IBJ: Lilly inches toward rare $1 trillion market-value distinction
It might be called the most exclusive club in the world.
Just seven companies on the planet are worth $1 trillion or more—mostly Big Tech names such as Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. Passing the $1 trillion mark in market value brings instant distinction and corporate stardom.
These days, the spotlight is turning to Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. as the next possible member of the so-called “Trillion-Dollar Club,” based on the drugmaker’s climbing stock price and the swelling demand for its treatments for diabetes, obesity and other diseases. [continue reading]