Dave Ricks expects to launch a mental health GLP-1 in 3-4 years
Dave Ricks · Inside the GLP-1 Gold Rush: Eli Lilly CEO on New Breakthroughs, Addiction & Mental Health, Pricing · Sep 29, 2025 · at 20:07
Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, addresses the expected timeline for developing a GLP-1 therapeutic tuned specifically for mental health and addiction.
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“So we'll get that drug in three or four years if it works, and I think it could really change some of these terrible mental health conditions.”
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