...A. COVID Effects: **2020 has been a strong year for Co. but for different reasons than it would have imagined in 2019. 1. 2. At this time last year, shared financial guidance for 2020, unaware of the coming pandemic that would grip globe and challenge Co. in unprecedented ways. LLY's: a. Scientists were in the lab working towards next discovery. i. ii. Sales reps in the field selling their products. iii. Corporate headquarters was filled with employees. iv. Manufacturing plants were producing medicines that over 40m patients depend on each year. b. Within months that all changed, how Co. worked, where it worked, even in some cases, what it was working on. c. What never and hasn't changed for past 144 years is LLY's unwavering commitment to combining caring with scientific and medical expertise to deliver innovation that makes life better for people worldwide. d. A year later, Co. has seen that purpose continue to play out in new ways as it stepped up and responded by investing its time...
