Lilly’s Mounjaro Diabetes Approval Is First Challenge To Novo’s GLP-1 Franchise

Tirzepatide Showed Superiority To Ozempic In Clinical Trials

The GLP-1/GIP agonist tirzepatide is a key addition to Lilly’s commercial portfolio as the company leans on new products to deliver on volume-driven growth through the current decade. 

Top view of diabetes tester set with athlete's equipment; measuring tape, green dumbbell and fruit
Beyond diabetes, Lilly is developing tirzepatide for obesity, NASH and heart failure • Source: Shutterstock

Eli Lilly and Company has pledged revenue growth growing forward from selling greater volumes of its drugs rather than from raising the prices for its products. Winning US Food and Drug Administration approval on 13 May for diabetes drug Mounjaro (tirzepatide) is a major milestone in that strategy.

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