An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021.

The target remained through 2021, it added.

The lawsuit filed in Indianapolis federal court accused Lilly of violating the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

"This case underscores the continued need for the EEOC to break down barriers to employment" for older Americans as they work longer and in larger numbers, Robert Weisberg, an EEOC lawyer who helped bring the case, said in a statement.

Lilly's top-selling product is Trulicity, a treatment for type 2 diabetes.
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