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Eli Lilly on track to launch oral obesity drug in second quarter, pending US approval

By Thomson Reuters Mar 2, 2026 | 2:58 PM

March 2 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly CFO Lucas Montarce said on Monday it is preparing to launch its new ​oral obesity drug, orforglipron, in ‌the United States as early as the second quarter of this year, once it gets approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

“On track ‌in ​the US, expect to ⁠see potentially that ⁠product coming into the market as early as Q2,” Montarce said at the TD Cowen healthcare conference.

(Reporting by Kamal Choudhury in Bengaluru; Editing by ​Shinjini Ganguli)