Cancer
People living with cancer deserve treatments that allow them to live beyond the bounds of their disease. In 1961, we developed our first cancer treatment, and since then we have been dedicated to delivering life-changing medicines for people living with cancer. Our scientists are urgently advancing new discoveries with the goal of transforming some of the most difficult-to-treat cancers into manageable diseases. Our approach centers on creating medicines that target high-confidence areas of cancer biology, show unequivocal early signs of clinical activity and will matter to patients. We hold a high conviction in the science behind our oncology programs, choosing to advance treatments that show potential for outsized and differentiated impact.
To accelerate the development of new cancer treatments, we are focused on expanding enrollment in clinical trials to give all patients a chance at a better outcome.
Improving Cancer Care for All
Whether it's leveraging precision medicine, finding new treatments for those with limited options, or exploring new approaches to target cancer, we’re constantly in search of ways to improve patient outcomes.
Oncology on Canvas®
For two decades, Oncology on Canvas® has provided people in the cancer community an opportunity to share their stories through art and narrative. The program, a partnership between Lilly, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and the Cancer Support Community, serves as a creative outlet for patients, their loved ones and their care teams. Originally a competition, the program encourages submissions of all types, including poetry; watercolor; oil and acrylic painting; pastels; photography; and mixed media artwork.
You don't have to be a professional artist to experience the power of creative expression. Share your story today.
Oncology on Canvas Art Gallery
Creative expression is more than just an outlet. It's a way for anyone affected by cancer to inspire hope.
View the Art Gallery
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[A red background with a white Lilly Connecting Hearts Abroad graphic fades onto the screen.]
Narrator: At Lilly, we go beyond our medicines to make life better.
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[The video shows a village or community and fades to showing individuals walking down a dirt road or path.]
Narrator: This commitment is demonstrated through Lilly's Connecting Hearts Abroad program, where our mission is to strengthen under-resourced communities
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[The video shows a group of people running down a dirt road.]
Narrator: with sustainable service programs, addressing health equity and access.
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[The video shows a rural countryside with rolling hills in the distance and the Loxo@Lilly logo fades in with "a fresh chapter" in a white circle below it.]
Narrator: One example is our Loxo@Lilly oncology program with A Fresh Chapter in Kenya.
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[A woman speaks to the camera, and her title appears, Terri Wingham, A Fresh Chapter, CEO.]
Terri: A Fresh Chapter is a nonprofit, really dedicated to helping people heal the emotional scars of cancer.
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[The video shows Terri with her arm around the shoulders of another woman with a man standing off to the left who is talking to another man. There are other people in the background.]
Terri: We bring together Lilly Connecting Hearts abroad ambassadors, U.S. advocates,
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[The video shows a group of people sitting around a low table with chart paper in the background that has text written down.]
Terri: and Kenyan cancer advocates,
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[The video pans in on one male participant.]
Terri: and they work together on a project that's really designed to help scale
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[The video shows a group of people holding signs, with images of a sun, clouds, rain, and trees, presenting to a group of people who are sitting in chairs.]
Terri: this psychosocial model across Kenya.
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[A man standing speaks to the camera, and his title appears: Tony Simiyu, Kenyan Cancer Survivor, A Fresh Chapter Facilitator. He's wearing a black t-shirt.]
Tony: A Fresh Chapter has changed my life, literally and in every aspect that you might think of, and through the tools that I learned, it's, like, I got renewed.
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[Tony is standing holding a microphone with a woman on his left and a man holding papers and a folder in his hands on the right.]
Tony: I'm happy to be with you today.
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[The video fades and a man appears in front of the camera. His title appears, Philip Odiyo Ouma, A Fresh Chapter, Kenya Country Lead.]
Philip: When Tony stands there, somebody sees a cancer survivor who looks healthy, happy, and is going on
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[Tony appears back on camera holding a microphone and looking at a graphic that has a rain cloud with a sun and a rainbow. He is standing in front of two people who are sitting.]
Philip: with their daily life.
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[Tony is standing with three others at the front of a meeting with his hand raised. A woman is holding an image of a sun next to him. Philip appears briefly back on camera.]
Philip: So it makes them also begin to feel that, "Hey, you know what? I can be Tony."
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[Tony is talking to another male with a group of other people sitting behind them.]
Philip: So they are beacons of hope.
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[A woman appears on the camera. Her title appears, Myriam Currier, Lilly, Sr Executive Account Manager.]
Myriam: We are working with organizations around the world,
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[The video shows Myriam and a group of people sitting and talking in chairs outside with papers and electronic devices.]
Myriam: but we also are drawing our employees in
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[Two women are leaning over a table. One of the women has a paintbrush in her hand.]
Myriam: to see that work firsthand at the location and be part of it.
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[Philip appears back on the screen talking to the camera.]
Philip: We are empowering others who are creating a ripple effect of empowering other lives.
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[The video shows Tony with two other people standing at the front of a room. Tony is holding a microphone.]
Tony: Tony Simiyu, I'm a survivor for 10 years now, and–
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[The video shows Terri speaking to the camera.]
Terri: What I've really valued about the partnership with Lilly over the years is that it's not just about funding, it's about providing people who have skills and resources to help us scale our vision.
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[Two women are speaking to each other outside.]
Barb: I actually lead the biology group for Lilly.
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[A woman standing speaks to the camera, and her title appears: Barb Brandhuber, Loxo@Lilly, Sr VP & Distinguished Scientist - Biology.]
When I talk to the people who are currently, basically, on any kind of medication and then think back to how these are discovered, in some ways, it's pretty phenomenal because you're going from, like, truly an idea in the lab.
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[The video shows posters with writing and pans to a woman pointing to it, sitting next to Barb.]
Usually, it's thousands of compounds later before one actually finds a drug,
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[The video shows the back of Barb’s head as she speaks to and another woman.]
but then it's great to see that, worldwide, there is access to these medications.
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[A woman is standing and speaking into a microphone, with two women standing behind her. All three women are wearing white t-shirts.]
Lucy: Good morning, everyone. Please wave–
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[Tony appears on screen, speaking to the camera.]
Tony: All the facilitators are survivors. All of us have gone through cancer, and there is that rapport that you build with the survivors
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[The video shows a man and a women holding microphones and sitting in red chairs speaking to each other.]
because we are one of them.
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[The video shows a seated audience looking towards the speakers.]
Shanette: I was diagnosed 11 years ago,
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[A woman appears on screen, speaking to the camera, and her title appears, Shanette Caywood, U.S. Cancer Thriver, Elevate Fellow.]
stage four. I'm still trying to grasp me actually having my feet here on the other side of the world, doing what I'm doing, being happy, and allowing people to see me vulnerable
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[The video shows three women sitting in a crowd, then cuts to shots of the audience clapping and dancing.]
and just to be sharing my story, and to be impactful, to create a living legacy and a purpose
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[Shanette appears back on screen, talking to the camera.]
for those to know me, to remember my story,
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[The video shows Shanette speaking into a microphone, sitting at a table with other people.]
and to take my story and push through.
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[Tony appears on screen, speaking to the camera.]
Tony: The beauty of it is, we are the ones
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[Tony is standing and looking at a woman on his left as she speaks into a microphone. On his right, a man holding papers and a folder in his hands also looks at the woman.]
going to the people, so we are changing
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[Tony appears on screen, speaking to the camera.]
the community. We are changing the perspective of cancer.
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[Two rows of people appear smiling and posing for a picture. The first row is sitting on a bench, and the row behind them is standing.]
We are changing the cancer space in Kenya, and I'm just happy to be a part of it.
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[A red heart transitions onto the screen from the outside borders towards the center, fading into a red background with a white Lilly Connecting Hearts Abroad graphic. The white heart in the center of the graphic bounces and expands out to a white full screen, and the red Lilly logo appears.]
