Eli Lilly will raise the list price in the UK of its weight-loss and type 2 diabetes treatment Mounjaro by 170% to be in line with other European markets, the U.S. drugmaker said on Thursday. Lilly launched Mounjaro in the UK in February last year,

Eli Lilly will significantly increase the price of its weight-loss drug Mounjaro in the United Kingdom in a bid to bring down prices in the United States after weeks of pressure from the Trump administration.

Eli Lilly's new oral GLP-1 medication orforglipron produced an average weight loss of 12.4% (27.3 pounds) in clinical trials. The weight loss pill also significantly improved heart health markers like cholesterol and blood pressure.