White House acknowledges Lilly chief's role in patent reform victory
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
After six years of lawmakers engaged in bartering, quibbling and wrangling, while corporate America and the academic community waited six long decades for change, a US president is enacting an historic overhaul of the nation's patent system on 16 September. But without the keen horse-trading skills of Lilly CEO Dr John Lechleiter and his willingness to give a little, that victory may not have happened this year, a White House official acknowledged.