Former Eli Lilly job applicants say the company's hiring practices favor the young

Following a high-profile chief financial officer exit earlier this year and a discrimination lawsuit filed a month later, Eli Lilly is again in the spotlight for a personnel issue—this time for alleged age bias.

In a proposed class-action lawsuit filed this week in Indianapolis federal court, two former Eli Lilly job applicants say the company has "systematically excluded" older candidates for diabetes and primary care sales positions in favor of younger workers, even if the older applicants were "equally or more qualified."