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Lilly Sees Massive Growth For Mounjaro Ahead Of Obesity Approval

 
• By Joseph Haas

With more paid prescriptions adding to Mounjaro revenue, along with increasing prescription volume, Lilly is working to increase supply of the GLP-1/GIP agonist as it awaits FDA’s call on a weight-loss indication.

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Mounjaro sales skyrocketed in Q3, driving Lilly's revenue growth • Source: Shutterstock

With Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk A/S releasing their third quarter financials on the same day, significant focus went to the developing competition in obesity between the two firms – already head-to-head rivals in diabetes for years – with one analyst saying Lilly’s Mounjaro (tirzepatide) is tracking ahead due to significant gross-to-net pricing advancement, even before the GLP-1/GIP agonist has obtained approval as a weight-loss treatment.

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