Lilly Expands Digital Health Site to Include Alzheimer's Disease
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Eli Lilly & Co. is adding Alzheimer's disease resources to the online platform it launched a year ago to sell obesity, diabetes and migraine medicines.
Patients will now be able to use LillyDirect to find in-person Alzheimer's specialists or to connect with virtual providers through Synapticure, a Chicago-based telehealth startup. Lilly says it wants to help expedite the long wait times patients face to see specialists, which can be more than a year in some areas.
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