Report of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors of Eli Lilly and Company
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying abbreviated financial statements of Baqsimi, a product of Eli Lilly and Company (“Baqsimi”), which comprise the Statements of Assets Acquired as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the Statements of Revenue and Direct Expenses for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “abbreviated financial statements”).
In our opinion, the accompanying abbreviated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the assets acquired of Baqsimi as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and its revenues and direct expenses for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2022, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Abbreviated Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of Baqsimi and to meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Basis of Accounting
We draw attention to Note 2 to the abbreviated financial statements, which describes that the accompanying abbreviated financial statements were prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not intended to be a complete presentation of Baqsimi’s financial position, revenues and expenses. As a result, the abbreviated financial statements may not be suitable for another purpose. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.
Responsibilities of Management for the Abbreviated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these abbreviated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Baqsimi’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued.
Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Abbreviated Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the abbreviated financial statements as a whole are free of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the abbreviated financial statements.