Eli Lilly Bribed Doctors to Prescribe Medications, Texas AG Alleges

Attorney General Ken Paxton said the pharmaceutical company provided remuneration to providers to recommend and prescribe drugs.
Eli Lilly Bribed Doctors to Prescribe Medications, Texas AG Alleges
Eli Lilly's headquarters in Indianapolis, in this undated file photograph. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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Eli Lilly allegedly paid health care providers to recommend and prescribe weight loss drugs, according to a new complaint.

An Eli Lilly program that makes free nursing services available to providers who prescribe the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications illegally induces providers to prescribe the drugs, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a lawsuit filed on Aug. 12 in a district court in Harrison County, Texas.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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