Sounds like somebody bought access to Reta?

[spanky2026]

Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?

Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.

www.statnews.com

Article implies some well-connected senior citizen got a compassionate use exception for Reta before it is approved? Anyone know more about this? Interesting.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Compassionate program = paid us a fuck ton of money.

It's just that compassion sounds better than greed.

 

[spanky2026]

Top of my head I'd guess someone who can influence Lily's bid to have it classified as a biologic. Cuz it's pretty much always a "follow the money" kind of thing.