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David Ricks

David Ricks

Chair and Chief Executive, Eli Lilly and Company

Appears in 2 stories

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Indiana stakes billions on an industrial mega-district that doesn't have enough water

Built World

Overseeing $9B+ LEAP investment

Indiana committed over $23 billion in private investment to a 9,500-acre industrial district in Boone County farmland before solving a basic problem: where the water would come from. Now the state is advancing a $560 million plan to pipe up to 25 million gallons per day from Indianapolis to supply Eli Lilly's $9 billion pharmaceutical campus and Meta's $10 billion data center complex, despite objections from Indianapolis lawmakers, environmental groups, and hundreds of property owners along the pipeline route.

Updated Apr 15

Weight-loss pills that work like Ozempic arrive, no injection required

New Capabilities

Leading Lilly's obesity drug expansion

For two years, the most effective weight-loss drugs on the market required a weekly injection. That barrier is now falling. Eli Lilly began shipping Foundayo — the first oral GLP-1 weight-loss pill that can be taken any time of day without food or water restrictions — on April 6, 2026, just five days after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it in a record 50-day review. Priced at $149 per month for self-pay patients and as low as $25 with commercial insurance, Foundayo undercuts the list price of injectable alternatives by roughly 85%.

Updated Apr 6