021. 

Significant judgments must be made in determining the transaction price for our sales of products related to 
anticipated rebates, discounts, and returns. The following describe the most significant of these judgments:

Sales Rebates and Discounts - Background and Uncertainties

• We initially invoice our customers at contractual list prices. Contracts with direct and indirect 

customers may provide for various rebates and discounts that may differ in each contract. As a 
consequence, to determine the appropriate transaction price for our product sales at the time we 
recognize a sale to a direct customer, we estimate any rebates or discounts that ultimately will be due 
to the direct customer and other customers in the distribution chain under the terms of our contracts. 
Significant judgments are required in making these estimates.

•

•

The rebate and discount amounts are recorded as a deduction to arrive at our net product revenue. 
Sales rebates and discounts that require the use of judgment in the establishment of the accrual 
include managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, chargebacks, long-term care, hospital, patient assistance 
programs, and various other programs. We estimate these accruals using an expected value 
approach.

The largest of our sales rebate and discount amounts include rebates associated with sales covered 
by managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, and chargeback programs, as well as reductions in revenue 
related to our patient assistance programs, in the U.S. In determining the appropriate accrual amount, 
we consider our historical rebate payments for these programs, as well as patient assistance program 
costs, by product as a percentage of our historical sales as well as any significant changes in sales 
trends (e.g., patent expiries and product launches), an evaluation of the current contracts for these 
programs, the percentage of our products that are sold via these programs, and our product pricing. 
Although we accrue a liability for revenue reductions related to these programs at the time we record 
the sale, the reduction related to that sale is typically paid up to six months later. Because of this time 
lag, in any particular period our net product revenue may incorporate revisions of accruals for several 
periods.

• Most of our rebates outside the U.S. are contractual or legislatively mandated and are estimated and 

recognized in the same period as the related sales. In some large European countries, government 
rebates are based on the anticipated budget for pharmaceutical payments in the country. An estimate 
of these rebates, updated as governmental authorities revise budgeted deficits, is recognized in the 
same period as the related sale.

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Sales Returns - Background and Uncertainties

• When product sales occur, to determine the appropriate transaction price for our sales, we estimate a 
reserve for future product returns related to those sales using an expected value approach. This 
estimate is based on several factors, including: historical return rates, expiration date by product (on 
average, approximately 24 months after the initial sale of a product to our customer), and estimated 
levels of inventory in the wholesale and retail channels, as well as any other specifically identified 
anticipated returns due to known factors such as the loss of patent exclusivity, product recalls and 
discontinuations, or a changing competitive environment. We maintain a returns policy that allows 
most U.S. customers to return most of our products for dating issues within a specified period prior to 
and subsequent to the product's expiration date. Following the loss of exclusivity for a patent-
dependent product, we expect to experience an elevated level of product returns as product inventory 
remaining in the wholesale and retail channels expires. Adjustments to the returns reserve have been 
and may in the future be required based on revised estimates to our assumptions. We record the 
return amounts as a deduction to arrive at our net product revenue. Once the product is returned, it is 
destroyed; we do not record a right of return asset. Our returns policies outside the U.S. are generally 
more restrictive than in the U.S. as returns are not allowed for reasons other than failure to meet 
product specifications in many countries. Our reserve for future product returns for product sales 
outside the U.S. is not material.

•

•

As a part of our process to estimate a reserve for product returns, we regularly review the supply 
levels of our significant products at the major wholesalers in the U.S. and in major markets outside 
the U.S., primarily by reviewing periodic inventory reports supplied by our major wholesalers and 
available prescription volume information for our products, or alternative approaches. We attempt to 
maintain U.S. wholesaler inventory levels at an average of approximately one month or less on a 
consistent basis across our product portfolio. Causes of unusual wholesaler buying patterns include 
actual or anticipated product-supply issues, weather patterns, anticipated changes in the 
transportation network, redundant holiday stocking, and changes in wholesaler business operations. 
In the U.S., the current structure of our arrangements provides us with data on inventory levels at our 
wholesalers; however, our data on inventory levels in the retail channel is more limited. Wholesaler 
stocking and destocking activity historically has not caused any material changes in the rate of actual 
product returns.

Actual U.S. product returns have been less than 2 percent of our U.S. revenue during each of the 
past three years and have not fluctuated significantly as a percentage of revenue, although 
fluctuations are more likely in periods following loss of patent exclusivity for major products in the U.S. 
market. 

Adjustments to Revenue

Adjustments to increase revenue, recognized as a result of changes in estimates for our most significant U.S. 
sales returns, rebates, and discounts liability balances for products shipped in previous periods, were less 
than 1 percent of U.S. revenue during each of the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

Collaboration and Other Arrangements

We recognize several types of revenue from our collaborations and other arrangements, which we discuss in 
general terms immediately below and more specifically in Note 4 for each of our material collaborations and 
other arrangements. Our collaborations and other arrangements are not contracts with customers but are 
evaluated to determine whether any aspects of the arrangements are contracts with customers. 

•

•

•

Revenue related to products we sell pursuant to these arrangements is included in net product 
revenue, while other sources of revenue (e.g., royalties and profit sharing from our partner) are 
included in collaboration and other revenue.

Profit-sharing due from our collaboration partners, which is based upon gross margins reported to us 
by our partners, is recognized as collaboration and other revenue as earned.

Royalty revenue from licensees and certain of our collaboration partners, which is based on sales to 
third-parties of licensed products and technology, is recorded when the third-party sale occurs and the 
performance obligation to which some or all of the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied (or 
partially satisfied). This royalty revenue is included in collaboration and other revenue.

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•

•

For arrangements involving multiple goods or services (e.g., research and development, marketing 
and selling, manufacturing, and distribution), each required good or service is evaluated to determine 
whether it is distinct. If a good or service does not qualify as distinct, it is combined with the other non-
distinct goods or services within the arrangement and these combined goods or services are treated 
as a single performance obligation for accounting purposes. The arrangement's transaction price is 
then allocated to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price of each 
performance obligation. For arrangements that involve variable consideration where we have sold 
intellectual property, we recognize revenue based on estimates of the amount of consideration we 
believe we will be entitled to receive from the other party, subject to a constraint. These estimates are 
adjusted to reflect the actual amounts to be collected when those facts and circumstances become 
known.

Significant judgments must be made in determining the transaction price for our sales of intellectual 
property. Because of the risk that products in development will not receive regulatory approval, we 
generally do not recognize any contingent payments that would be due to us upon or after regulatory 
approval. 

Contract Liabilities

Our contract liabilities result from arrangements where we have received payment in advance of performance 
under the contract and do not include sales returns, rebates, and discounts. Changes in contract liabilities are 
generally due to either receipt of additional advance payments or our performance under the contract. 

The following table summarizes contract liability balances:

Contract liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

219.2  $ 

262.6 

The contract liabilities balances disclosed above as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 were primarily related to 
the remaining license period of symbolic intellectual property and obligations to perform research and 
development activities or supply product for a defined period of time.

During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, revenue recognized from contract liabilities as 
of the beginning of the respective year was not material. Revenue expected to be recognized in the future 
from contract liabilities as the related performance obligations are satisfied is not expected to be material in 
any one year.

2022

2021

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Disaggregation of Revenue 

The following table summarizes revenue by product:

Revenue—to unaffiliated customers:

Diabetes:

2022

U.S.

2021

2020

2022

2021

2020

Outside U.S.

Trulicity®
Jardiance(1)
Humalog® (2)
Humulin®
  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Basaglar®
     . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Mounjaro®
   . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other diabetes      . . . . . . . .  

    . . . . . . . . . . .   1,194.5 
     . . . . . . . . . .   1,191.9 
730.2 
470.7 
366.6 
268.4 
Total diabetes      . . . . . . . . . .   9,911.1 

      . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  5,688.8  $  4,914.4  $  3,835.9  $  1,750.9  $  1,557.6  $  1,232.2 
533.0 
  1,140.3 
393.2 
282.1 
— 
344.5 
  3,925.3 

620.8 
  1,485.6 
866.4 
842.3 
— 
258.1 
  7,909.1 

871.5 
868.7 
289.2 
289.7 
115.9 
367.8 
  4,553.7 

807.3 
  1,320.7 
832.9 
588.3 
— 
255.7 
  8,719.3 

683.5 
  1,132.3 
389.6 
304.2 
— 
401.6 
  4,468.8 

Oncology:

Verzenio®
Cyramza®
Alimta®      . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Erbitux®
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Tyvyt®     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other oncology       . . . . . . .
Total oncology      . . . . . . . . .

     . . . . . . . . . . . .   1,653.2 
      . . . . . . . . . . . .  
351.4 
543.7 
500.1 
— 
169.7 
  3,218.1 

834.9 
358.1 
  1,233.9 
481.8 
— 
120.1 
  3,028.8 

618.2 
381.9 
  1,265.3 
480.1 
— 
46.6 
  2,792.1 

830.3 
620.0 
384.0 
66.4 
293.3 
254.1 
  2,448.1 

515.0 
674.8 
827.5 
66.4 
418.1 
210.7 
  2,712.5 

294.4 
650.8 
  1,064.7 
56.3 
308.7 
152.3 
  2,527.2 

Immunology:
Taltz®
Olumiant® (3)
Other immunology       . . . .

   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1,724.6 
148.2 
20.0 
Total immunology     . . . . . . .   1,892.8 

      . . . . . . . . . .  

  1,542.4 
324.1 
15.3 
  1,881.8 

  1,288.5 
63.8 
20.0 
  1,372.3 

757.4 
682.3 
12.1 
  1,451.8 

670.4 
791.0 
17.6 
  1,479.0 

500.0 
575.0 
14.6 
  1,089.6 

Neuroscience:

     . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Emgality®      . . . . . . . . . . . .
Zyprexa®
Cymbalta®     . . . . . . . . . . .
Other neuroscience      . . .
Total neuroscience       . . . . .

462.8 
30.4 
33.7 
85.5 
612.4 

434.5 
39.6 
38.7 
102.0 
614.8 

325.9 
46.1 
42.1 
73.2 
487.3 

188.1 
306.5 
249.6 
189.6 
933.8 

142.7 
390.7 
542.8 
207.5 
  1,283.7 

37.0 
360.5 
725.6 
220.9 
  1,344.0 

Other:

COVID-19 antibodies(4)      
Forteo®      . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Cialis®
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

  2,008.9 
367.3 
35.2 
144.2 
Total other      . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2,555.7 

21.2 
536.0 
545.4 
321.8 
  1,424.4 
Revenue      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,190.0  $ 16,811.0  $ 14,229.3  $ 10,351.3  $ 11,507.4  $ 10,310.5 

  1,978.0 
441.6 
10.6 
136.1 
  2,566.4 

261.4 
360.3 
707.9 
233.9 
  1,563.5 

850.0 
510.3 
61.8 
246.4 
  1,668.4 

14.7 
245.8 
552.1 
151.3 
964.0 

Numbers may not add due to rounding.
(1) Jardiance revenue includes Glyxambi®, Synjardy®, and Trijardy® XR.
(2) Humalog revenue includes insulin lispro.
(3) Olumiant revenue includes sales for baricitinib that were made pursuant to Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) or similar regulatory 

authorizations.

(4) COVID-19 antibodies include sales for bamlanivimab administered alone, for bamlanivimab and etesevimab administered together, and 

for bebtelovimab and were made pursuant to EUAs or similar regulatory authorizations. 

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The following table summarizes revenue by geographical area:

Revenue—to unaffiliated customers(1):

2022

2021

2020

U.S.    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  18,190.0  $  16,811.0  $  14,229.3 
Europe      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,187.7 
Japan     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,583.1 
China      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,116.9 
Other foreign countries       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,422.7 
Revenue     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  28,541.4  $  28,318.4  $  24,539.8 

4,299.2 
1,747.3 
1,452.8 
2,852.0 

4,776.8 
2,367.0 
1,661.4 
2,702.2 

Numbers may not add due to rounding.
(1) Revenue is attributed to the countries based on the location of the customer.

Note 3: Acquisitions

We engage in various forms of business development activities to enhance our product pipeline, including 
acquisitions, collaborations, investments, and licensing arrangements. In connection with these 
arrangements, our partners may be entitled to future royalties and/or commercial milestones based on sales 
should products be approved for commercialization and/or milestones based on the successful progress of 
compounds through the development process.

In December 2022, January 2021, and February 2020, we completed the acquisitions of Akouos, Inc. 
(Akouos), Prevail Therapeutics Inc. (Prevail), and Dermira, Inc. (Dermira), respectively. These transactions, as 
further discussed below in Acquisitions of Businesses, were accounted for as business combinations under 
the acquisition method of accounting. Under this method, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were 
recorded at their respective fair values as of the acquisition date in our consolidated financial statements. The 
determination of estimated fair value required management to make significant estimates and assumptions. 
The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets, where applicable, has been 
recorded as goodwill. The results of operations of these acquisitions have been included in our consolidated 
financial statements from the date of acquisition.

We also acquired assets in development in 2022, 2021, and 2020, which are further discussed below in Asset 
Acquisitions. Upon each acquisition, the cost allocated to acquired IPR&D was immediately expensed if the 
compound has no alternative future use. Milestone payment obligations incurred prior to regulatory approval 
of the compound are expensed when the event triggering an obligation to pay the milestone occurs. We 
recognized acquired IPR&D and development milestone charges of $908.5 million, $970.1 million, and 
$769.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively.

Acquisitions of Businesses

Akouos Acquisition

Overview of Transaction

In December 2022, we acquired all shares of Akouos for a purchase price that included $12.50 per share in 
cash (or an aggregate of $327.2 million, net of cash acquired) plus one non-tradable contingent value right 
(CVR) per share. The CVR entitles the Akouos shareholders up to an additional $3.00 per share in cash (or 
an aggregate of approximately $122 million) payable, subject to certain terms and conditions, upon the 
achievement of certain specified milestones. 

Under the terms of the agreement, we acquired potential gene therapy treatments for hearing loss and other 
inner ear conditions. The lead gene therapies in clinical development that we acquired included GJB2 (which 
encodes connexin 26) for a common form of monogenic deafness and hearing loss; AK-OTOF for hearing 
loss due to mutations in the otoferlin gene; AK-CLRN1 for Usher Type 3A, an autosomal recessive disorder 
characterized by progressive loss of both hearing and vision; and AK-antiVEGF for vestibular schwannoma.

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Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

Our access to Akouos information was limited prior to the acquisition. As a consequence, we are in the 
process of determining fair values and tax bases of a significant portion of the assets acquired and liabilities 
assumed, including the identification and valuation of intangible assets and tax exposures. The final 
determination of these amounts will be completed as soon as possible but no later than one year from the 
acquisition date. The final determination may result in asset and liability fair values and tax bases that differ 
from the preliminary estimates and require changes to the preliminary amounts recognized.

The following table summarizes the preliminary amounts recognized for assets acquired and liabilities 
assumed as of the acquisition date:

Estimated Fair Value at December 1, 2022
Cash
Acquired IPR&D(1)
Goodwill(2)
Other assets and liabilities, net
Acquisition date fair value of consideration transferred 
Less: 

$ 

153.2 
184.0
181.2
28.9 
547.3

Cash acquired
Fair value of CVR liability(3)
Cash paid, net of cash acquired
(1) Acquired IPR&D intangibles primarily relate to GJB2.
(2) The goodwill recognized from this acquisition is attributable primarily to future unidentified projects and products and the assembled 

(153.2) 
(66.9) 
327.2 

$ 

workforce for Akouos and is not deductible for tax purposes. 
(3) See Note 7 for a discussion on the estimation of the CVR liability. 

The results of operations attributable to Akouos for the year ended December 31, 2022 were immaterial.

Pro forma information has not been included as this acquisition did not have a material impact on our 
consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Prevail Acquisition

Overview of Transaction

In January 2021, we acquired all shares of Prevail for a purchase price that included $22.50 per share in cash 
(or an aggregate of $747.4 million, net of cash acquired) plus one non-tradable CVR per share. The CVR 
entitles Prevail stockholders up to an additional $4.00 per share in cash (or an aggregate of approximately 
$160 million) payable, subject to certain terms and conditions, upon the first regulatory approval of a Prevail 
product in one of the following countries: U.S., Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy or Spain. To 
achieve the full value of the CVR, such regulatory approval must occur by December 31, 2024. If such 
regulatory approval occurs after December 31, 2024, the value of the CVR will be reduced by approximately 
8.3 cents per month until December 1, 2028, at which point the CVR will expire without payment.

Under the terms of the agreement, we acquired potentially disease-modifying AAV9-based gene therapies for 
patients with neurodegenerative diseases. The acquisition established a new modality for drug discovery and 
development, extending our research efforts through the creation of a gene therapy program that is being 
anchored by Prevail's portfolio of assets. The lead gene therapies in clinical development that we acquired 
were PR001 for patients with Parkinson's disease with GBA1 mutations and neuronopathic Gaucher disease 
and PR006 for patients with frontotemporal dementia with GRN mutations. Both PR001 and PR006 were 
granted Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

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Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The following table summarizes the amounts recognized for assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the 
acquisition date:

Estimated Fair Value at January 22, 2021
Cash
Acquired IPR&D(1)
Goodwill(2)
Deferred tax liabilities
Other assets and liabilities, net
Acquisition date fair value of consideration transferred 
Less: 

$ 

90.5 
824.0
126.8
(106.0) 
(31.5) 
903.8

(90.5) 
Cash acquired
Fair value of CVR liability(3)
(65.9) 
Cash paid, net of cash acquired
747.4 
(1) Acquired IPR&D intangibles primarily relate to PR001. In the third quarter of 2022, we impaired the intangible asset related to PR001. 

$ 

See Note 5 for additional information.

(2) The goodwill recognized from this acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes. 
(3) See Note 7 for a discussion on the estimation of the CVR liability. 

The results of operations attributable to Prevail for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were 
immaterial.

Pro forma information has not been included as this acquisition did not have a material impact on our 
consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Dermira Acquisition

Overview of Transaction

In February 2020, we acquired all shares of Dermira for a purchase price of approximately $849.3 million, net 
of cash acquired. Under terms of the agreement, we acquired lebrikizumab, a novel, investigational, 
monoclonal antibody being evaluated for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. We also 
acquired Qbrexza® (glycopyrronium) cloth, a medicated cloth approved by the FDA for the topical treatment of 
primary axillary hyperhidrosis (uncontrolled excessive underarm sweating). During the year ended December 
31, 2021, we sold the rights to Qbrexza. See Note 5 for additional information.

Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The fair values recognized related to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in this acquisition included 
goodwill of $86.8 million, other intangibles of $1.20 billion primarily related to lebrikizumab, deferred income 
tax liabilities of $49.5 million, and long-term debt of $375.5 million. After the acquisition, we repaid 
$276.2 million of long-term debt assumed as part of our acquisition of Dermira.

Revenue attributable to assets acquired in the Dermira acquisition did not have a material impact on our 
consolidated statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020. We are 
unable to provide the results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 
attributable to Dermira as those operations were substantially integrated into our legacy business. 

Pro forma information has not been included because this acquisition did not have a material impact on our 
consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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Asset Acquisitions

The following table summarizes our significant asset acquisitions during 2022, 2021, and 2020.

Counterparty

Compound(s),Therapy, or Asset

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Priority Review Voucher

Acquisition 
Month

Phase of 
Development(1)

Acquired IPR&D 
Expense

February 
2022

Not 
applicable

$ 

110.0 

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.

Pre-clinical targets that could 
lead to potential new oncology 
medicines

December 
2021

Pre-clinical

316.6 

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

R552, a receptor-interacting 
serine/threonine-protein 
kinase 1 (RIPK1) inhibitor, for 
the potential treatment of 
autoimmune and inflammatory 
diseases

March 
2021

Phase I

125.0 

Precision Biosciences, Inc. 

Potential in vivo therapies for 
genetic disorders

January 
2021

Pre-clinical

107.8 

Innovent Biologics, Inc. 
(Innovent)

Petra Pharma Corporation 
(Petra)

Disarm Therapeutics, Inc. 

Sintilimab injection, an anti-
PD-1 monoclonal antibody 
immuno-oncology medicine, 
for geographies outside of 
China(2)
Mutant-selective PI3Kα 
inhibitor that could lead to 
potential new medicine

Disease-modifying 
therapeutics program for 
patients with axonal 
degeneration

October 
2020

Phase III

200.0 

May 2020

Pre-clinical

174.8 

October 
2020

Pre-clinical

126.3 

(1) The phase of development presented is as of the date of the arrangement and represents the phase of development of the most 

advanced asset acquired, where applicable.

(2) In 2022, we terminated our license for sintilimab injection for geographies outside of China and reverted rights to Innovent.

In connection with our acquisition of Petra, we were required to make milestone payments to Petra 
shareholders contingent upon the occurrence of certain future events linked to the success of the mutant-
selective PI3Kα inhibitor. In 2022, we entered into agreements with substantially all Petra shareholders to 
acquire their rights to receive any future milestone payments in exchange for a one-time payment. As a result 
of these agreements, we recognized a charge of $333.8 million as a development milestone in 2022. Any 
remaining contingent milestones payments linked to the success of the mutant-selective PI3Kα are not 
expected to be material. We did not recognize other significant development milestones during the years 
ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020. 

Note 4: Collaborations and Other Arrangements

We often enter into collaborative and other similar arrangements to develop and commercialize drug 
candidates. Collaborative activities may include research and development, marketing and selling (including 
promotional activities and physician detailing), manufacturing, and distribution. These arrangements often 
require milestone as well as royalty or profit-share payments, contingent upon the occurrence of certain future 
events linked to the success of the asset in development, as well as expense reimbursements from or 
payments to the collaboration partner. See Note 2 for amounts of collaboration and other revenue recognized 
from these types of arrangements.

Operating expenses for costs incurred pursuant to these arrangements are reported in their respective 
expense line item, net of any payments due to or reimbursements due from our collaboration partners, with 
such reimbursements being recognized at the time the party becomes obligated to pay. Each collaboration is 
unique in nature, and our more significant arrangements are discussed below.

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Boehringer Ingelheim Diabetes Collaboration

We and Boehringer Ingelheim have a global agreement to jointly develop and commercialize a portfolio of 
diabetes compounds. Currently included in the collaboration are Boehringer Ingelheim's oral diabetes 
products: Jardiance, Glyxambi, Synjardy, Trijardy XR, Trajenta, and Jentadueto® as well as our basal insulin, 
Basaglar. Glyxambi, Synjardy, and Trijardy XR are included in the Jardiance product family. Jentadueto is 
included in the Trajenta product family. 

In connection with the regulatory approvals of Jardiance, Trajenta, and Basaglar in the U.S., Europe, and 
Japan, milestone payments made for Jardiance and Trajenta were capitalized as intangible assets and are 
being amortized to cost of sales, and milestone payments received for Basaglar were recorded as contract 
liabilities and are being amortized to collaboration and other revenue. The milestones pertaining to Jardiance 
and Trajenta are being amortized through their respective term under the collaboration, which, depending on 
country or region, is determined based on the latest to occur of (a) a defined number of years following launch 
date, (b) the expiration of the compound patent, or (c) the expiration of marketing authorization exclusivity. 
The milestones pertaining to Basaglar are being amortized through 2029. The table below summarizes the 
net milestones capitalized with respect to the Jardiance and Trajenta families of products and the net 
milestones deferred with respect to Basaglar as of December 31: 

Net Milestones Capitalized (Deferred)(1) 

2022

2021

Jardiance     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Trajenta      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Basaglar         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1) This represents the amounts that have been capitalized (deferred) from the start of this collaboration through the end of the reporting 

116.2  $ 
63.5   
(130.6)  

136.1 
88.5 
(149.3) 

period, net of amount amortized.

For the Jardiance product family, we and Boehringer Ingelheim share equally the ongoing development and 
commercialization costs in the most significant markets, and we record our portion of the development and 
commercialization costs as research and development expense and marketing, selling, and administrative 
expense, respectively. We receive a royalty on net sales of Boehringer Ingelheim's products in the most 
significant markets and recognize the royalty as collaboration and other revenue. Boehringer Ingelheim is 
entitled to potential performance payments depending on the net sales of the Jardiance product family; 
therefore, our reported revenue for Jardiance may be reduced by any potential performance payments we 
make related to this product family. The royalty received by us related to the Jardiance product family may 
also be increased or decreased depending on whether net sales for this product family exceed or fall below 
certain thresholds. We pay to Boehringer Ingelheim a royalty on net sales for Basaglar in the U.S. We record 
our sales of Basaglar to third parties as net product revenue with the royalty payments made to Boehringer 
Ingelheim recorded as cost of sales.

The following table summarizes our collaboration and other revenue recognized with respect to the Jardiance 
and Trajenta families of products and net product revenue recognized with respect to Basaglar:

Jardiance       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Basaglar        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trajenta     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

2022
2,066.0  $ 
760.4 
383.7 

2021
1,490.8  $ 
892.5 
372.5 

2020
1,153.8 
1,124.4 
358.5 

Olumiant

We have a worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Incyte Corporation (Incyte), which provides us 
the development and commercialization rights to baricitinib, which is branded and trademarked as Olumiant, 
and certain follow-on compounds, for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and 
COVID-19. Incyte has the right to receive tiered, double digit royalty payments on worldwide net sales with 
rates ranging up to 20 percent. Incyte has the right to receive an additional royalty ranging up to the low teens 
on worldwide net sales for the treatment of COVID-19 that exceed a specified aggregate worldwide net sales 
threshold. The agreement calls for payments by us to Incyte associated with certain development, success-
based regulatory, and sales-based milestones. 

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In connection with the regulatory approvals of Olumiant in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, as well as 
achievement of a sales-based milestone, milestone payments of $330.0 million and $260.0 million were 
capitalized as intangible assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and are being amortized to 
cost of sales through the term of the collaboration. This represents the cumulative amounts that have been 
capitalized from the start of this collaboration through the end of each reporting period.

As of December 31, 2022, Incyte is eligible to receive up to $100.0 million of additional payments from us in 
potential sales-based milestones.

We record our sales of Olumiant, including sales of baricitinib that were made pursuant to EUA or similar 
regulatory authorizations, to third parties as net product revenue with the royalty payments made to Incyte 
recorded as cost of sales. The following table summarizes our net product revenue recognized with respect to 
Olumiant:

Olumiant       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

830.5  $ 

2022

2021
1,115.1  $ 

2020

638.9 

COVID-19 Antibodies

We have a worldwide license and collaboration agreement with AbCellera Biologics Inc. (AbCellera) to co-
develop therapeutic antibodies for the potential prevention and treatment of COVID-19, including 
bamlanivimab and bebtelovimab, for which we hold development and commercialization rights. AbCellera has 
the right to receive tiered royalty payments on worldwide net sales of bamlanivimab and bebtelovimab with 
percentages ranging in the mid-teens to mid-twenties. Royalty payments made to AbCellera are recorded as 
cost of sales.

We have a license and collaboration agreement with Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd. (Junshi 
Biosciences) to co-develop therapeutic antibodies for the potential prevention and treatment of COVID-19, 
including etesevimab, for which we hold development and commercialization rights outside of mainland China 
and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Junshi Biosciences received royalty 
payments in the mid-teens on our net sales of etesevimab. 

Pursuant to EUAs or similar regulatory authorizations, we recognized $2.02 billion, $2.24 billion, and 
$871.2 million of net product revenue associated with our sales of our COVID-19 antibodies during the years 
ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively. 

Tyvyt

We have a collaboration agreement with Innovent to jointly develop and commercialize sintilimab injection in 
China, where it is branded and trademarked as Tyvyt. We record our sales of Tyvyt to third parties as net 
product revenue, with payments made to Innovent for its portion of the gross margin reported as cost of sales. 
We report as collaboration and other revenue our portion of the gross margin for Tyvyt sales made by 
Innovent to third parties. The following table summarizes our revenue recognized in China with respect to 
Tyvyt: 

Tyvyt     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

293.3  $ 

418.1  $ 

308.7 

2022

2021

2020

Lebrikizumab

We have a worldwide license agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Genentech, Inc. (collectively, 
Roche), which provides us the worldwide development and commercialization rights to lebrikizumab. Roche 
has the right to receive tiered royalty payments on future worldwide net sales ranging in percentages from 
high single digits to high teens if the product is successfully commercialized. As of December 31, 2022, 
Roche is eligible to receive up to $165.0 million of additional payments from us contingent upon the 
achievement of success-based regulatory milestones and up to $1.03 billion in a series of sales-based 
milestones, contingent upon the commercial success of lebrikizumab. During the year ended December 31, 
2022, milestone payments to Roche were not material.

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We have a license agreement with Almirall, S.A. (Almirall), under which Almirall licensed the rights to develop 
and commercialize lebrikizumab for the treatment or prevention of dermatology indications, including, but not 
limited to, atopic dermatitis in Europe. We have the right to receive tiered royalty payments on future net sales 
in Europe ranging in percentages from low double digits to low twenties if the product is successfully 
commercialized. As of December 31, 2022, we are eligible to receive additional payments of $65.0 million 
from Almirall contingent upon the achievement of success-based regulatory milestones and up to $1.25 billion 
in a series of sales-based milestones, contingent upon the commercial success of lebrikizumab. There were 
no remaining contract liabilities as of December 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, contract 
liabilities were not material. During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, collaboration and 
other revenue recognized was not material. 

Note 5: Asset Impairment, Restructuring, and Other Special Charges

The components of the charges included in asset impairment, restructuring, and other special charges in our 
consolidated statements of operations are described below: 

Asset impairment (gain) and other special charges   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Severance     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total asset impairment, restructuring, and other special charges      . . $ 

221.6  $ 

303.1  $ 

23.0 

13.0 

244.6  $ 

316.1  $ 

(20.0) 
151.2 
131.2 

2022

2021

2020

Asset impairment, restructuring, and other special charges recognized during the year ended December 31, 
2022 were primarily related to an intangible asset impairment for GBA1 Gene Therapy (PR001), acquired in 
the Prevail acquisition, as a result of changes in key assumptions used in the valuation due to delays in 
estimated launch timing.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we recognized $128.0 million of intangible asset impairment as a 
result of the decision by Bayer AG to discontinue the development of a Phase I molecule related to a contract-
based intangible asset from our acquisition of Loxo Oncology, Inc. Additionally, we recognized $108.1 million 
of intangible asset impairment from the sale of the rights to Qbrexza, as well as acquisition and integration 
costs associated with the acquisition of Prevail. 

Severance costs recognized during the year ended December 31, 2020 were incurred as a result of actions 
taken worldwide to reduce our cost structure. 

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Note 6: Inventories

We use the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method for the majority of our inventories located in the continental U.S. 
Other inventories are valued by the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. FIFO cost approximates current 
replacement cost. Inventories measured using LIFO must be valued at the lower of cost or market. Inventories 
measured using FIFO must be valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. 

Inventories at December 31 consisted of the following:

Finished products      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Work in process    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Raw materials and supplies        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total (approximates replacement cost)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Increase to LIFO cost    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Inventories      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

2022

2021

901.2  $ 

2,597.7 
801.9 
4,300.8 
8.9 
4,309.7  $ 

761.9 
2,372.7 
717.2 
3,851.8 
34.2 
3,886.0 

Inventories valued under the LIFO method comprised $1.23 billion and $1.36 billion of total inventories at 
December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

We recognized a net inventory impairment charge related to our COVID-19 antibodies of $339.7 million during 
the year ended December 31, 2021 in cost of sales in our consolidated statements of operations. As part of 
our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and at the request of the U.S. and international governments, we 
invested in large-scale manufacturing of COVID-19 antibodies at risk, in order to ensure rapid access to 
patients around the world. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolved during 2021, we incurred a net inventory 
impairment charge primarily due to the combination of changes to demand from U.S. and international 
governments, including changes to our agreement with the U.S. government, and near-term expiry dates of 
COVID-19 antibodies. 

Note 7: Financial Instruments

Investments in Equity and Debt Securities

Our equity investments are accounted for using three different methods depending on the type of equity 
investment:

•

•

Investments in companies over which we have significant influence but not a controlling interest are 
accounted for using the equity method, with our share of earnings or losses reported in other-net, 
(income) expense. 

For equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values, we measure these 
investments at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price 
changes in orderly transactions for the identical or similar investment of the same issuer. Any change 
in recorded value is recorded in other-net, (income) expense. 

• Our public equity investments are measured and carried at fair value. Any change in fair value is 

recognized in other-net, (income) expense. 

We adjust our equity investments without readily determinable fair values based upon changes in the equity 
instruments' values resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar 
investment of the same issuer. Downward adjustments resulting from an impairment are recorded based upon 
impairment considerations, including the financial condition and near term prospects of the issuer, general 
market conditions, and industry specific factors. Adjustments recorded for the years ended December 31, 
2022, 2021, and 2020 were not material.

The net gains (losses) recognized in our consolidated statements of operations for equity securities were 
$(410.7) million, $176.9 million, and $1.44 billion for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, 
respectively. The net gains (losses) recognized for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 on 
equity securities sold during the respective periods were not material.

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As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately $957 million of unfunded commitments to invest in venture 
capital funds, which we anticipate will be paid over a period of up to 10 years.

We record our available-for-sale debt securities at fair value, with changes in fair value reported as a 
component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). We periodically assess our investment in 
available-for-sale securities for impairment losses and credit losses. The amount of credit losses are 
determined by comparing the difference between the present value of future cash flows expected to be 
collected on these securities and the amortized cost. Factors considered in assessing credit losses include 
the position in the capital structure, vintage and amount of collateral, delinquency rates, current credit support, 
and geographic concentration. Impairment and credit losses related to available-for-sale securities were not 
material for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

The table below summarizes the contractual maturities of our investments in debt securities measured at fair 
value as of December 31, 2022:

Maturities by Period

Total

Less Than
1 Year

1-5
Years

6-10
Years

More Than 
10 Years

Fair value of debt securities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

646.3  $ 

86.2  $ 

242.0  $ 

104.0  $ 

214.1 

A summary of the amount of unrealized gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss and the 
fair value of available-for-sale securities in an unrealized gain or loss position follows:

Unrealized gross gains      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Unrealized gross losses      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Fair value of securities in an unrealized gain position         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

0.6  $ 

49.2 
46.8 
568.7 

9.7 
5.2 
250.7 
290.2 

2022

2021

As of December 31, 2022, the available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position include primarily 
fixed-rate debt securities of varying maturities, which are sensitive to changes in the yield curve and other 
market conditions. Approximately 99 percent of the fixed-rate debt securities in a loss position are investment-
grade debt securities. As of December 31, 2022, we do not intend to sell, and it is not more likely than not that 
we will be required to sell, the securities in a loss position before the market values recover or the underlying 
cash flows have been received, and there is no indication of a material default on interest or principal 
payments for our debt securities.

Activity related to our available-for-sale securities was as follows:

Proceeds from sales      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Realized gross gains on sales     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Realized gross losses on sales     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

132.9  $ 
0.4 
9.7 

174.7  $ 
2.8 
1.7 

264.8 
4.5 
8.2 

2022

2021

2020

Realized gains and losses on sales of available-for-sale investments are computed based upon specific 
identification of the initial cost adjusted for any other-than-temporary declines in fair value that were recorded 
in earnings.

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Fair Value of Investments

The following table summarizes certain fair value information at December 31, 2022 and 2021 for investment 
assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as well as the carrying amount and amortized cost of 
certain other investments:

Fair Value Measurements Using

Quoted Prices 
in Active 
Markets for 
Identical 
Assets
(Level 1)

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Fair
Value

Carrying
Amount

Cost (1)

657.4  $ 

657.4  $ 

650.4  $ 

7.0  $ 

—  $ 

657.4 

30.8  $ 
53.4 
2.0 
58.6 
144.8 

31.1  $ 
53.5 
2.0 
58.6 

30.8  $ 
— 
— 
— 

—  $ 

53.4 
2.0 
39.1 

—  $ 
— 
— 
19.5 

30.8 
53.4 
2.0 
58.6 

December 31, 2022
Cash equivalents(2)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Short-term investments:

U.S. government and agency 
securities      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Corporate debt securities       . . . . . . .
Asset-backed securities    . . . . . . . . .
Other securities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Short-term investments      . . . . . . . . . $ 

Noncurrent investments:

U.S. government and agency 
securities      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Corporate debt securities       . . . . . . .
Mortgage-backed securities    . . . . .
Asset-backed securities    . . . . . . . . .
Other securities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marketable equity securities      . . . . .
Equity investments without readily 
determinable fair values(3)
    . . . . . . .
478.4 
Equity method investments(3)    . . . .
781.1 
Noncurrent investments     . . . . . . . . . $  2,901.8 

146.4  $ 
213.9 
149.2 
50.6 
398.6 
683.6 

163.2  $ 
235.8 
161.5 
52.5 
34.5 
484.7 

146.4  $ 
— 
— 
— 
— 
683.6 

—  $ 

213.9 
149.2 
50.6 
311.0 
— 

—  $ 
— 
— 
— 
87.6 
— 

146.4 
213.9 
149.2 
50.6 
398.6 
683.6 

December 31, 2021
Cash equivalents(2)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  2,379.5  $  2,379.5  $  2,361.0  $ 
Short-term investments:

18.5  $ 

—  $  2,379.5 

U.S. government and agency 
securities      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Corporate debt securities       . . . . . . .
Mortgage-backed securities    . . . . .
Asset-backed securities    . . . . . . . . .
Other securities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Short-term investments      . . . . . . . . . $ 

Noncurrent investments:

25.7  $ 
43.7 
0.2 
6.2 
14.3 
90.1 

U.S. government and agency 
securities      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Corporate debt securities       . . . . . . .
Mortgage-backed securities    . . . . .
Asset-backed securities    . . . . . . . . .
Other securities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marketable equity securities      . . . . .
Equity investments without readily 
determinable fair values(3)
    . . . . . . .
548.1 
Equity method investments(3)    . . . .
771.5 
Noncurrent investments     . . . . . . . . . $  3,212.6 

137.0  $ 
235.3 
109.8 
23.1 
108.1 
1,279.7 

25.6  $ 
43.7 
0.2 
6.2 
14.3 

25.7  $ 
— 
— 
— 
— 

—  $ 

43.7 
0.2 
6.2 
— 

—  $ 
— 
— 
— 
14.3 

25.7 
43.7 
0.2 
6.2 
14.3 

136.8  $ 
232.7 
108.1 
23.1 
22.2 
487.0 

137.0  $ 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1,279.7 

—  $ 

235.3 
109.8 
23.1 
— 
— 

—  $ 
— 
— 
— 
108.1 
— 

137.0 
235.3 
109.8 
23.1 
108.1 
1,279.7 

(1) For available-for-sale debt securities, amounts disclosed represent the securities' amortized cost.
(2) We consider all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. The 

cost of these investments approximates fair value.

(3) Fair value disclosures are not applicable for equity method investments and investments accounted for under the measurement 

alternative for equity investments.

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We determine our Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements based on a market approach using quoted 
market values, significant other observable inputs for identical or comparable assets or liabilities, or 
discounted cash flow analyses. Level 3 fair value measurements for other investment securities are 
determined using unobservable inputs, including the investments' cost adjusted for impairments and price 
changes from orderly transactions. Fair values are not readily available for certain equity investments 
measured under the measurement alternative.

Fair Value of Debt

The following table summarizes certain fair value information at December 31, 2022 and 2021 for our short-
term and long-term debt:

Fair Value Measurements Using

Quoted Prices 
in Active 
Markets for 
Identical 
Assets
(Level 1)

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

Carrying
Amount

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Fair
Value

Short-term commercial paper borrowings

December 31, 2022     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  (1,498.0)  $ 
December 31, 2021     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

— 

—  $  (1,492.0)  $ 
— 

— 

—  $  (1,492.0) 
— 
— 

Long-term debt, including current portion

December 31, 2022     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (14,740.6)  $ 
December 31, 2021     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (16,884.7)   

—  $ (12,329.3)  $ 
— 

  (18,157.7)   

—  $ (12,329.3) 
  (18,157.7) 
— 

Risk Management and Related Financial Instruments

Financial instruments that potentially subject us to credit risk consist principally of trade receivables and 
interest-bearing investments. Wholesale distributors of life science products account for a substantial portion 
of our trade receivables; collateral is generally not required. We seek to mitigate the risk associated with this 
concentration through our ongoing credit-review procedures and insurance. A large portion of our cash is held 
by a few major financial institutions. We monitor our exposures with these institutions and do not expect any 
of these institutions to fail to meet their obligations. In accordance with documented corporate risk-
management policies, we monitor the amount of credit exposure to any one financial institution or corporate 
issuer. We are exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to risk-
management instruments but do not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations given their 
investment grade credit ratings.

We have entered into accounts receivable factoring agreements with financial institutions to sell certain of our 
non-U.S. accounts receivable. These transactions are accounted for as sales and result in a reduction in 
accounts receivable because the agreements transfer effective control over and risk related to the receivables 
to the buyers. Our factoring agreements do not allow for recourse in the event of uncollectibility, and we do 
not retain any interest in the underlying accounts receivable once sold. We derecognized $422.1 million and 
$550.5 million of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, under these factoring 
arrangements. The costs of factoring such accounts receivable on our consolidated results of operations for 
the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 were not material.

Our derivative activities are initiated within the guidelines of documented corporate risk-management policies 
and are intended to offset losses and gains on the assets, liabilities, and transactions being hedged. 
Management reviews the correlation and effectiveness of our derivatives on a quarterly basis.

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges, the derivative instrument is 
marked to market, with gains and losses recognized currently in income to offset the respective losses and 
gains recognized on the underlying exposure. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as 
cash flow hedges, gains and losses are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive 
income (loss) (see Note 17) and reclassified into earnings in the same period the hedged transaction affects 
earnings. For derivative and non-derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as net investment 
hedges, the foreign currency translation gains or losses due to spot rate fluctuations are reported as a 
component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (see Note 17). Derivative contracts that are 
not designated as hedging instruments are recorded at fair value with the gain or loss recognized in earnings 
during the period of change.

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We may enter into foreign currency forward or option contracts to reduce the effect of fluctuating currency 
exchange rates (principally the euro, British pound, Chinese yuan, Japanese yen, and Swiss franc). Foreign 
currency derivatives used for hedging are put in place using the same or like currencies and duration as the 
underlying exposures. Forward and option contracts are principally used to manage exposures arising from 
subsidiary trade and loan payables and receivables denominated in foreign currencies. These contracts are 
recorded at fair value with the gain or loss recognized in other–net, (income) expense. We may enter into 
foreign currency forward and option contracts and currency swaps as fair value hedges of firm commitments. 
Forward contracts generally have maturities not exceeding 12 months. At December 31, 2022, we had 
outstanding foreign currency forward commitments as follows, all of which have settlement dates within 180 
days:

December 31, 2022

Purchase

Sell

Currency
U.S. dollars
Euro
U.S. dollars
Japanese yen
U.S. dollars
British pounds
Swiss franc

Amount
(in millions)

Currency

Amount
(in millions)

2,516.2 Euro
3,371.1 U.S. dollars

199.8 Chinese yuan

14,139.9 U.S. dollars

90.9 Japanese yen

207.1 U.S. dollars
101.4 U.S. dollars

2,369.2
3,575.3
1,396.2
105.3
12,212.2
254.7
109.3

Foreign currency exchange risk is also managed through the use of foreign currency debt, cross-currency 
interest rate swaps, and foreign currency forward contracts. Our foreign currency-denominated notes had 
carrying amounts of $6.83 billion and $7.90 billion as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, of which 
$5.45 billion and $5.79 billion have been designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of net 
investments in certain of our foreign operations as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. At 
December 31, 2022, we had outstanding cross currency swaps with notional amounts of $1.02 billion 
swapping U.S. dollars to euro and $1.00 billion swapping Swiss francs to U.S. dollars which have settlement 
dates ranging through 2028. Our cross-currency interest rate swaps, for which a majority convert a portion of 
our U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-rate debt to foreign-denominated fixed rate debt, have also been 
designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of net investments. At December 31, 2022, we had 
outstanding foreign currency forward contracts to sell 325.0 million euro and to sell 1.82 billion Chinese yuan, 
with settlement dates ranging through 2023, which have been designated as, and are effective as, economic 
hedges of net investments.

In the normal course of business, our operations are exposed to fluctuations in interest rates which can vary 
the costs of financing, investing, and operating. We seek to address a portion of these risks through a 
controlled program of risk management that includes the use of derivative financial instruments. The objective 
of controlling these risks is to limit the impact of fluctuations in interest rates on earnings. Our primary interest-
rate risk exposure results from changes in short-term U.S. dollar interest rates. In an effort to manage interest-
rate exposures, we strive to achieve an acceptable balance between fixed- and floating-rate debt and 
investment positions and may enter into interest rate swaps or collars to help maintain that balance. 

Interest rate swaps or collars that convert our fixed-rate debt to a floating rate are designated as fair value 
hedges of the underlying instruments. Interest rate swaps or collars that convert floating-rate debt to a fixed 
rate are designated as cash flow hedges. Interest expense on the debt is adjusted to include the payments 
made or received under the swap agreements. Cash proceeds from or payments to counterparties resulting 
from the termination of interest rate swaps are classified as operating activities in our consolidated statements 
of cash flows. At December 31, 2022, substantially all of our total long-term debt is at a fixed rate. We have 
converted approximately 10 percent of our long-term fixed-rate notes to floating rates through the use of 
interest rate swaps.

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We also may enter into forward-starting interest rate swaps, which we designate as cash flow hedges, as part 
of any anticipated future debt issuances in order to reduce the risk of cash flow volatility from future changes 
in interest rates. The change in fair value of these instruments is recorded as part of other comprehensive 
income (loss) (see Note 17) and, upon completion of a debt issuance and termination of the swap, is 
amortized to interest expense over the life of the underlying debt. As of December 31, 2022, the total notional 
amounts of forward-starting interest rate contracts in designated cash flow hedging instruments were 
$1.85 billion, which have settlement dates ranging between 2023 and 2025.

The Effect of Risk Management Instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Operations

The following effects of risk-management instruments were recognized in other–net, (income) expense:

2022

2021

2020

Fair value hedges:

Effect from hedged fixed-rate debt       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Effect from interest rate contracts     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

(209.8)  $ 
209.8 

(78.5)  $ 
78.5 

86.9 
(86.9) 

Cash flow hedges:

Effective portion of losses on interest rate contracts reclassified 
from accumulated other comprehensive loss      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Cross-currency interest rate swaps      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net (gains) losses on foreign currency exchange contracts not 
designated as hedging instruments    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

16.5 
8.6 

16.6 
41.8 

16.4 
(102.4) 

191.3 
216.4  $ 

204.6 
263.0  $ 

(123.7) 
(209.7) 

During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, the amortization of losses related to the portion 
of our risk management hedging instruments, fair value hedges, and cash flow hedges that was excluded 
from the assessment of effectiveness was not material. 

The Effect of Risk-Management Instruments on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The effective portion of risk-management instruments that was recognized in other comprehensive income 
(loss) is as follows:

2022

2021

2020

Net investment hedges:

Foreign currency-denominated notes     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Cross-currency interest rate swaps      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign currency forward contracts      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

324.9  $ 

52.0 
(15.4)   

435.0  $ 
213.7 
— 

Cash flow hedges:

Forward-starting interest rate swaps      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cross-currency interest rate swaps      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

391.5 
29.8 

97.6 
42.3 

(404.0) 
(207.9) 
— 

(110.9) 
(53.7) 

During the next 12 months, we expect to reclassify $16.8 million of pretax net losses on cash flow hedges 
from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to other–net, (income) expense. During the years 
ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, the amounts excluded from the assessment of hedge 
effectiveness recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) were not material. 

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Fair Value of Risk-Management Instruments

The following table summarizes certain fair value information at December 31, 2022 and 2021 for risk-
management assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

Fair Value Measurements Using

Quoted Prices 
in Active 
Markets for 
Identical 
Assets
(Level 1)

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

Carrying
Amount

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Fair
Value

December 31, 2022
Risk-management instruments

Interest rate contracts designated as fair 
value hedges:

Other noncurrent liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

(134.3)   

—  $ 

(134.3)   

—  $ 

(134.3) 

Interest rate contracts designated as cash 
flow hedges:

Other receivables     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other noncurrent assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

162.9 
246.0 

— 
— 

162.9 
246.0 

— 
— 

162.9 
246.0 

Cross-currency interest rate contracts 
designated as net investment hedges:

Other receivables     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

67.6 

— 

67.6 

— 

67.6 

Cross-currency interest rate contracts 
designated as cash flow hedges:

Other noncurrent assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

53.1 

— 

53.1 

— 

53.1 

Foreign exchange contracts designated as 
hedging instruments:

Other current liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

(38.3)   

— 

(38.3)   

— 

(38.3) 

Foreign exchange contracts not 
designated as hedging instruments:

Other receivables     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other current liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

26.6 
(21.5)   

Contingent consideration liabilities:

Other current liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other noncurrent liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . .

(39.5)   
(70.6)   

— 
— 

— 
— 

26.6 
(21.5)   

— 
— 

26.6 
(21.5) 

— 
— 

(39.5)   
(70.6)   

(39.5) 
(70.6) 

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Fair Value Measurements Using

Quoted Prices 
in Active 
Markets for 
Identical 
Assets
(Level 1)

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

Carrying
Amount

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Fair
Value

4.8  $ 

78.3 
(7.6)   

—  $ 
— 
— 

4.8  $ 

78.3 
(7.6)   

—  $ 
— 
— 

4.8 
78.3 
(7.6) 

December 31, 2021
Risk-management instruments

Interest rate contracts designated as fair 
value hedges:

Other receivables     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Other noncurrent assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other noncurrent liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest rate contracts designated as cash 
flow hedges:

Other noncurrent assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other noncurrent liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . .

49.2 
(31.7)   

Cross-currency interest rate contracts 
designated as net investment hedges:

Other noncurrent assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other current liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

31.3 
(1.2)   

Cross-currency interest rate contracts 
designated as cash flow hedges:

Other noncurrent assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other noncurrent liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . .

33.2 
(1.3)   

Foreign exchange contracts not 
designated as hedging instruments:

Other receivables     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other current liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

9.9 
(35.3)   

Contingent consideration liabilities:

Other noncurrent liabilities     . . . . . . . . . . . .

(70.5)   

— 
— 

— 
— 

— 
— 

— 
— 

— 

49.2 
(31.7)   

31.3 
(1.2)   

33.2 
(1.3)   

9.9 
(35.3)   

— 
— 

— 
— 

— 
— 

— 
— 

49.2 
(31.7) 

31.3 
(1.2) 

33.2 
(1.3) 

9.9 
(35.3) 

— 

(70.5)   

(70.5) 

Risk-management instruments above are disclosed on a gross basis. There are various rights of setoff 
associated with certain of the risk-management instruments above that are subject to enforceable master 
netting arrangements or similar agreements. Although various rights of setoff and master netting 
arrangements or similar agreements may exist with the individual counterparties to the risk-management 
instruments above, individually, these financial rights are not material.

Contingent consideration liabilities relate to our liabilities arising in connection with the CVRs issued as a 
result of both the Akouos and Prevail acquisitions. The fair values of the CVR liabilities were estimated using 
a discounted cash flow analysis and Level 3 inputs, including projections representative of a market 
participant's view of the expected cash payments associated with the agreed upon regulatory milestones 
based on probabilities of technical success, timing of the potential milestone events for the compounds, and 
estimated discount rates. See Note 3 for additional information related to the CVR arrangements for both 
Akouos and Prevail. 

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Note 8: Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Goodwill

Goodwill results from excess consideration in a business combination over the fair value of identifiable net 
assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but is reviewed for impairment at least annually, or more frequently 
if impairment indicators are present, by first assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely 
than not that the fair value is less than its carrying amount. If we conclude it is more likely than not that the fair 
value is less than the carrying amount, a quantitative test that compares the fair value to its carrying value is 
performed to determine the amount of any impairment. The change in goodwill during 2022 was primarily 
related to our acquisition of Akouos. See Note 3 for additional information.

No impairments occurred with respect to the carrying value of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 
2022, 2021, and 2020.

Other Intangibles

The components of intangible assets other than goodwill at December 31 were as follows:

2022

2021

Carrying
Amount, 
Gross

Accumulated
Amortization

Carrying
Amount, 
Net

Carrying
Amount, 
Gross

Accumulated
Amortization

Carrying
Amount, 
Net

Finite-lived intangible assets:

Marketed products    . . . . . . . $  7,922.1  $  (2,589.9)  $  5,332.2  $  7,987.2  $  (2,229.2)  $  5,758.0 
Other     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
8.9 
Total finite-lived intangible 
assets      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

(2,289.7)   

(2,622.7)   

7,957.5 

8,056.6 

5,334.8 

5,766.9 

(32.8)   

(60.5)   

35.4 

69.4 

2.6 

Indefinite-lived intangible 
assets:

Acquired IPR&D      . . . . . . . . .  

1,925.0 
— 
Other intangibles      . . . . . . . . . . $  9,829.3  $  (2,622.7)  $  7,206.6  $  9,981.6  $  (2,289.7)  $  7,691.9 

1,871.8 

1,925.0 

1,871.8 

— 

Marketed products consist of the amortized cost of the rights to assets acquired in business combinations and 
approved for marketing in a significant global jurisdiction (U.S., Europe, and Japan) and capitalized milestone 
payments. For transactions other than a business combination, we capitalize milestone payments incurred at 
or after the product has obtained regulatory approval for marketing.

Other finite-lived intangible assets consist primarily of the amortized cost of licensed platform technologies 
that have alternative future uses in research and development, manufacturing technologies, and customer 
relationships from business combinations. 

Acquired IPR&D consists of the fair values of acquired IPR&D projects acquired in business combination, 
adjusted for subsequent impairments, if any. The costs of acquired IPR&D projects acquired directly in a 
transaction other than a business combination are capitalized as other intangible assets if the projects have 
an alternative future use; otherwise, they are expensed immediately. See Note 3 for significant acquired 
IPR&D projects that had no alternative future use. 

Several methods may be used to determine the estimated fair value of other intangibles acquired in a 
business combination. We utilize the "income method," which is a Level 3 fair value measurement and applies 
a probability weighting that considers the risk of development and commercialization to the estimated future 
net cash flows that are derived from projected revenues and estimated costs. These projections are based on 
factors such as relevant market size, patent protection, historical pricing of similar products, analyst 
expectations, and expected industry trends. The estimated future net cash flows are then discounted to the 
present value using an appropriate discount rate. This analysis is performed for each asset independently. 
The acquired IPR&D assets are treated as indefinite-lived intangible assets until completion or abandonment 
of the projects, at which time the assets are tested for impairment and amortized over the remaining useful life 
or written off, as appropriate. 

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The decrease in acquired IPR&D intangibles in 2022 is due to the impairment of an intangible asset for GBA1 
Gene Therapy (PR001). See Note 5 for additional information. This decrease was partially offset by acquired 
IPR&D assets recognized from the acquisition of Akouos. See Note 3 for additional information.

Indefinite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment at least annually, or more frequently if 
impairment indicators are present, by first assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely 
than not that the fair value of the asset is less than its carrying amount. If we conclude it is more likely than 
not that the fair value is less than the carrying amount, a quantitative test that compares the fair value of the 
intangible asset to its carrying value is performed to determine the amount of any impairment. Finite-lived 
intangible assets are reviewed for impairment when an indicator of impairment is present. When required, a 
comparison of fair value to the carrying amount of assets is performed to determine the amount of any 
impairment. When determining the fair value of indefinite-lived acquired IPR&D as well as the fair value of 
finite-lived intangible assets for impairment testing purposes, we utilize the "income method" discussed 
above. 

Intangible assets with finite lives are capitalized and are amortized primarily to cost of sales over their 
estimated useful lives, ranging from one to 20 years. As of December 31, 2022, the remaining weighted-
average amortization period for finite-lived intangible assets was approximately 13 years. 

Amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets was as follows:

Amortization expense      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

579.7  $ 

628.8  $ 

428.2 

2022

2021

2020

The estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years associated with our finite-lived intangible 
assets as of December 31, 2022 is as follows:

Estimated amortization expense     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  497.5  $  447.7  $  435.5  $  424.8  $  422.9 

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

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256.6  $ 

7,915.9 
9,406.3 
2,798.6 
20,377.4 
(10,233.4)   

258.7 
7,588.1 
8,937.2 
2,177.8 
18,961.8 
(9,976.7) 
8,985.1 

Note 9: Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated on the basis of cost. Provisions for depreciation of buildings and equipment 
are computed generally by the straight-line method at rates based on their estimated useful lives (12 to 50 
years for buildings and three to 25 years for equipment). We review the carrying value of long-lived assets for 
potential impairment on a periodic basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the 
carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Impairment is determined by comparing projected 
undiscounted cash flows to be generated by the asset to its carrying value. If an impairment is identified, a 
loss is recorded equal to the excess of the asset's net book value over its fair value, and the cost basis is 
adjusted.

At December 31, property and equipment consisted of the following:

2022

2021

Land     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Buildings        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equipment      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Construction in progress     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Less accumulated depreciation     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Property and equipment, net        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  10,144.0  $ 

Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was as follows:

Depreciation expense      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

816.6  $ 

787.0  $ 

765.2 

2022

2021

2020

Capitalized interest costs were not material for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020. 

The following table summarizes long-lived assets by geographical area:

Long-lived assets(1):

2022

2021

U.S. and Puerto Rico   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Ireland      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other foreign countries      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6,620.0 
1,702.3 
1,691.0 
Long-lived assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  11,234.1  $  10,013.3 
(1) Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment, net, operating lease assets, and certain other noncurrent assets.

7,709.7  $ 
1,898.5 
1,625.9 

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Note 10: Leases

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. We have leases with terms up to 14 years primarily 
for corporate offices, research and development facilities, vehicles, and equipment, including some of which 
have options to extend and/or early-terminate the leases. We determine the lease term by assuming the 
exercise of any renewal and/or early-termination options that are reasonably assured.

Operating lease right-of-use assets are presented as other noncurrent assets in our consolidated balance 
sheets, and the current and long-term portions of operating lease liabilities are included in other current 
liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities, respectively, in our consolidated balance sheets. Short-term leases, 
which are deemed at inception to have a lease term of 12 months or less, are not recorded on the 
consolidated balance sheets. 

Operating lease assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and operating lease 
liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease assets and 
liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the 
lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate 
based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease 
payments. 

Lease expense for operating lease assets, which is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, 
was $148.8 million, $159.4 million, and $154.6 million during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 
2020, respectively. Variable lease payments, which represent non-lease components such as maintenance, 
insurance and taxes, and which vary due to changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the 
commencement date other than the passage of time, are expensed in the period in which the payment 
obligation is incurred and were not material during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020. 
Short-term lease expense was not material during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to operating leases as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was 
as follows:

Weighted-average remaining lease term      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weighted-average discount rate     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2022

2021

7 years
 3.6 %

7 years
 3.0 %

Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases during the years ended December 31, 2022, 
2021, and 2020 was as follows:

Operating cash flows from operating leases    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease 
liabilities      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

2022

2021

2020

149.7  $ 

156.7  $ 

160.9 

155.4 

163.5

136.7

The annual minimum lease payments of our operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2022 were as 
follows:

2023       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
2024       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2025       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2026       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2027       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
After 2027      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total lease payments     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Less imputed interest        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

154.2 
131.4 
115.1 
96.1 
76.3 
250.3 
823.4 
95.2 
728.2 

Finance leases are included in property and equipment, short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-
term debt, and long-term debt in our consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are not material to our 
consolidated financial statements.

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Note 11: Borrowings

Debt at December 31 consisted of the following:

Short-term commercial paper borrowings     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
— 
Long-term notes    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
16,741.2
Other long-term debt         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.8 
Unamortized debt issuance costs        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(84.2) 
Fair value adjustment on hedged long-term notes      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
216.9 
Total debt       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16,884.7 
Less current portion       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1,538.3) 
Long-term debt      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  14,737.5  $  15,346.4 

14,815.3 
6.9 
(77.2)   
(4.4)   

16,238.6 
(1,501.1)   

2022
1,498.0  $ 

2021

The weighted-average effective borrowing rate on short-term commercial paper borrowings at December 31, 
2022 was 4.20 percent.

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The following table summarizes long-term notes at December 31:

2.35% notes due 2022       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
3.00% notes due 2022       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.00% euro denominated notes due 2022    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
0.15% Swiss franc denominated notes due 2024     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
7.125% notes due 2025       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.75% notes due 2025       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.625% euro denominated notes due 2026     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
5.5% notes due 2027     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
3.1% notes due 2027     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
0.45% Swiss franc denominated notes due 2028     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
3.375% notes due 2029       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0.42% Japanese yen denominated notes due 2029       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.125% euro denominated notes due 2030     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
0.625% euro denominated notes due 2031     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
0.50% euro denominated notes due 2033    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
0.56% Japanese yen denominated notes due 2034       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.77% notes due 2036       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.55% notes due 2037       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.95% notes due 2037       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.875% notes due 2039       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.625% British pound denominated notes due 2043
4.65% notes due 2044       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.7% notes due 2045     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
3.95% notes due 2047       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.95% notes due 2049       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.70% euro denominated notes due 2049    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
0.97% Japanese yen denominated notes due 2049       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.25% notes due 2050       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.125% euro denominated notes due 2051     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
4.15% notes due 2059       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.50% notes due 2060       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.375% euro denominated notes due 2061     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Unamortized note discounts      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total long-term notes      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

2022

2021

—  $ 
—   
—   
649.5   
217.5   
560.6   
799.3   
364.3   
401.5   
433.0   
930.6   
172.1   
799.3   
639.4   
639.4   
69.7   
158.6   
444.7   
266.8   
240.3   
301.2   
38.3   
386.8   
347.0   
958.2   
1,065.7   
57.4   

1,250.0   
532.9   
591.3   
850.0   
746.0   
(96.1)  

14,815.3  $ 

750.0 
99.2 
678.2 
654.7 
217.5 
560.6 
847.7 
364.3 
401.5 
436.4 
930.6 
199.0 
847.7 
678.2 
678.2 
80.5 
158.6 
444.7 
266.8 
240.3 
337.1 
38.3 
386.8 
347.0 
958.2 
1,130.3 
66.3 

1,250.0 
565.2 
591.3 
850.0 
791.2 
(105.2) 
16,741.2 

The weighted-average effective borrowing rate for each issuance of the long term-notes approximates the 
stated interest rate. 

At December 31, 2022, we had a total of $7.33 billion of unused committed bank credit facilities, which 
consisted primarily of a $3.00 billion credit facility that expires in December 2026 and a $4.00 billion 364-day 
facility that expires in September 2023, both of which are available to support our commercial paper program. 
We have not drawn against the $3.00 billion and $4.00 billion facilities as of December 31, 2022. Of the 
remaining committed bank credit facilities, the outstanding balances as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 were 
not material. Compensating balances and commitment fees are not material, and there are no conditions that 
are probable of occurring under which the lines may be withdrawn. 

In September 2021, we issued euro-denominated notes consisting of €600.0 million of 0.50 percent fixed-rate 
notes due in September 2033, with interest to be paid annually. The net proceeds from the offering have 
been, and will continue to be, used to fund, in whole or in part, eligible projects designed to advance one or 
more of our environmental, social, and governance objectives.

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In September 2021, we issued euro-denominated notes consisting of €500.0 million of 1.125 percent fixed-
rate notes due in September 2051 and €700.0 million of 1.375 percent fixed-rate notes due in September 
2061, with interest to be paid annually, and British pound-denominated notes consisting of £250.0 million of 
1.625 percent fixed-rate notes due in September 2043, with interest to be paid annually. We paid $1.91 billion 
of the net cash proceeds from the offering to purchase and redeem certain higher interest rate U.S. dollar-
denominated notes with an aggregate principal amount of $1.50 billion, resulting in a debt extinguishment loss 
of $405.2 million. This loss was included in other-net, (income) expense in our consolidated statement of 
operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. The $1.50 billion principal amount of higher interest rate 
U.S. dollar-denominated notes that were redeemed primarily included $541.8 million of 3.95 percent notes 
due 2049, $408.7 million of 4.15 percent notes due 2059, and $219.4 million of 3.375 percent notes due 
2029. We used the remaining net proceeds from the offering to prefund certain 2022 debt maturities and for 
general corporate purposes. 

In May 2020, we issued $1.00 billion of 2.25 percent fixed-rate notes due in May 2050, with interest to be paid 
semi-annually. We used the net cash proceeds from the offering of $988.6 million for general corporate 
purposes, including the repayment of outstanding commercial paper. 

In August 2020, we issued $850.0 million of 2.50 percent fixed-rate notes due in September 2060 and an 
additional $250.0 million of our 2.25 percent fixed-rate notes due in May 2050, with interest to be paid semi-
annually. We used the net cash proceeds from the offering of $1.07 billion for general corporate purposes, 
including the repayment of outstanding commercial paper. 

The aggregate amounts of maturities on long-term debt for the next five years are as follows:

Maturities on long-term debt     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

3.1  $  649.5  $  778.1  $  799.3  $  765.8 

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

We have converted approximately 10 percent of our long-term fixed-rate notes to floating rates through the 
use of interest rate swaps. The weighted-average effective borrowing rates based on long-term debt 
obligations and interest rates at December 31, 2022 and 2021, including the effects of interest rate swaps for 
hedged debt obligations, were 2.87 percent and 2.27 percent, respectively.

The aggregate amount of cash payments for interest on borrowings, net of capitalized interest, are as follows:

Cash payments for interest on borrowings     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

323.7  $ 

338.0  $ 

345.8 

2022

2021

2020

In accordance with the requirements of derivatives and hedging guidance, the portion of our fixed-rate debt 
obligations that is hedged as a fair value hedge is reflected in the consolidated balance sheets as an amount 
equal to the sum of the debt's carrying value plus the fair value adjustment representing changes in fair value 
of the hedged debt attributable to movements in market interest rates subsequent to the inception of the 
hedge.

Note 12: Stock-Based Compensation

Our stock-based compensation expense consists of performance awards (PAs), shareholder value awards 
(SVAs), relative value awards (RVAs), and restricted stock units (RSUs). We recognize the fair value of stock-
based compensation as expense over the requisite service period of the individual grantees, which generally 
equals the vesting period. We provide newly issued shares of our common stock and treasury stock to satisfy 
the issuance of PA, SVA, RVA, and RSU shares.

Stock-based compensation expense and the related tax benefits were as follows:

Stock-based compensation expense     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Tax benefit        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

371.1  $ 

342.8  $ 

77.9 

72.0 

308.1 
64.7 

2022

2021

2020

At December 31, 2022, stock-based compensation awards may be granted under the 2002 Lilly Stock Plan 
for not more than 50.0 million additional shares. 

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Performance Award Program

PAs are granted to officers and management and are payable in shares of our common stock. The number of 
PA shares actually issued, if any, varies depending on the achievement of certain pre-established earnings-
per-share targets over a two-year period. PA shares are accounted for at fair value based upon the closing 
stock price on the date of grant and fully vest at the end of the measurement period. The fair values of PAs 
granted for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 were $234.93, $198.57, and $137.33, 
respectively. The number of shares ultimately issued for the PA program is dependent upon the EPS achieved 
during the vesting period. Pursuant to this program, approximately 0.7 million shares, 0.7 million shares, and 
1.1 million shares were issued during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively. 
Approximately 0.5 million shares are expected to be issued in 2023. As of December 31, 2022, the total 
remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested PAs was $38.4 million, which will be 
amortized over the weighted-average remaining requisite service period of 12 months.

Shareholder Value Award Program

SVAs are granted to officers and management and are payable in shares of our common stock. The number 
of shares actually issued, if any, varies depending on our stock price at the end of the three-year vesting 
period compared to pre-established target stock prices. We measure the fair value of the SVA unit on the 
grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The model utilizes multiple input variables that determine 
the probability of satisfying the market condition stipulated in the award grant and calculates the fair value of 
the award. Expected volatilities utilized in the model are based on implied volatilities from traded options on 
our stock, historical volatility of our stock price, and other factors. Similarly, the dividend yield is based on 
historical experience and our estimate of future dividend yields. The risk-free interest rate is derived from the 
U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The weighted-average fair values of the SVA units 
granted during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 were $203.88, $230.19, and $139.14, 
respectively, determined using the following assumptions:

Expected dividend yield     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Risk-free interest rate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Volatility       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2022

 1.60 %
 1.57 
 32.99 

2021

 2.50 %
 0.19 
 31.42 

2020

 2.50 %
 1.38 
 20.90 

Pursuant to this program, approximately 0.5 million shares, 1.0 million shares, and 0.8 million shares were 
issued during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively. Approximately 0.3 million 
shares are expected to be issued in 2023. As of December 31, 2022, the total remaining unrecognized 
compensation cost related to nonvested SVAs was $43.3 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-
average remaining requisite service period of 21 months.

Relative Value Award Program

RVAs are granted to officers and management and are payable in shares of our common stock. The number 
of shares actually issued, if any, varies depending on the growth of our stock price at the end of the three-year 
vesting period compared to our peers. We measure the fair value of the RVA unit on the grant date using a 
Monte Carlo simulation model. The model utilizes multiple input variables that determine the probability of 
satisfying the market condition stipulated in the award grant and calculates the fair value of the award. 
Expected volatilities utilized in the model are based on implied volatilities from traded options on our stock, 
historical volatility of our stock price and our peers' stock price, and other factors. Similarly, the dividend yield 
is based on historical experience and our estimate of future dividend yields. The risk-free interest rate is 
derived from the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The weighted-average fair value of 
the RVA units granted during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 were $230.00, $286.71, 
and $179.90, respectively, determined using the following assumptions:

Expected dividend yield     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Risk-free interest rate   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Volatility       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2022

 1.60 %
 1.57 
 32.86 

2021

 2.50 %
 0.19 
 30.95 

2020

 2.50 %
 1.38 
 19.89 

Approximately 0.1 million shares are expected to be issued in 2023. As of December 31, 2022, the total 
remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested RVAs was $17.5 million, which will be 
amortized over the weighted-average remaining requisite service period of 22 months.

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Restricted Stock Units

RSUs are granted to certain employees and are payable in shares of our common stock. RSU shares are 
accounted for at fair value based upon the closing stock price on the date of grant. The corresponding 
expense is amortized over the vesting period, typically three years. The weighted-average fair values of RSU 
awards granted during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 were $239.88, $196.30, and 
$135.42, respectively. The number of shares ultimately issued for the RSU program remains constant with the 
exception of forfeitures. Pursuant to this program, 1.0 million, 0.7 million, and 1.1 million shares were granted 
and approximately 0.8 million, 0.6 million, and 0.6 million shares were issued during the years ended 
December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively. Approximately 0.6 million shares are expected to be 
issued in 2023. As of December 31, 2022, the total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to 
nonvested RSUs was $221.6 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining requisite 
service period of 25 months.

Note 13: Shareholders' Equity

In 2022, 2021, and 2020, we repurchased $1.50 billion, $1.25 billion, and $500.0 million, respectively, of 
shares associated with our share repurchase programs. As of December 31, 2022, we had $3.25 billion 
remaining under our $5.00 billion share repurchase program that our board authorized in May 2021. 

We have 5.0 million authorized shares of preferred stock. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, no preferred 
stock was issued.

We have an employee benefit trust that held 50.0 million shares of our common stock at both December 31, 
2022 and 2021, to provide a source of funds to assist us in meeting our obligations under various employee 
benefit plans. The cost basis of the shares held in the trust was $3.01 billion at both December 31, 2022 and 
2021, and is shown as a reduction of shareholders' equity. Any dividend transactions between us and the trust 
are eliminated. Stock held by the trust is not considered outstanding in the computation of EPS. The assets of 
the trust were not used to fund any of our obligations under these employee benefit plans during the years 
ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

Note 14: Income Taxes

Deferred taxes are recognized for the future tax effects of temporary differences between financial and 
income tax reporting based on enacted tax laws and rates. Deferred taxes related to global intangible low-
taxed income (GILTI) are also recognized for the future tax effects of temporary differences.

We recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax 
position, based on its technical merits, will be sustained upon examination by the taxing authority. The tax 
benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest 
benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate resolution.

Following is the composition of income tax expense:

Current:

Federal(1)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Foreign   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
State       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total current tax expense      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,153.6  $ 
547.7 
45.5 
2,746.8 

938.5  $ 
466.0 
(28.4)   

1,376.1 

567.6 
650.4 
(47.3) 
1,170.7 

2022

2021

2020

Deferred:

Federal   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Foreign   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
State       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total deferred tax benefit    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

(1,992.4)   
(78.2)   
(114.6)   
(2,185.2)   

(977.5)   
174.6 
0.6 
(802.3)   
573.8  $ 

(97.4) 
(16.6) 
(20.5) 
(134.5) 
1,036.2 

Income taxes       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
(1) The 2022, 2021, and 2020 current tax expense includes $189.5 million, $64.7 million, and $144.4 million of tax benefit, respectively, 

561.6  $ 

from utilization of net operating loss and other tax carryforwards. 

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Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 were as follows:

2022

2021

Deferred tax assets:

Purchases of intangible assets       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Compensation and benefits     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax credit carryforwards        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax loss and other tax carryforwards and carrybacks        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales rebates and discounts      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Correlative tax adjustments        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign tax redeterminations       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Operating lease liabilities       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capitalized research and development      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total gross deferred tax assets    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Valuation allowances    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total deferred tax assets   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

2,071.3  $ 
427.9 
477.6 
626.0 
1,312.9 
752.5 
267.8 
147.5 
1,615.4 
361.0 
8,059.9 
(775.1)   
7,284.8 

2,347.4 
634.7 
463.7 
645.4 
832.3 
560.8 
274.9 
150.0 
275.1 
477.9 
6,662.2 
(875.6) 
5,786.6 

Deferred tax liabilities:

Earnings of foreign subsidiaries   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Intangibles       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Inventories     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Prepaid employee benefits       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Property and equipment      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financial instruments    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Operating lease assets      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total deferred tax liabilities      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Deferred tax assets - net   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

(1,226.0)   
(1,387.9)   
(639.5)   
(546.5)   
(433.5)   
(215.0)   
(130.7)   
(4,579.1)   
2,705.7  $ 

(1,583.3) 
(1,516.1) 
(596.4) 
(560.6) 
(338.7) 
(303.0) 
(132.6) 
(5,030.7) 
755.9 

The deferred tax asset and related valuation allowance amounts for U.S. federal, international, and state net 
operating losses and tax credits shown above have been reduced for differences between financial reporting 
and tax return filings.

At December 31, 2022, based on filed tax returns we have tax credit carryforwards and carrybacks of 
$873.6 million available to reduce future income taxes; $148.8 million, if unused, will expire by 2026, and 
$27.1 million, if unused, will expire between 2028 and 2042. The remaining portion of the tax credit 
carryforwards is related to federal tax credits of $68.6 million, international tax credits of $118.6 million, and 
state tax credits of $510.5 million, all of which are fully reserved.

At December 31, 2022, based on filed tax returns we had net operating losses and other carryforwards for 
international and U.S. federal income tax purposes of $2.52 billion: $319.1 million will expire by 2027; 
$1.44 billion will expire between 2028 and 2042; and $762.0 million of the carryforwards will never expire. Net 
operating losses and other carryforwards for international and U.S. federal income tax purposes are partially 
reserved. Deferred tax assets related to state net operating losses and other carryforwards of $246.2 million 
are fully reserved as of December 31, 2022.

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, prepaid expenses and other current assets included prepaid taxes of 
$2.37 billion and $1.98 billion, respectively.

Domestic and Puerto Rican companies contributed approximately 33 percent, 28 percent, and 39 percent for 
the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively, to consolidated income before income 
taxes. We have a subsidiary operating in Puerto Rico under a tax incentive grant effective through the end of 
2031, which was amended in 2022 to apply the alternate tax regime established by recently enacted Puerto 
Rico legislation starting in 2023.

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Substantially all of the unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries are considered not to be indefinitely 
reinvested for continued use in our foreign operations. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, we accrued an 
immaterial amount of foreign withholding taxes and state income taxes that would be owed upon future 
distributions of unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries that are not indefinitely reinvested. For the 
amount considered to be indefinitely reinvested, it is not practicable to determine the amount of the related 
deferred income tax liability due to the complexities in the tax laws and assumptions we would have to make.

Cash payments of U.S. federal, state, and foreign income taxes, net of refunds, were as follows: 

Cash payments of income taxes      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

2022
2,672.9  $ 

2021
1,598.8  $ 

2020

954.6 

In December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Job Act (2017 Tax Act) was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act included 
significant changes to the U.S. corporate income tax system, including a one-time repatriation transition tax 
(also known as the 'Toll Tax') on unremitted foreign earnings. The 2017 Tax Act provided an election to 
taxpayers subject to the Toll Tax to make payments over an eight-year period beginning in 2018 through 2025. 
Having made this election, our future cash payments relating to the Toll Tax as of December 31, 2022 are as 
follows:

2017 Tax Act Toll Tax      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

1,895.8  $ 

475.7  $ 

1,420.1 

Total

Less than 1 Year

1-3 Years

As of December 31, 2022, we have additional noncurrent income tax payables of $2.28 billion unrelated to the 
Toll Tax; we cannot reasonably estimate the timing of future cash outflows associated with these liabilities. 

Following is a reconciliation of the consolidated income tax expense applying the U.S. federal statutory rate to 
income before income taxes to reported consolidated income tax expense: 

Income tax at the U.S. federal statutory tax rate     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Add (deduct):

2022
1,429.3  $ 

2021
1,292.6  $ 

2020
1,518.3 

International operations, including Puerto Rico(1)       . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General business credits     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Foreign-derived intangible income deduction     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance release     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Income taxes       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
(1) Includes the impact of Puerto Rico Excise Tax, GILTI tax, and other U.S. taxation of foreign income.

(299.5)   
(155.0)   
(287.5)   
(116.4)   
(9.3)   
561.6  $ 

(447.5)   
(100.5)   
(86.7)   
(19.0)   
(65.1)   
573.8  $ 

(297.2) 
(97.9) 
(71.5) 
(10.0) 
(5.5) 
1,036.2 

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

Beginning balance at January 1    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year   . . . . . .  
Additions for tax positions of prior years     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reductions for tax positions of prior years        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlements   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Lapses of statutes of limitation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changes related to the impact of foreign currency translation    . . . . .  
Ending balance at December 31     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

2022
2,798.3  $ 
274.2 
34.6 
(10.9)   
(44.8)   
(11.8)   
(52.6)   
2,987.0  $ 

2021
2,551.9  $ 
310.3 
98.6 
(8.1)   
(38.5)   
(49.7)   
(66.2)   
2,798.3  $ 

2020
2,108.6 
225.6 
310.8 
(52.4) 
(72.0) 
(41.7) 
73.0 
2,551.9 

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect our effective tax rate was 
$1.70 billion at both December 31, 2022 and 2021.

We file U.S. federal, foreign, and various state and local income tax returns. We are no longer subject to U.S. 
federal income tax examination for years before 2016. In most major foreign and state jurisdictions, we are no 
longer subject to income tax examination for years before 2012.

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The U.S. examination of tax years 2016-2018 began in 2019 and remains ongoing. While it is reasonably 
possible that the Internal Revenue Service examination of these tax years could conclude within the next 12 
months, final resolution of certain matters is dependent upon several factors, including the potential for formal 
administrative proceedings. As a result, an estimate of the range of reasonably possible changes in 
unrecognized tax benefits cannot be made. 

Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are recognized in income tax expense and were 
not material for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020. Our accrued interest and penalties 
related to unrecognized tax benefits were $271.5 million and $220.1 million at December 31, 2022 and 2021, 
respectively.

Note 15: Retirement Benefits

We use a measurement date of December 31 to develop the change in benefit obligation, change in plan 
assets, funded status, and amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31 for our 
defined benefit pension and retiree health benefit plans, which were as follows: 

Change in benefit obligation:

Defined Benefit
Pension Plans

Retiree Health
Benefit Plans

2022

2021

2022

2021

Benefit obligation at beginning of year   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,565.0  $ 18,225.5  $  1,663.8  $  1,753.7 
Service cost     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
49.2 
Interest cost     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
32.5 
Actuarial (gain) loss    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(86.1) 
Benefits paid         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(79.3) 
Foreign currency exchange rate changes and other 
adjustments      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Benefit obligation at end of year      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13,222.0 

351.7 
398.1 
(4,158.9)   
(608.9)   

46.6 
37.8 
(395.9)   
(86.8)   

369.2 
337.8 
(564.3)   
(630.1)   

(6.2) 
1,663.8 

  17,565.0 

(325.0)   

(173.1)   

1,258.8 

(6.7)   

Change in plan assets:

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year     . . . . . . . .
Actual return on plan assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employer contribution     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Benefits paid         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign currency exchange rate changes and other 
adjustments      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fair value of plan assets at end of year   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13,195.8 

(2,388.1)   
118.1 
(608.9)   

  16,416.0 

(341.3)   

  14,579.0 
2,458.1 
131.2 
(630.1)   

(122.2)   

  16,416.0 

3,361.4 
(796.0)   
13.9 
(86.8)   

3,227.0 
202.6 
11.1 
(79.3) 

— 
2,492.5 

— 
3,361.4 

Funded status   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
1,697.6 
Unrecognized net actuarial (gain) loss      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
(497.2) 
Unrecognized prior service (benefit) cost     . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(117.6) 
Net amount recognized   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  2,669.4  $  2,770.4  $  1,226.0  $  1,082.8 

(1,149.0)   
3,908.2 
11.2 

1,233.7 
54.5 
(62.2)   

2,687.2 
8.4 

(26.2)   

Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet 
consisted of:

Other noncurrent assets   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  1,208.0  $ 
Other current liabilities      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Accrued retirement benefits  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss 
before income taxes    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
(614.7) 
Net amount recognized     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  2,669.4  $  2,770.4  $  1,226.0  $  1,082.8 

668.5  $  1,383.4  $  1,910.2 
(7.9) 
(68.3)   
(204.8) 
(1,749.3)   

(70.4)   
(1,163.8)   

(8.4)   
(141.3)   

3,919.5 

2,695.6 

(7.7)   

The unrecognized net actuarial (gain) loss and unrecognized prior service (benefit) cost have not yet been 
recognized in net periodic pension costs and were included in accumulated other comprehensive loss at 
December 31, 2022 and 2021.

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The $4.75 billion and $750.4 million declines in benefit obligation in 2022 and 2021, respectively, were both 
driven primarily by increases in the discount rates.

The following represents our weighted-average assumptions as of December 31:

Defined Benefit
Pension Plans

Retiree Health
Benefit Plans

(Percents)

Discount rate for benefit obligation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discount rate for net benefit costs    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rate of compensation increase for benefit obligation     . . . . . .
Rate of compensation increase for net benefit costs    . . . . . .
Expected return on plan assets for net benefit costs     . . . . . .

2021

2022

2020

2021

2020

2022
 5.1 %  2.8 %  2.4 %  5.2 %  3.0 %  2.6 %
 2.8 
 4.3 
 3.5 
 8.1 

 2.4 
 3.5 
 3.3 
 6.8 

 3.0 
 3.3 
 3.3 
 7.3 

 2.6 

 3.3 

 3.0 

 5.0 

 6.0 

 7.3 

We annually evaluate the expected return on plan assets in our defined benefit pension and retiree health 
benefit plans. In evaluating the expected rate of return, we consider many factors, with a primary analysis of 
current and projected market conditions; asset returns and asset allocations; and the views of leading 
financial advisers and economists. We may also review our historical assumptions compared with actual 
results, as well as the assumptions and trend rates utilized by similar plans, where applicable. 

Given the design of our retiree health benefit plans, healthcare-cost trend rates do not have a material impact 
on our financial condition or results of operations.

The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid 
as follows:

Defined benefit pension plans    . . $ 
Retiree health benefit plans     . . . .  

648.2  $ 

664.5  $ 

682.6  $ 

705.9  $ 

89.0 

91.6 

92.4 

92.8 

732.7  $  4,079.4 
468.3 

93.4 

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028-2032

Amounts relating to defined benefit pension plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets 
were as follows at December 31:

Projected benefit obligation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Fair value of plan assets     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2022
2,211.2  $ 
977.1 

2021
3,360.3 
1,542.8 

Amounts relating to defined benefit pension plans and retiree health benefit plans with accumulated benefit 
obligations in excess of plan assets were as follows at December 31:

Defined Benefit
Pension Plans

Retiree Health 
Benefit Plans

2022

2021

2022

2021

Accumulated benefit obligation    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  1,721.7  $  2,532.0  $ 
Fair value of plan assets       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

973.4 

652.7 

149.8  $ 
— 

212.6 
— 

The total accumulated benefit obligation for our defined benefit pension plans was $12.01 billion and 
$16.44 billion at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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Net pension and retiree health benefit expense included the following components:

Defined Benefit
Pension Plans

Retiree Health
Benefit Plans

2022

2021

2020

2022

2021

2020

Components of net periodic (benefit) 
cost:

Service cost     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  351.7  $  369.2  $  325.5  $ 
Interest cost      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Expected return on plan assets   . . . . . . .  
Amortization of prior service (benefit) 
cost     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
(59.5) 
Recognized actuarial (gain) loss     . . . . . .
(3.0) 
Net periodic (benefit) cost     . . . . . . . . . . . . $  147.0  $  249.6  $  250.6  $  (121.6)  $  (120.9)  $  (136.1) 

46.6  $ 
37.8 
(152.1)   

49.2  $ 
32.5 
(146.2)   

40.8 
43.7 
(158.1) 

398.1 
(947.6)   

425.8 
(901.5)   

337.8 
(949.3)   

(59.6)   
3.2 

(54.8)   
0.9 

4.5 
396.3 

4.2 
487.7 

2.4 
342.4 

The following represents the amounts recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended 
December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020:

Defined Benefit
Pension Plans

Retiree Health
Benefit Plans

2022

2021

2020

2022

2021

2020

— 

Actuarial gain (loss) arising during period     . $  823.6  $ 2,072.4  $  (663.0)  $  (552.2)  $  142.5  $  238.8 
Plan amendments during period    . . . . . . . . .  
— 
Amortization of prior service (benefit) cost 
included in net income    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Amortization of net actuarial (gain) loss 
included in net income    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Foreign currency exchange rate changes 
and other    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total other comprehensive income (loss) 
during period       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,223.9  $ 2,611.5  $  (335.9)  $  (607.0)  $ 

88.0  $  178.7 

(59.6)   

(71.5)   

(54.8)   

(0.9)   

(2.2)   

342.4 

396.3 

487.7 

55.5 

47.2 

1.9 

2.4 

3.2 

4.2 

4.5 

0.9 

2.4 

— 

— 

— 

(59.5) 

(3.0) 

We have defined contribution savings plans that cover our eligible employees worldwide. The purpose of 
these plans is generally to provide additional financial security during retirement by providing employees with 
an incentive to save. Our contributions to the plans are based on employee contributions and the level of our 
match. Expenses under the plans totaled $170.6 million, $167.3 million, and $164.3 million for the years 
ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively.

We provide certain other postemployment benefits primarily related to disability benefits and accrue for the 
related cost over the service lives of employees. Expenses associated with these benefit plans for the years 
ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 were not material.

Benefit Plan Investments

Our benefit plan investment policies are set with specific consideration of return and risk requirements in 
relationship to the respective liabilities. U.S. and Puerto Rico plans represent approximately 85 percent of our 
global investments. Given the long-term nature of our liabilities, these plans have the flexibility to manage an 
above-average degree of risk in the asset portfolios. At the investment-policy level, there are no specifically 
prohibited investments. However, within individual investment manager mandates, restrictions and limitations 
are contractually set to align with our investment objectives, ensure risk control, and limit concentrations.

We manage our portfolio to minimize concentration of risk by allocating funds within asset categories. In 
addition, within a category we use different managers with various management objectives to eliminate any 
significant concentration of risk.

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Our global benefit plans may enter into contractual arrangements (derivatives) to implement the local 
investment policy or manage particular portfolio risks. Derivatives are principally used to increase or decrease 
exposure to a particular public equity, fixed income, commodity, or currency market more rapidly or less 
expensively than could be accomplished through the use of the cash markets. The plans utilize both 
exchange-traded and over-the-counter instruments. The maximum exposure to either a market or 
counterparty credit loss is limited to the carrying value of the receivable, and is managed within contractual 
limits. We expect all of our counterparties to meet their obligations. The gross values of these derivative 
receivables and payables are not material to the global asset portfolio, and their values are reflected within 
the tables below.

The defined benefit pension and retiree health benefit plan allocation for the U.S. and Puerto Rico currently 
comprises approximately 75 percent growth investments and 25 percent fixed-income investments. The 
growth investment allocation encompasses U.S. and international public equity securities, hedge funds, 
private equity-like investments, and real estate. These portfolio allocations are intended to reduce overall risk 
by providing diversification, while seeking moderate to high returns over the long term.

Public equity securities are well diversified and invested in U.S. and international small-to-large companies 
across various asset managers and styles. The remaining portion of the growth portfolio is invested in private 
alternative investments.

Fixed-income investments primarily consist of fixed-income securities in U.S. treasuries and agencies, 
emerging market debt obligations, corporate bonds, bank loans, mortgage-backed securities, commercial 
mortgage-backed obligations, and any related repurchase agreements.

Hedge funds are privately owned institutional investment funds that generally have moderate liquidity. Hedge 
funds seek specified levels of absolute return regardless of overall market conditions, and generally have low 
correlations to public equity and debt markets. Hedge funds often invest substantially in financial market 
instruments (stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, derivatives, etc.) using a very broad range of trading 
activities to manage portfolio risks. Hedge fund strategies focus primarily on security selection and seek to be 
neutral with respect to market moves. Common groupings of hedge fund strategies include relative value, 
tactical, and event driven. Relative value strategies include arbitrage, when the same asset can 
simultaneously be bought and sold at different prices, achieving an immediate profit. Tactical strategies often 
take long and short positions to reduce or eliminate overall market risks while seeking a particular investment 
opportunity. Event strategy opportunities can evolve from specific company announcements such as mergers 
and acquisitions, and typically have little correlation to overall market directional movements. Our hedge fund 
investments are made through limited partnership interests in fund-of-funds structures and directly into hedge 
funds. Plan holdings in hedge funds are valued based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated by each fund or 
general partner, as applicable, and we have the ability to redeem these investments at NAV.

Private equity-like investment funds typically have low liquidity and are made through long-term partnerships 
or joint ventures that invest in pools of capital invested in primarily non-publicly traded entities. Underlying 
investments include venture capital (early stage investing), buyout, special situations, private debt, and 
private real estate investments. Private equity management firms typically acquire and then reorganize private 
companies to create increased long term value. Private equity-like funds usually have a limited life of 
approximately 10-15 years, and require a minimum investment commitment from their limited partners. Our 
private equity-like investments are made both directly into funds and through fund-of-funds structures to 
ensure broad diversification of management styles and assets across the portfolio. Plan holdings in private 
equity-like investments are valued using the value reported by the partnership, adjusted for known cash flows 
and significant events through our reporting date. Values provided by the partnerships are primarily based on 
analysis of and judgments about the underlying investments. Inputs to these valuations include underlying 
NAVs, discounted cash flow valuations, comparable market valuations, and may also include adjustments for 
currency, credit, liquidity and other risks as applicable. The vast majority of these private partnerships provide 
us with annual audited financial statements including their compliance with fair valuation procedures 
consistent with applicable accounting standards.

Real estate is composed of public holdings. Real estate investments in registered investment companies that 
trade on an exchange are classified as Level 1 on the fair value hierarchy. Real estate investments in funds 
measured at fair value on the basis of NAV provided by the fund manager are classified as such. These NAVs 
are developed with inputs including discounted cash flow, independent appraisal, and market comparable 
analyses.

Other assets include cash and cash equivalents and mark-to-market value of derivatives.

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The cash value of the trust-owned insurance contract is primarily invested in investment-grade publicly traded 
equity and fixed-income securities.

Other than hedge funds, private equity-like investments, and a portion of the real estate holdings, which are 
discussed above, we determine fair values based on a market approach using quoted market values, 
significant other observable inputs for identical or comparable assets or liabilities, or discounted cash flow 
analyses.

The fair values of our defined benefit pension plan and retiree health plan assets as of December 31, 2022 by 
asset category were as follows:

Fair Value Measurements Using

Quoted Prices in 
Active 
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Total

Significant
Observable 
Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)

Investments 
Valued at Net 
Asset Value(1)

Asset Class
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Public equity securities:

U.S.        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
International    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,132.4  $ 
1,177.1 

396.6  $ 
369.4 

0.1  $ 

300.9 

—  $ 
— 

Fixed income:

Developed markets     . . . . . . . . . . .  
Developed markets - 
repurchase agreements    . . . . . . .  
Emerging markets      . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Private alternative investments:

2,445.5 

19.8 

2,058.2 

(706.6)   
273.5 

6.4 
10.6 

(713.0)   
32.0 

0.1 

— 
— 

735.7 
506.8 

367.4 

— 
230.9 

Hedge funds     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Equity-like funds       . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real estate       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  13,195.8  $ 

3,249.0 
4,014.1 
349.1 
1,261.7 

— 
— 
234.9 
251.0 
1,288.7  $ 

— 
— 
— 
(131.8)   
1,546.4  $ 

— 
25.4 
— 
— 

3,249.0 
3,988.7 
114.2 
1,142.5 
25.5  $  10,335.2 

Retiree Health Benefit Plans
Public equity securities:

U.S.        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
International    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

104.2  $ 

72.0 

35.7  $ 
31.9 

—  $ 
— 

—  $ 
— 

Fixed income:

Developed markets     . . . . . . . . . . .  
Emerging markets      . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Private alternative investments:

Hedge funds     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Equity-like funds       . . . . . . . . . . . . .

63.1 
21.0 

294.9 
332.8 

— 
— 

— 
— 

63.1 
— 

— 
— 

— 
— 

— 
2.4 

68.5 
40.1 

— 
21.0 

294.9 
330.4 

Cash value of trust owned 
insurance contract     . . . . . . . . . . . . .
— 
Real estate       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
— 
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
107.8 
Total    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
862.7 
(1) Certain investments that are measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been 

1,470.8 
— 
(19.9)   
1,514.0  $ 

1,470.8 
21.6 
112.1 
2,492.5  $ 

— 
— 
— 
2.4  $ 

— 
21.6 
24.2 

113.4  $ 

classified in the fair value hierarchy.

No material transfers between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 occurred during the year ended December 31, 
2022. The activity in the Level 3 investments during the year ended December 31, 2022 was not material.

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The fair values of our defined benefit pension plan and retiree health plan assets as of December 31, 2021 by 
asset category were as follows:

Fair Value Measurements Using

Quoted Prices in 
Active 
Markets for 
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Total

Significant 
Observable 
Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)

Investments 
Valued at Net 
Asset Value(1)

Asset Class
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Public equity securities:

U.S.        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
International    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,325.4  $ 
2,722.7 

430.4  $ 
815.0 

0.1  $ 
— 

1.2  $ 
— 

893.7 
1,907.7 

Fixed income:

Developed markets     . . . . . . . . . . .  
Developed markets - 
repurchase agreements    . . . . . . .  
Emerging markets      . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Private alternative investments:

4,496.0 

2.6 

3,356.6 

(1,376.2)   
611.0 

— 
11.3 

(1,376.2)   
250.5 

Hedge funds     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Equity-like funds       . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real estate       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  16,416.0  $ 

3,046.8 
3,816.4 
630.3 
1,143.6 

— 
2.1 
363.8 
103.2 
1,728.4  $ 

— 
— 
7.5 
263.2 
2,501.7  $ 

— 

— 
0.1 

1,136.8 

— 
349.1 

3,046.8 
— 
3,808.8 
5.5 
248.3 
10.7 
(2.1)   
779.3 
15.4  $  12,170.5 

Retiree Health Benefit Plans
Public equity securities:

U.S.        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
International    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

124.7  $ 
180.6 

40.9  $ 
47.7 

—  $ 
— 

0.1  $ 
— 

83.7 
132.9 

Fixed income:

Developed markets     . . . . . . . . . . .  
Emerging markets      . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Private alternative investments:

Hedge funds     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Equity-like funds       . . . . . . . . . . . . .

102.2 
51.6 

275.4 
317.8 

— 
— 

— 
— 

80.5 
23.7 

— 
— 

— 
— 

— 
0.5 

21.7 
27.9 

275.4 
317.3 

Cash value of trust owned 
insurance contract     . . . . . . . . . . . . .
— 
Real estate       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
— 
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
63.5 
Total    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
922.4 
(1) Certain investments that are measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been 

2,166.8 
0.7 
18.3 
2,290.0  $ 

2,166.8 
36.2 
106.1 
3,361.4  $ 

— 
1.0 
(0.1)   
1.5  $ 

— 
34.5 
24.4 

147.5  $ 

classified in the fair value hierarchy.

No material transfers between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 occurred during the year ended December 31, 
2021. The activity in the Level 3 investments during the year ended December 31, 2021 was not material.

In 2023, we expect to contribute approximately $30 million to our defined benefit pension plans to satisfy 
minimum funding requirements for the year. We do not currently expect to make material discretionary 
contributions in 2023.

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Note 16: Contingencies

We are involved in various lawsuits, claims, government investigations and other legal proceedings that arise 
in the ordinary course of business. These claims or proceedings can involve various types of parties, including 
governments, competitors, customers, suppliers, service providers, licensees, employees, or shareholders, 
among others. These matters may involve patent infringement, antitrust, securities, pricing, sales and 
marketing practices, environmental, commercial, contractual rights, licensing obligations, health and safety 
matters, consumer fraud, employment matters, product liability and insurance coverage, among others. The 
resolution of these matters often develops over a long period of time and expectations can change as a result 
of new findings, rulings, appeals or settlement arrangements. Legal proceedings that are significant or that we 
believe could become significant or material are described below. 

We believe the legal proceedings in which we are named as defendants are without merit and we are 
defending against them vigorously. It is not possible to determine the final outcome of these matters, and we 
cannot reasonably estimate the maximum potential exposure or the range of possible loss in excess of 
amounts accrued for any of these matters; however, we believe that the resolution of all such matters will not 
have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or liquidity, but could possibly be material 
to our consolidated results of operations in any one accounting period.

Litigation accruals, environmental liabilities, and the related estimated insurance recoverables are reflected on 
a gross basis as liabilities and assets, respectively, on our consolidated balance sheets. With respect to the 
product liability claims currently asserted against us, we have accrued for our estimated exposures to the 
extent they are both probable and reasonably estimable based on the information available to us. We accrue 
for certain product liability claims incurred but not filed to the extent we can formulate a reasonable estimate 
of their costs. We estimate these expenses based primarily on historical claims experience and data 
regarding product usage. Legal defense costs expected to be incurred in connection with significant product 
liability loss contingencies are accrued when both probable and reasonably estimable.

Because of the nature of pharmaceutical products, it is possible that we could become subject to large 
numbers of additional product liability and related claims in the future. Due to a very restrictive market for 
litigation liability insurance, we are self-insured for litigation liability losses for all our currently and previously 
marketed products. 

Patent Litigation

Alimta European Patent Litigation

In Europe, Alimta (pemetrexed) was protected by a patent through June 2021. A number of legal proceedings 
that were initiated prior to patent expiration are ongoing. 

Emgality Patent Litigation

We are a named defendant in litigation filed by Teva Pharmaceuticals International GMBH and Teva 
Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (collectively, Teva) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts 
seeking a ruling that various claims in three different Teva patents would be infringed by our launch and 
continued sales of Emgality for the prevention of migraine in adults.

Following a trial, in November 2022, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Teva. The parties have filed post-trial 
motions on which the court will rule and then enter final judgment in the case. We intend to appeal the jury 
verdict if necessary. Pursuant to agreement by the parties, the award, if any, will not become due until 
completion of the appeal process. This matter is ongoing.

In June 2021, we were named as a defendant in a second litigation filed by Teva in the U.S. District Court for 
the District of Massachusetts seeking a ruling that two of Teva's patents, which are directed toward use of the 
active ingredient in Emgality to treat migraine, would be infringed by our continued sales of Emgality. We 
challenged these two patents by filing requests for Inter Partes Review with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board 
(PTAB) and in October 2022, the PTAB granted our requests.The corresponding district court litigation is 
stayed while this PTAB proceeding is ongoing.

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Jardiance Patent Litigation

In November 2018, Boehringer Ingelheim, our partner in marketing and development of Jardiance, initiated 
U.S. patent litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging infringement arising from 
submissions of Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) by a number of generic companies seeking 
approval to market generic versions of Jardiance, Glyxambi, and Synjardy in accordance with the procedures 
set out in the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (the Hatch-Waxman Act). 
Particularly with respect to Jardiance, the generic companies' ANDAs seek approval to market generic 
versions of Jardiance prior to the expiration of the relevant patents, and allege that certain patents, including 
in some allegations the compound patent, are invalid or would not be infringed. We are not a party to this 
litigation. This litigation has been stayed. 

Taltz Patent Litigation

Beginning in May 2020, Lilly and Novartis Pharma AG (Novartis) had been litigating the validity and alleged 
infringement by Taltz of certain patents Novartis acquired from Genentech, Inc. (Genentech). As of October 
2022, we had pending cases in Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands where Novartis sought 
injunctions to stop Taltz commercialization.

In October 2022, we entered into a cashless (no-payment) settlement and mutual release agreement with 
Novartis, which resolved such disputes. Without any admission of liability or wrongdoing, we and Novartis 
have agreed to mutual releases for past claims and mutual covenants not to sue the other in relation to Taltz 
and the patents Novartis purchased from Genentech. This matter is closed.

Zyprexa Canada Patent Litigation

Beginning in the mid-2000s, several generic companies in Canada challenged the validity of our Zyprexa 
compound patent. In 2012, the Canadian Federal Court of Appeals denied our appeal of a lower court's 
decision that certain patent claims were invalid for lack of utility. In 2013, Apotex Inc. and Apotex Pharmachem 
Inc. (collectively, Apotex) brought claims against us in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice at Toronto for 
damages related to our enforcement of the Zyprexa compound patent under Canadian regulations governing 
patented drugs. Apotex seeks compensation based on novel legal theories under the Statute of Monopolies, 
Trademark Act, and common law. In March 2021, the Ontario Superior Court granted our motion for summary 
judgment, thereby dismissing Apotex's case. Apotex appealed that ruling to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 
April 2021. In August 2022, the Court dismissed the appeal and in October 2022, Apotex appealed the 
decision. This matter is ongoing.

Product Liability Litigation

Byetta® Product Liability

We have been named as a defendant in over 500 Byetta product liability lawsuits in the U.S. that were first 
initiated in March 2009 and involved over 800 plaintiffs. These lawsuits have been filed in various state and 
federal jurisdictions, including California state court (coordinated in Los Angeles County Superior Court), and 
various federal courts, the majority of which are coordinated in a multi-district litigation (MDL) in the U.S. 
District Court for the Southern District of California. The majority of these suits contained allegations that 
Byetta caused or contributed to the plaintiffs' cancer (primarily pancreatic cancer or thyroid cancer). All of the 
MDL and state court lawsuits have been dismissed as of January 2023 and we consider these matters closed.

Environmental Proceedings 

Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as 
"Superfund," we have been designated as one of several potentially responsible parties with respect to the 
cleanup of fewer than 10 sites. Under Superfund, each responsible party may be jointly and severally liable 
for the entire amount of the cleanup.

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Other Matters

340B Litigation and Investigations

We are the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in January 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of 
Indiana against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of HHS, the Health 
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Administrator of HRSA. The lawsuit challenges 
HHS's December 30, 2020 advisory opinion stating that drug manufacturers are required to deliver discounts 
under the 340B program to all contract pharmacies and HHS's Administrative Dispute Resolution regulations. 
We seek a declaratory judgment that the defendants violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the U.S. 
Constitution, a preliminary injunction enjoining implementation of the administrative dispute resolution process 
created by defendants and, with it, their application of the advisory opinion, and other related relief. In March 
2021, the court entered an order preliminarily enjoining the government's enforcement of the administrative 
dispute resolution process against us. In May 2021, HRSA notified us that it determined that our policy was 
contrary to the 340B statute. In response, in May 2021, we amended our complaint to bring claims related to 
HRSA's determination and filed a motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order requesting 
that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana enjoin defendants from taking any action 
against us relating to the 340B drug pricing program until after the court issues a final judgment on the 
aforementioned litigation. In May 2021, the court denied our motion for a temporary restraining order but 
deferred resolution of our motion for preliminary injunction. In June 2021, the defendants withdrew the HHS 
December 30, 2020 advisory opinion. In July 2021, the court held oral argument on the parties' cross motions 
for summary judgment, the defendants' motion to dismiss, and our motion for preliminary injunction related to 
HRSA's May 2021 enforcement letter. In October 2021, the court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, 
and granted in part and denied in part the parties' cross motions for summary judgment. Both parties filed 
notices of appeal related to the court's summary judgment order. In October 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals 
for the Seventh Circuit held oral argument. This matter is ongoing.

In January 2021, we, along with other pharmaceutical manufacturers, were named as a defendant in a 
petition currently pending before the HHS Administrative Dispute Resolution Panel. Petitioner seeks 
declaratory and other injunctive relief related to the 340B program. As described above, the U.S. District Court 
for the Southern District of Indiana has entered a preliminary injunction enjoining the government's 
enforcement of this administrative dispute resolution process against us. 

In July 2021, we, along with Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC (Sanofi), Novo Nordisk Inc. (Novo Nordisk), and 
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, were named as a defendant in a purported class action lawsuit filed in the 
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York by Mosaic Health, Inc. alleging antitrust and unjust 
enrichment claims related to the defendants' 340B distribution programs. We, with Sanofi and Novo Nordisk, 
filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was granted in September 2022. In October 2022, the plaintiffs 
filed a motion for leave to amend their complaint. This matter is ongoing.

We received a civil investigative subpoena in February 2021 from the Office of the Attorney General for the 
State of Vermont relating to the sale of pharmaceutical products to Vermont covered entities under the 340B 
program. We are cooperating with this subpoena. 

Branchburg Manufacturing Facility

In May 2021, we received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice requesting the production of 
certain documents relating to our manufacturing site in Branchburg, New Jersey. We are cooperating with the 
subpoena.

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Brazil Litigation – Cosmopolis Facility

Labor Attorney Litigation

First initiated in 2008, our subsidiary in Brazil, Eli Lilly do Brasil Limitada (Lilly Brasil), is named in a Public 
Civil Action brought by the Labor Public Attorney (LPA) for the 15th Region in the Labor Court of Paulinia, 
State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, (the Labor Court) alleging possible harm to employees and former employees 
caused by alleged exposure to soil and groundwater contaminants at a former Lilly Brasil manufacturing 
facility in Cosmopolis, Brazil, operated by the company between 1977 and 2003. In May 2014, the Labor 
Court judge ruled against Lilly Brasil, ordering it to undertake several remedial and compensatory actions 
including health coverage for a class of individuals and certain of their children. In July 2018, the appeals 
court (TRT) generally affirmed our appeal of the Labor Court's ruling, which included a liquidated award of 300 
million Brazilian reais, which, when adjusted for inflation and the addition of pre and post judgment interest 
using the current Central Bank of Brazil's special system of clearance and custody rate, is approximately one 
billion Brazilian reais (approximately $184 million as of December 31, 2022). In August 2019, Lilly Brasil filed 
an appeal to the superior labor court (TST) and in June 2021, the TRT published its decision on the 
admissibility of Lilly Brasil's appeal, allowing the majority of the elements, which were allowed to proceed in 
June 2021; elements not proceeding are subject to an interlocutory appeal to the TST that was filed in June 
2021. In September 2019, the TRT stayed a number of elements of its trial court decision pending the 
determination of Lilly Brasil's appeal to the TST.

In June 2019 and September 2020, the LPA filed applications in the Labor Court for enforcement of certain 
remedies granted by the TRT in its July 2018 decision, requested restrictions on Lilly Brasil’s assets in Brazil, 
and required Lilly Brasil and Antibióticos do Brasil Ltda. (ABL) to submit a list of potential beneficiaries of the 
Public Civil Action. In July 2019, the Labor Court issued a ruling requiring a freeze of Lilly Brasil’s immovable 
property or, alternatively, a security deposit or lien of 500 million Brazilian reais, which ruling was 
subsequently limited in scope and the security was reduced to 100 million Brazilian reais. ABL and LPA 
appealed the June 2021 Labor Court ruling to the TST, which appeal is under review. The Labor Court is 
currently assessing the status of Lilly Brasil’s and ABL’s compliance with such portion of the July 2018 TRT 
decision and an inspection in the industrial plant is expected. These matters are ongoing.

Individual Former Employee Litigation

Lilly Brasil is also named in various pending lawsuits filed in the Labor Court by individual former employees 
making related claims. These individual lawsuits are at various stages in the litigation process.

Puerto Rico Tax Matter

In May 2013, the Municipality of Carolina in Puerto Rico (Municipality) filed a lawsuit against us alleging 
noncompliance with respect to a contract with the Municipality and seeking a declaratory judgment. In 
December 2020, the Puerto Rico Appellate Court (AP) reversed the summary judgment previously granted by 
the Court of First Instance (CFI) in our favor, dismissing the Municipality's complaint in its entirety. The AP 
remanded the case to the CFI for trial on the merits. The trial began in May 2022; however, the Municipality 
filed a new motion requesting the CFI to award damages. The request was denied by the CFI in our favor and 
the Municipality filed for revision at the AP, which we opposed, staying the case. In February 2023, the AP 
denied the Municipality's motion for revision. This matter is ongoing. 

Average Manufacturer Price Litigation

In November 2014, we, along with another pharmaceutical manufacturer, were named as co-defendants in 
United States et al. ex rel. Streck v. Takeda Pharm. Am., Inc., et al., which was filed in November 2014 and 
unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The complaint alleges that the 
defendants should have treated certain credits from distributors as retroactive price increases and included 
such increases in calculating average manufacturer prices. Following a trial in August 2022, the jury returned 
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The case is proceeding with post-trial motions after which the court will enter 
final judgment in the case. This matter is ongoing.

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Health Choice Alliance 

We are named as a defendant in two lawsuits filed in Texas and New Jersey state courts in October 2019 
seeking damages under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act and New Jersey Medicaid False Claims 
Act, respectively, for certain patient support programs related to our products Humalog, Humulin, and Forteo. 
The Texas state court action has been stayed. The New Jersey state court action was dismissed with 
prejudice pending an ongoing appeal before the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court. This 
matter is ongoing.

Pricing Litigation

We, along with Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, and in some matters certain pharmacy benefit managers, have been 
named in lawsuits related to insulin pricing that assert various theories, including consumer protection, fraud, 
false advertising, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, federal and state RICO statutes, deceptive trade 
practices, and unfair competition claims. These lawsuits include In re. Insulin Pricing Litigation, a putative 
consumer class action (U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2017); MSP Recovery Claims, 
Series, LLC et al. v. Sanofi Aventis U.S. LLC et al. (U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2018); 
FWK Holdings, LLC v. Novo Nordisk Inc., et al., a putative class action brought by direct purchasers of insulin 
(U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2020), and suits brought by the State of Minnesota (U.S. 
District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2018), State of Kentucky (Franklin County Circuit Court, 2019), 
State of Mississippi (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, 2021), State of Arkansas (U.S. 
District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2022), County of Albany, New York (U.S. District Court for 
the Northern District of New York, 2022), State of Montana (U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, 
2022), State of Kansas (U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, 2022), State of Illinois (U.S. District 
Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2022), State of California (Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2023), 
Jackson County, Missouri in a putative class action on behalf of Missouri counties and municipalities (Jackson 
County Circuit Court, 2023), and the Government of Puerto Rico (Court of First Instance Superior Court, San 
Juan, 2023). These lawsuits are at various stages in the litigation process.

Investigations, Subpoenas, and Inquiries

In connection with the pricing and sale of our insulin and other products, we have been subject to various 
investigations and received subpoenas, civil investigative demand requests, information requests, 
interrogatories, and other inquiries from various governmental entities. These include subpoenas from the 
New York and Vermont Attorney General Offices, civil investigative demands from the Washington, New 
Mexico, Colorado, Louisiana, Texas and Ohio Attorney General Offices, the U.S. Department of Justice and 
the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, as well as information requests from the Mississippi, Washington D.C., 
California, Florida, Hawaii, and Nevada Attorney General Offices. In January 2022, the Michigan Attorney 
General filed a petition in Michigan state court seeking authorization to investigate Lilly for potential violations 
of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA), and a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that the 
Attorney General has authority to investigate Lilly's sale of insulin under the MCPA. The court authorized the 
proposed investigation and the issuance of civil investigative subpoenas. In April 2022, the parties entered 
into a stipulation providing that the State of Michigan will not issue any civil investigative subpoena to us 
under the MCPA until the declaratory judgment action is resolved. In July 2022, the court dismissed the case 
in its entirety. The Michigan Attorney General filed a notice of appeal to the Michigan Court of Appeals, which 
remains pending. 

We received a request in January 2019 from the House of Representatives' Committee on Oversight and 
Reform seeking commercial information and business records related to the pricing of insulin products, 
among other issues. We also received similar requests from the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and separate requests from the House Committee on 
Energy and Commerce majority and minority members. In January 2021, the Senate Finance Committee 
released a report summarizing the findings of its investigation. In December 2021 the House of 
Representatives' Committee on Oversight and Reform majority and minority staffs released separate reports 
with findings from their investigations into drug pricing, including of insulin products.

We are cooperating with all of the aforementioned investigations, subpoenas, and inquiries.

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Research Corporation Technologies, Inc.

In April 2016, we were named as a defendant in litigation filed by Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. 
(RCT) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. RCT is seeking damages for breach of contract, 
unjust enrichment, and conversion related to processes used to manufacture certain products, including 
Humalog and Humulin. In October 2021, the court issued a summary judgment decision finding in favor of 
RCT on certain issues, including with respect to a disputed royalty. Both parties filed motions for 
reconsideration, which were denied. We filed supplemental summary judgment motions. In November 2022, 
the court stayed proceedings so the parties can pursue mediation. A trial date has not been set. Potential 
damages payable under the litigation, if finally awarded after an appeal, could be material but are not 
currently reasonably estimable. This matter is ongoing.

Note 17: Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table summarizes the activity related to each component of other comprehensive income (loss):

(Amounts presented net of taxes)
Beginning balance at January 1, 2020    . . . . $  (1,678.0)  $ 

Foreign 
Currency 
Translation 
Gains (Losses)

Unrealized 
Net Gains 
(Losses) 
on Securities

Defined Benefit 
Pension and 
Retiree Health 
Benefit Plans

Effective 
Portion of 
Cash Flow 
Hedges

Accumulated 
Other 
Comprehensive 
Loss

4.9  $ 

(4,638.6)  $  (211.9)  $ 

(6,523.6) 

Other comprehensive income (loss) 
before reclassifications       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net amount reclassified from 
accumulated other comprehensive loss      .  
Net other comprehensive income (loss)    .  
Balance at December 31, 2020     . . . . . . . . . .  

Other comprehensive income (loss) 
before reclassifications       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net amount reclassified from 
accumulated other comprehensive loss      .  
Net other comprehensive income (loss)    .  
Balance at December 31, 2021     . . . . . . . . . .  

Other comprehensive income (loss) 
before reclassifications       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net amount reclassified from 
accumulated other comprehensive loss      .  
Net other comprehensive income (loss)    .  

250.5 

— 

250.5 

6.8 

3.1 

9.9 

(379.7)   

(133.8)   

(256.2) 

267.3 

13.0 

(112.4)   

(120.8)   

283.4 

27.2 

(1,427.5)   

14.8 

(4,751.0)   

(332.7)   

(6,496.4) 

(122.7)   

(11.9)   

1,823.4 

106.6 

1,795.4 

— 

0.8 

344.0 

(122.7)   

(11.1)   

2,167.4 

13.1 

119.7 

357.9 

2,153.3 

(1,550.2)   

3.7 

(2,583.6)   

(213.0)   

(4,343.1) 

(324.4)   

(52.2)   

291.5 

332.8 

247.7 

0.4 

11.4 

(324.0)   

(40.8)   

229.8 

521.3 

9.2 

342.0 

250.8 

498.5 

Ending balance at December 31, 2022     . . . $  (1,874.2)  $ 

(37.1)  $ 

(2,062.3)  $  129.0  $ 

(3,844.6) 

The tax effects on the net activity related to each component of other comprehensive income (loss) for the 
years ended December 31, were as follows:

Tax benefit (expense)
Foreign currency translation gains/losses      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Unrealized net gains/losses on securities      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Defined benefit pension and retiree health benefit plans    . . . . . . . . .
Effective portion of cash flow hedges   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Benefit/(provision) for income taxes allocated to other 
comprehensive income (loss) items      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

2022

2021

2020

(75.9)  $ 
12.4 
(95.6)   
(90.9)   

(136.2)  $ 
4.7 
(532.0)   
(31.8)   

128.3 
(4.3) 
44.8 
32.1 

(250.0)  $ 

(695.3)  $ 

200.9 

Except for the tax effects of foreign currency translation gains and losses related to our foreign currency-
denominated notes, cross-currency interest rate swaps, and other foreign currency exchange contracts 
designated as net investment hedges (see Note 7), income taxes were not provided for foreign currency 
translation. Generally, the assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars using the 
current exchange rate. For those operations, changes in exchange rates generally do not affect cash flows; 
therefore, resulting translation adjustments are made in shareholders' equity rather than in the consolidated 
statements of operations.

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Reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss were as follows:

Details about Accumulated Other 
Comprehensive Loss Components
Amortization of retirement 
benefit items:

Year Ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated 
Statements of Operations

Prior service benefits, net     . . . . $ 
Actuarial losses    . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total before tax      . . . . . . . . . . .  
Tax benefit     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Net of tax     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

(52.4)  $ 
343.3 
290.9 
(61.1)   
229.8 

(55.4)  $ 
490.9 
435.5 
(91.5)   
344.0 

(55.0)  Other—net, (income) expense
393.3  Other—net, (income) expense
338.3 
(71.0) 
267.3 

Income taxes

Other, net of tax      . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total reclassifications for the 
period, net of tax    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

21.0 

13.9 

16.1  Other—net, (income) expense

250.8  $ 

357.9  $ 

283.4 

Note 18: Other–Net, (Income) Expense

Other–net, (income) expense consisted of the following:

Interest expense     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 
Interest income     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net investment (gains) losses on equity securities (Note 7)      . . . . . .
Debt extinguishment loss (Note 11)      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Retirement benefit plans     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other (income) expense     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Other–net, (income) expense     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 

2022

2021

2020

331.6  $ 
(62.8)   
410.7 
— 
(372.9)   
14.3 

320.9  $ 

339.8  $ 
(25.4)   
(176.9)   
405.2 
(289.7)   
(51.4)   
201.6  $ 

359.6 
(33.0) 
(1,442.2) 
— 
(251.8) 
195.5 
(1,171.9) 

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Management's Reports

Management's Report for Financial Statements—Eli Lilly and Company and Subsidiaries

Management of Eli Lilly and Company and subsidiaries is responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and fair 
presentation of the financial statements. The statements have been prepared in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles in the United States and include amounts based on judgments and estimates 
by management. In management's opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly our financial 
position, results of operations, and cash flows.

In addition to the system of internal accounting controls, we maintain a code of conduct (known as "The Red 
Book") that applies to all employees worldwide, requiring proper overall business conduct, avoidance of 
conflicts of interest, compliance with laws, and confidentiality of proprietary information. All employees must 
take training annually on The Red Book and are required to report suspected violations. A hotline number is 
available on our lilly.com website and on the internal LillyNow website to enable reporting of suspected 
violations anonymously. Employees who report suspected violations are protected from discrimination or 
retaliation by the company. In addition to The Red Book, the chief executive officer and all financial 
management must sign a financial code of ethics, which further reinforces their ethical and fiduciary 
responsibilities.

The consolidated financial statements have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered 
public accounting firm (PCAOB ID: 42). Their responsibility is to examine our consolidated financial 
statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board (United States). Ernst & Young's opinion with respect to the fairness of the presentation of 
the statements is included in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Ernst & Young reports directly to the 
audit committee of the board of directors.

Our audit committee includes five nonemployee members of the board of directors, all of whom are 
independent from our company. The committee charter, which is available on our website, outlines the 
members' roles and responsibilities. It is the audit committee's responsibility to appoint an independent 
registered public accounting firm subject to shareholder ratification, pre-approve both audit and non-audit 
services performed by the independent registered public accounting firm, and review the reports submitted by 
the firm. The audit committee meets several times during the year with management, the internal auditors, 
and the independent public accounting firm to discuss audit activities, internal controls, and financial reporting 
matters, including reviews of our externally published financial results. The internal auditors and the 
independent registered public accounting firm have full and free access to the committee.

We are dedicated to ensuring that we maintain the high standards of financial accounting and reporting that 
we have established. We are committed to providing financial information that is transparent, timely, complete, 
relevant, and accurate. Our culture demands integrity and an unyielding commitment to strong internal 
practices and policies. Finally, we have the highest confidence in our financial reporting, our underlying 
system of internal controls, and our people, who are objective in their responsibilities, operate under a code of 
conduct and are subject to the highest level of ethical standards.

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting—Eli Lilly and Company and 
Subsidiaries

Management of Eli Lilly and Company and subsidiaries is responsible for establishing and maintaining 
adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have global financial policies that govern critical areas, including internal 
controls, financial accounting and reporting, fiduciary accountability, and safeguarding of corporate assets. 
Our internal accounting control systems are designed to provide reasonable assurance that assets are 
safeguarded, that transactions are executed in accordance with management's authorization and are properly 
recorded, and that accounting records are adequate for preparation of financial statements and other financial 
information. A staff of internal auditors regularly monitors, on a worldwide basis, the adequacy and 
effectiveness of internal accounting controls. The general auditor reports directly to the audit committee of the 
board of directors.

We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the 
framework in "Internal Control—Integrated Framework" (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring 
Organizations of the Treadway Commission. 

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Based on our evaluation under this framework, we concluded that our internal control over financial reporting 
was effective as of December 31, 2022. However, because of its inherent limitations, internal control over 
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of 
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of 
changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

The effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022 has been audited by 
Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their attestation report, 
which appears herein. Their responsibility is to evaluate whether internal control over financial reporting was 
designed and operating effectively.

David Ricks
Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer

Anat Ashkenazi
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

February 22, 2023 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Eli Lilly and Company

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Eli Lilly and Company and subsidiaries 
(the Company) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, 
comprehensive income (loss), shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period 
ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial 
statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the 
financial position of the Company at December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its 
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with U.S. 
generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
(United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, 
based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of 
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated February 22, 
2023 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to 
express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting 
firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in 
accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we 
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of 
material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess 
the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing 
procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence 
regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the 
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall 
presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our 
opinion.

Critical Audit Matters 

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the 
financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and 
that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our 
especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not 
alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by 
communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on 
the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

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Description of the 
Matter

Medicaid, Managed Care, and Medicare sales rebate accruals
As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements under the caption "Net 
Product Revenue," the Company establishes provisions for sales rebate and discounts 
in the same period as the related sales occur. At December 31, 2022 the Company had 
$8,784.1 million in sales rebate and discount accruals. A large portion of these accruals 
are rebates associated with sales in the United States for which payment for purchase 
of the product is covered by Medicaid, Managed Care, and Medicare. 

How We 
Addressed the 
Matter in Our 
Audit

Auditing the Medicaid, Managed Care, and Medicare sales rebate and discount liabilities 
is challenging because of the subjectivity of certain assumptions required to estimate 
the rebate liabilities. In calculating the appropriate accrual amount, the Company 
considers historical Medicaid, Managed Care, and Medicare rebate payments by 
product as a percentage of their historical sales as well as any significant changes in 
sales trends, the lag in payment timing, an evaluation of the current Medicaid and 
Medicare laws and interpretations, the percentage of products that are sold via 
Medicaid, Managed Care, and Medicare, and product pricing. For Medicaid, there is 
significant complexity associated with calculating the legislated Medicaid rebates. 
Management utilizes employees with legislative experience and knowledge in 
developing assumptions used to calculate Medicaid rebates. Similarly, for Managed 
Care and Medicare, given variability in prescription drug costs, continued historical year 
over year increases in enrollees and variability in prescription data, historical rebate 
information may not be predictive for management to estimate the rebate accrual and 
thus, management supplements its historical data analysis with qualitative adjustments 
based upon current utilization.

We tested the Company's controls addressing the identified risks of material 
misstatement related to the valuation of the sales rebate and discount liabilities. This 
included testing controls over management's review of the significant assumptions used 
to calculate the Medicaid, Managed Care, and Medicare rebate liabilities, including the 
significant assumptions discussed above. This testing also included management's 
control to compare actual activity to forecasted activity and controls to ensure the data 
used to evaluate the significant assumptions was complete and accurate.

Our audit procedures included, among others, evaluating for reasonableness the 
significant assumptions in light of economic trends, product profiles, and other 
regulatory factors. Our testing involved assessing the historical accuracy of 
management's estimates by comparing actual activity to previous estimates and 
performing analytical procedures, based on internal and external data sources, to 
evaluate the completeness of the reserves. Additionally, our procedures included 
reviewing a sample of contracts, testing a sample of rebate payments and testing the 
underlying data used in management's evaluation. For Medicaid, we involved our 
professionals with an understanding of the statutory reimbursement requirements to 
assess the consistency of the Company's calculation methodologies with the applicable 
government regulations and policy. For Medicare we evaluated the reasonableness of 
assumptions made by management in estimating the Medicare coverage gap liability.

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Description of the 
Matter

How We 
Addressed the 
Matter in Our 
Audit

Retirement Benefits - Valuation of Alternative Investments
As described in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements under the caption 
"Benefit Plan Investments," the Company's benefit plan investment policies are set with 
specific consideration of return and risk requirements in relationship to the respective 
liabilities. At December 31, 2022 the Company had $15,688.3 million in plan assets 
related to the defined benefit pension plans and retiree health benefit plans. 
Approximately 50 percent of the total pension and retiree health assets are in hedge 
funds and private equity-like investment funds ("alternative investments"). These 
alternative investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs or are valued at 
net asset value (NAV) reported by the counterparty, adjusted as necessary.

Auditing the fair value of these alternative investments is challenging because of the 
higher estimation uncertainty of the inputs to the fair value calculations, including the 
underlying net asset values ("NAVs"), discounted cash flow valuations, comparable 
market valuations, and adjustments for currency, credit, liquidity and other risks. 
Additionally, certain information regarding the fair value of these alternative investments 
is based on unaudited information available to management at the time of valuation. 

We tested the Company's controls addressing the risks of material misstatement relating 
to valuation of alternative investments. This included testing management's review 
controls over alternative investment valuation, which included a comparison of returns to 
benchmarks and monitoring of investment firms' valuation policies and procedures, as 
well as portfolio performance. 

Our audit procedures included, among others, comparing fund returns to selected 
relevant benchmarks and understanding variations, obtaining the latest audited financial 
statements and comparing to the Company's estimated fair values. We also inquired of 
management about changes to the investment portfolio and/or related investment 
strategies and considerations. We assessed the historical accuracy of management's 
estimates by comparing actual activity to previous estimates. We evaluated for contrary 
evidence by confirming the fair value of the investments and ownership interest directly 
with the trustees and a sample of managers at year end. 

/s/    Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 1940. 

Indianapolis, Indiana

February 22, 2023 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Eli Lilly and Company

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited Eli Lilly and Company and subsidiaries' internal control over financial reporting as of 
December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the 
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). 
In our opinion, Eli Lilly and Company and subsidiaries (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, 
effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
(United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 
2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders' equity 
and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes and 
our report dated February 22, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company's management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting 
and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the 
accompanying Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to 
express an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a 
public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the 
Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we 
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over 
financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. 

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk 
that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal 
control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the 
circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance 
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes 
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial 
reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in 
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; 
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of 
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and 
expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and 
directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of 
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the 
financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect 
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that 
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the 
policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/    Ernst & Young LLP

Indianapolis, Indiana

February 22, 2023 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with 

Accountants on Accounting and Financial 
Disclosure

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, management of a reporting 
company, with the participation of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, must 
periodically evaluate the company's "disclosure controls and procedures," which are defined generally as 
controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the reporting 
company in its periodic reports filed with the SEC (such as this Form 10-K) is recorded, processed, 
summarized, and reported on a timely basis.

Our management, with the participation of David Ricks, president and chief executive officer, and Anat 
Ashkenazi, executive vice president and chief financial officer, evaluated our disclosure controls and 
procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934) as of December 31, 2022, and concluded that they were effective.

Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Mr. Ricks and Ms. Ashkenazi provided a report on behalf of management on our internal control over financial 
reporting, in which management concluded that the company's internal control over financial reporting is 
effective at December 31, 2022 based on the framework in "Internal Control—Integrated Framework" (2013) 
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Our internal control over 
financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting 
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted 
accounting principles in the United States. Due to the inherent limitations, no evaluation over internal control 
can provide absolute assurance that no material misstatements or fraud exist. 

In addition, Ernst & Young LLP, the company's independent registered public accounting firm, issued an 
attestation report on the company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. 

You can find the full text of management's report and Ernst & Young's attestation report in Item 8.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the fourth quarter of 2022, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that 
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions 
that Prevent Inspections

Not applicable.

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Part III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate 

Governance

Directors and Executive Officers

Information relating to our board of directors is found in our Definitive Proxy Statement, to be dated on or 
about March 17, 2023 (Proxy Statement), under "Governance - How We Build an Effective Board" and is 
incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by reference.

Information relating to our executive officers is found at Item 1, "Business - Executive Officers of the 
Company" and is incorporated by reference herein. 

Code of Ethics

Information relating to our code of ethics is found in our Proxy Statement under "Governance - How We 
Operate an Effective Board - Governance Practices - Board Oversight - Key Areas of Oversight by the Board 
and Its Committees - Governance - Code of Ethics" and is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K 
by reference.

Corporate Governance

Information about the procedures by which shareholders can recommend nominees to our board of directors 
is found in our Proxy Statement under "Governance - How We Build an Effective Board - Director 
Nominations - Shareholder Director Candidates" and is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by 
reference.

The board of directors has appointed an audit committee consisting entirely of independent directors in 
accordance with applicable Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange 
requirements for audit committees. Information about our audit committee is found in our Proxy Statement 
under "Governance - How We Operate an Effective Board - Board Structure - Meetings of the Board and Its 
Committees - Committees of the Board - Audit Committee" and is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 
10-K by reference.

Section 16(a) Reporting Compliance

Information about our compliance with Section 16(a) is found in our Proxy Statement under "Ownership of 
Common Stock - Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports" and is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K 
by reference.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

Information on director compensation, executive compensation, and talent and compensation committee 
matters can be found in the Proxy Statement under "Governance - How We Operate an Effective Board - 
Board Alignment - Director Compensation," "- How We Operate an Effective Board - Board Structure - 
Meetings of the Board and Its Committees - Committees of the Board - Talent and Compensation Committee," 
"Compensation - Compensation Discussion and Analysis," "- Talent and Compensation Committee Matters," 
and "- Executive Compensation." Such information is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by 
reference. 

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial 

Owners and Management and Related 
Stockholder Matters

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

Information relating to ownership of the company's common stock by management and by persons known by 
the company to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the outstanding shares of common stock 
is found in the Proxy Statement under "Ownership of Company Stock" and incorporated in this Annual Report 
on Form 10-K by reference.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table presents information as of December 31, 2022 regarding the company's compensation 
plans under which shares of the company's common stock have been authorized for issuance.

Plan category
Equity compensation plans approved by 
security holders    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Equity compensation plan not approved by 
security holders    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Total        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(a) Number of 
securities to be 
issued upon 
exercise of 
outstanding 
options, warrants, 
and rights (1)

(b) Weighted-
average exercise 
price of 
outstanding 
options, warrants, 
and rights

(c) Number of securities 
remaining available for 
future issuance under 
equity compensation plans 
(excluding securities 
reflected in column (a))

—  $ 

—   
—   

— 

— 
— 

49,953,648 

— 
49,953,648 

(1) 4,175,980 shares are underlying outstanding equity awards other than options.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, 

and Director Independence

Related Person Transactions

Information relating to the policies and procedures for approval of related person transactions by our board of 
directors can be found in the Proxy Statement under "Governance - How We Operate an Effective Board - 
Board Alignment - Conflicts of Interest and Transactions with Related Persons." Such information is 
incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by reference.

Director Independence

Information relating to director independence can be found in the Proxy Statement under "Governance - How 
We Build an Effective Board - Director Qualifications - Independence" and is incorporated in this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K by reference.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Information related to the fees and services of our principal independent accountants, Ernst & Young LLP, can 
be found in the Proxy Statement under "Audit Matters - Item 4. Ratification of the Appointment of the 
Independent Auditor - Services Performed by the Independent Auditor" and "- Independent Auditor Fees." 
Such information is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by reference.

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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a)1.    Financial Statements

The following consolidated financial statements of the company and its subsidiaries are found at Item 8:

•

•

•

•

•

•

Consolidated Statements of Operations—Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)—Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 
and 2020

Consolidated Balance Sheets—December 31, 2022 and 2021

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity—Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(a)2.    Financial Statement Schedules

The consolidated financial statement schedules of the company and its subsidiaries have been omitted 
because they are not required, are inapplicable, or are adequately explained in the financial statements.

Financial statements of interests of 50 percent or less, which are accounted for by the equity method, have 
been omitted because they do not, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, constitute a significant 
subsidiary.

(a)3.    Exhibits

The following documents are filed as part of this report:

Exhibit

Description

3.1

3.2

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

Amended Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the 
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 4, 2022

Bylaws, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current 
Report on Form 8-K filed on May 4, 2022

Indenture, dated February 1, 1991, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust 
Company Americas, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, 
Registration No. 333-186979

Tripartite Agreement, dated September 13, 2007, appointing Deutsche Bank Trust 
Company Americas as Successor Trustee under the Indenture listed in Exhibit 4.1, 
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K 
for the year ended December 31, 2008

Description of the Company's Common Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to 
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019

Description of the Company's 1.625% Notes due 2026 and 2.125% Notes due 2030, 
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K 
for the year ended December 31, 2019

Description of the Company's 6.77% Notes due 2036, incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 
31, 2019

Description of the Company's 7 1/8% Notes due 2025, incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 4.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 
31, 2019

Description of the Company's 0.625% Notes due 2031 and 1.700% Notes due 2049, 
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K 
for the year ended December 31, 2019

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4.8

4.9

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.7

10.8

10.9

10.10

21

23

31.1

31.2

32

101

104

Description of the Company's 0.500% Notes due 2033, 1.125% Notes due 2051, and 
1.375% Notes due 2061, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to the Company's 
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021

Description of the Company's 1.625% Notes due 2043, incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 4.9 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 
31, 2021

Amended and Restated 2002 Lilly Stock Plan(1), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018

Form of Performance Award under the 2002 Lilly Stock Plan(1)*

Form of Shareholder Value Award under the 2002 Lilly Stock Plan(1)*

Form of Relative Value Award under the 2002 Lilly Stock Plan(1)*

Form of Non-Compete Payment Agreement(1)*

The Lilly Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended(1), incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 
31, 2013

The Lilly Directors' Deferral Plan, as amended(1), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017

The Eli Lilly and Company Bonus Plan, as amended(1), incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.14 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2020

The Loxo Oncology, Inc. Bonus Plan(1), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the 
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021

2007 Change in Control Severance Pay Plan for Select Employees, as amended(1), 
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K 
for the year ended December 31, 2020

List of Subsidiaries*

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of David Ricks, Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer*

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Anat Ashkenazi, Executive Vice President and Chief 
Financial Officer*

Section 1350 Certification*

Interactive Data File*

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)*

(1) Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
* Filed herewith.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

Not applicable.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant 
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Eli Lilly and Company

By   /s/    David Ricks
David Ricks
Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer

February 22, 2023 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below on 
February 22, 2023 by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated.

Signature

/s/    David Ricks
DAVID RICKS

/s/    Anat Ashkenazi
ANAT ASHKENAZI

/s/    Donald Zakrowski
DONALD ZAKROWSKI

/s/    Ralph Alvarez
RALPH ALVAREZ

/s/    Katherine Baicker, Ph.D.
KATHERINE BAICKER, Ph.D.

/s/    Erik Fyrwald
ERIK FYRWALD

/s/    Mary Lynne Hedley, Ph.D.
MARY LYNNE HEDLEY, Ph. D.

/s/    Jamere Jackson
JAMERE JACKSON

/s/    Kimberly Johnson
KIMBERLY JOHNSON

/s/    William Kaelin, Jr., M.D.
WILLIAM KAELIN, JR., M.D.

/s/    Juan Luciano
JUAN LUCIANO

/s/    Marschall Runge, M.D., Ph.D.
MARSCHALL RUNGE, M.D., Ph.D.

/s/    Gabrielle Sulzberger
GABRIELLE SULZBERGER

/s/    Jackson Tai
JACKSON TAI

/s/    Karen Walker
KAREN WALKER

Title

Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer 
(principal executive officer)

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial 
Officer (principal financial officer)

Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief 
Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

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Trademarks Used In This Report

Trademarks or service marks owned by Eli Lilly and Company or its affiliates, when first used in each item of 
this report, appear with an initial capital and are followed by the symbol ® or ™, as applicable. In subsequent 
uses of the marks in the item, the symbols may be omitted.

Byetta® is a trademark of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Glyxambi®, Jardiance®, Jentadueto®, Synjardy®, Trajenta®, and Trijardy® are trademarks of Boehringer 
Ingelheim International GmbH.

Tyvyt® is a trademark of Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 

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