Eli Lilly Loses lawsuit Filed Against British Pharmacy

Date:5th February 2008

Recently Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of the anti-impotency medicine Cialis filed a court case against the UK pharmacy 8PM Chemists and attempted to prevent the pharmacy from purchasing their drug supplies from Turkey and selling them to online Canadian pharmacies but London High Court verdicted against the company and allowed the UK-based pharmacy to continue its operation unabated. It is known that Eli Lilly had fought the case by arguing that the business of some of the trademark drugs owned by the company, such as Cialis, Evista, Humulin and Humalog would be affected if the UK pharmacy is allowed to buy and sell drug supplies.

This defeat has emerged as a huge disappointment for the company that had proved a winner in a court case against the same pharmacy 8PM Chemists in November but when the UK pharmacy appealed, the courts decided in its favor and allowed it to ship supplies and sell them in the usual way.

However, sources reveal that due to the high prices of the anti-impotency drug Cialis and other medicines, a section of erectile dysfunction patients in the US are opting for Canadian pharmacies that offer as much as 80% discount on medicines.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/