Lilly Obesity Drugs Lag Wegovy in Early Prescription Data, Weighing on Stock
TL;DR
Premarket, Eli Lilly shares fell after IQVIA data cited by Bloomberg showed Lilly’s obesity drugs Foundayo (oral) and Zepbound trailed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in weekly prescriptions; Zepbound fell about 2% week over week while Wegovy rose about 7% in the same period, and Foundayo posted 3,707 prescriptions in its first full week versus Wegovy’s roughly 18,410 in its first full week; analysts caution that one week of data isn’t definitive, but weak early momentum could pressure Lilly stock if the trend persists.
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