BioPharma Dive January 14, 2025
The company said it overestimated demand of its obesity and diabetes drugs, which brought in $5.4 billion during the fourth quarter.
Dive Brief:
- Eli Lilly on Tuesday said the company’s revenue in 2024 totaled about $45 billion, a 32% jump on 2023’s total but less than what it had estimated in October.
- Third quarter sales of Mounjaro and Zepbound, its GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and obesity, were below Wall Street analysts’ expectations at $3.5 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively. CEO David Ricks said GLP-1 market growth was slower than the company anticipated.
- Shares of the Indianapolis-based company fell by as much as 8% in morning trading, shaving tens of billions of dollars from its market valuation. Since hitting a...