INDIANAPOLIS, May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In the press release, "Lilly Presents Data on Cixutumumab in Five Subtypes of Sarcomas," issued May 19, 2011, by Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), the following sentence has been amended to: The best overall responses were as follows: one partial response in the Ewing sarcoma tier (n=1); and no partial responses, but stable disease of 41 percent (n=9) in leiomyosarcoma; 35 percent (n=6) in synovial sarcoma; 28 percent (n=5) in Ewing family of tumors and 24 percent (n=4) in rhabdomyosarcoma.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced data from its Phase II study with cixutumumab in five subtypes of sarcoma, a cancer that develops from connective tissues in the body.

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