The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 9, 2010 Eli Lilly CEO Earned $16 Million in 2009 ---------------------------------------- In other healthcare news, a new report by the Associated Press has revealed the CEO of the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly received a compensation package valued at over $16 million for 2009, up 54 percent from 2008. John Lechleiter received a $1.5 million salary, a $3.5 million bonus, and was granted stock valued at over $11 million. .