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Yes, the cost and distribution stories are better for oral vs injectable. This pill is a peptide, which means you still have to be mindful when you take it versus food and beverage. Eli Lilly’s version is a small molecule versus a peptide, which means you can take it at any time. Long story short, for most obesity situations, this is going to be a broad system improvement.

Lilly is building a large manufacturing facility north of Indianapolis in Lebanon, and these drugs will be part of their manufacturing.



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